Audition Excerpts are now posted. Go to the Auditions page to download, print and begin practicing! We are now accepting audition applications for June 16th.

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Mr. Shuester has taken great videos of our concerts and we want you to see them. Thanks Mr. Shuester!

UYSO & CYSE – June 16 9-5 pm at Jeb Stuart High School.

Applications due June 1st. Please click here to fill out the Audition Application and send back to TYOF.

Audition excerpts will be posted on May 14th. Other information is on our auditions page.

“Badinerie” by J.S. Bach/arranged by Jeremy Woolstenhume

“The Salley Gardens” Irish Tune/arranged by Benjamin Britten and adapted for strings by Robert Longfield

“M to the Third Power” by Carold Nunez

“Pavane” by Gabriel Fauré

Symphony No. 1 in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven

Adagio molto – Allegro con brio

We look forward to seeing you!

TYFOVouchers

Are you shopping at Barnes and Noble this holiday season? If so, please take a few seconds to help TYOF.

On Saturday December 10th Barnes and Noble will contribute a percentage of every sale to our organization when a customer mentions TYOF and the book fair ID: 10558831. Purchasing your holiday gifts will benefit TYOF tremendously and will not cost you an extra cent!

You can purchase at the Tysons store, another Barnes and Noble store if you live across the country (GREAT for grandma and granddad who live out of town) and if online shopping is your preference we have that too. For friends and family across the US you can order online December 11 – 16th. All you need to do is enter the BOOKFAIR CODE ID: 10558831 when purchasing. Everything except gift certificates will count towards our fundraising goals

The success of this type of fundraiser depends on us getting the word out. Please send the flyer to your friends by email or post on your Facebook page

and encourage them to order in December in person or online. Every little bit helps! I appreciate you, in advance, for helping me with spreading the word and am busy making my list of treasures to buy next week.

Many thanks,

Helen Hendricks

Board President

Please join us for our 1st TYOF concert of the season at 3:00 pm @ Orange Hunt Elementary School.

CYSE will be performing “Intensity” by Sean O’Loughlin, “Japanese Lullaby” by Keiko Yamada and “Furiant” by Elliot Del Borgo.

UYSO will perform Symphony No. 7 in B minor “Unfinished,” D 759 by Franz Schubert movements 1 and 2 and
“Farandole” from L’Arlésienne (Suite No. 2) by Georges Bizet.

Orange Hunt Elementary
6820 Sydenstricker Rd
Springfield, VA 22003

This year TYOF is again participating in the Orchestras Feeding America program, sponsored by the League of American Orchestras.   Last year OFA collected over 86,000 pounds of food nationwide through the efforts of 250 orchestras in all 50 states.

You are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items when you come to the November 20 concert. TYOF staff will collect the donations and deliver them to our partner, Food for Others, a local Fairfax County Food Bank.

The donations we collect will help to feed the hungry this Thanksgiving season, when the need is especially great.

TYOF concerts are always free.  This is one way you can show your support for the Orchestras and benefit the needy here in Fairfax County.

The following are the most urgently needed items:

• Canned meats – ham, turkey, chicken, tuna, and beef
• Peanut butter and jelly/jam
• Canned soup, stew, and chili
• Cereal
• Vegetables – fresh (in season) or canned
• Fruit – fresh (in season) or canned
• Beans – dried or canned
• Macaroni and Cheese
• Boxed Meals
• Pasta
• Pasta Sauce
• Rice
• Fruit Juice
• Coffee and tea

Learn more about for Food for Others at www.foodforothers.org and about the OFA program at http://www.americanorchestras.org/utilities/ofa_2012.html.

Use these vouchers to get a discount on December 10.  If you don’t make it to Tyson’s Corner, you can use the discount code online and your purchase will benefit TYOF!