Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy​​​​
Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra        Fall 2019

513 Ship Street, St. Joseph, MI  49085   #269-982-4030

Additional registration at location is required.

 
Auditions:
Fall 2019 Term:  September 24, 2019

Spring 2020 Term: January 28, February 10, February 11, 2020 at Upton MS, St. Joseph
First rehearsal Fall Term: Monday, October 7, 2019 at Upton MS
First rehearsal Spring Term: Monday, February 17, 2020 at Upton MS
Last Fall Term rehearsal: December 9, 2019

Last Spring Term rehearsal: April 27, 2020

Winter Concert: December 15, 2019 at 4pm at the Howard PAC
Spring Concert: May 3, 2020 at 4pm at St. Joseph HS Auditorium 


We have three groups in the Fall Term: 

Concert Strings
Encore Strings
Youth Symphony
 
We have four groups in the spring:
LMYO Winds
Concert Strings
Encore Strings
Youth Symphony
 
The Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra, an educational outreach program of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, is designed to supplement private and public school band and orchestra programs and home schoolers by providing a Youth Symphony experience. The program is divided into four sections:

• Concert Strings - for string players with a minimum of 1 year of experience.
  Rehearsal Monday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30pm
• Encore Strings - for more advanced middle school string players.
  Rehearsal Monday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30pm
• LMYO Winds - for middle school brass, woodwind, and percussion players with 2-4 years of experience. 
  Rehearsal Monday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30pm
• Youth Symphony - for high school and college level strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion.
  Rehearsal Monday evenings from 6:00 – 8:30pm
  
  

Auditions for new Concert Strings, LMYO Winds, Encore Strings and Youth Symphony members will be held by appointment. Please call the SMSO office at 269-982-4030 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm to schedule an audition time.
 
Find additional information at the SMSO website at www.smso.org For questions, please contact Joelle Regovich at joelle@smso.org or cell 269-326-5442



*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.

​Syllabus
Teacher of Record: Mandy Jankoviak