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MSYO Season Opening Concert
Celebrating 50 Years of MSYO!
About the Performance
Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra

Season Opening Concert

Saturday, November 15, 2025, 2:00 pm
Gallo Center for the Arts
Mary Stuart Rogers Theater

Program

Concert Orchestra

Stephanie Rawls, conductor

W.A. Mozart, arr. Meyer
The Abduction from the Seraglio Overture

Edvard Grieg, arr. Story
March of the Dwarfs, Lyric Suite Op. 52, No. 4 

Traditional, arr. Meyer
Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan)

Soon Hee Newbold
Gravitas


Intermission


Symphony Orchestra

Elisha Wells, conductor

Giaochino Rossini, arr. Isaacs
The Barber of Seville Overture 

Ennio Morricone, arr. Longfield
Gabriel's Oboe

Piortr Illych Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien


Please, no flash photography. As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and silence cell phones during the performance.

Thank You

The Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following season partners for their support of this weekend's performance!

Our Youth Symphony Season Partners

Antone E. & Marie F. Raymus Foundation
Beard Land and Investment Co.
Dot Foods
Modesto Rotary Club Foundation
The Save Mart Companies CARES Foundation


The DoubleTree by Hilton™ Modesto is the official hotel of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

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