Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy
Supporting our Symphony
PRISMA NEWSLETTER MAY 21, 2014
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" I had a great learning experience. Great section. Great instructors ... What more could you ask for?"

 

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The month of May is drawing to a close, and that means one thing to us here at PRISMA: the symphony is coming!

We are thrilled to announce that we have accepted nearly 70 students out of 146 applicants to participate in PRISMA 2014. As indicated by their Skype auditions, the calibre of the 2014 orchestra is very high. We can't wait to see them perform.
 
Next month, we will have a fundraiser and kickoff for the 2014 season. We hope that you will come out and support the program at our Laughing Oyster fundraiser on June 14th.
 
The repertoire for this season is stellar, the guest artists magnificent and the students fantastic. You won't want to miss out -- buy tickets and All-Access Passes by clicking here.
 

We are in high gear with preparations for PRISMA 2014. Pretty soon you will see posters and banners up around town. If you are expecting tickets and membership passes from an online order or an event, we want you to know that these will be distributed to you by the end of the month. We appreciate your support and we know that you'll love the program planned for this year.  If you have any questions regarding ticket or pass orders, please contact Megan Gros at office@orchestra-academy.ca.

 
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COUNTDOWN TO PRISMA 2014:

25 DAYS 

  

Symphony Cruise

  

 

Saturday, June 21 at 1:30pm. 

 

Comox Valley residents can attend the Festival's Saturday matinee concert via the Symphony Cruise.  This provides concert tickets, ferry to and from Powell River, ground transportation to and from the concert hall and an optional catered lunch at the concert hall. 
For more information on the Symphony Cruise, contact Karen Ray at RBC: 250-334-5605 or karen.ray@rbc.com.

 

 

Featuring: 

 

Pacific Philharmonic - Arthur Arnold Conductor, Soyoung Yoon violin

Dukas - L'apprenti Sorcier       

Brahms - Violin Concerto, Soyoung Yoon soloist

Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra 

 HOME-STAYS NEEDED

 

PRISMA is looking for a few home-stays for students for the duration of the festival. The students will arrive in Powell River on Sunday, June 15th, and will leave on Sunday, June 29th. If you or someone you know is interested in hosting a PRISMA student, please send us an email at 

office@orchestra-academy.ca.

PRISMA Fundraiser/Kickoff Event

  

PRISMA and The Laughing Oyster are proud to invite you to an evening of fine dining and performance on Saturday, June 14th at 6pmSupport Powell River's own summer orchestra academy while enjoying an evening of a gourmet buffet, silent and live auctions and performances by Maestro Arthur Arnold and a string trio of 2014 students: Madeline Hocking on violin, Jeffrey Chow on viola and Angela Kim on celloTickets are $45 a person and include a full gourmet buffet and entertainment. Avoid disappointment and contact The Laughing Oyster at 604 483-9775 to make your reservation.

 

If you would like to support PRISMA, please consider donating a silent auction item.

Soyoung Yoon 
 
"breathtaking"
"absolutely outstanding"
-PRISMA 2013 audience members



 

Winner of the International Henryk Wieniawsky Violin Competition 2011, Soyoung Yoon is recognized as one of the most outstanding young violinists.

 

Soyoung Yoon studied at the National University of the Arts with Kim Nam-Yun in South Korea and with Zakhar Bron at the Musikhochschule Cologne and Zurich. 

 

She started the competition circuit with an astonishing first prize at the 2002 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition at the age of seventeen. Yoon is also a prizewinner of the top four violin competitions in the world: the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2007, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2010 and the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2011.

 

Soyoung Yoon performs as a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NDR North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Radio Orchestra of Kiev, Euskadiko Bask National Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, Trondheim Soloists, Moscow Virtuosi, London Mozart Players, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra. She works with conductors such as Maxim Vengerov, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mario Venzago, Gilbert Varga, Muhai Tang, Justus Frantz, Gabriel Chmura and Saulus Sondetzki.

 

In recitals she was heard at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musical Olympus St. Petersburg, Tokyo Santori Hall, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Seoul Arts Center and the Moscow Rostropovich Festival.

Soyoung Yoon plays a violin from J. B. Guadagnini (ex-B�ckeburg, 1773). 

 

Violin students at PRISMA 2014 will be working with this world class returning PRISMA guest artist in masterclasses, sectional rehearsals and even private lessons for the two weeks of PRISMA.

PRISMA Symphony Cruise Saved
 
This season, PRISMA's Symphony Cruise was at risk of BC Ferries service cuts. Luckily, after some negotiation, BC Ferries agreed to reinstate the sailing for the Symphony Cruise. Read the whole story in the Globe and Mail here:


"Cuts at BC Ferries have hit a sour note with the organizers of an international music event in Powell River who are concerned about the future of one of its highlight elements - and possibly the event itself."

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Thanks for reading! We hope you'll consider joining us at our Fundraiser and Kickoff event at the Laughing Oyster on June 14th. 

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Sarah Barton-Bridges

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