Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra        Spring 2018

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

Additional registration at location is required.

A division of Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, located in St. Joseph and performing at the Mendel Center in Benton Harbor.  
                                                                                       Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Website
Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra is the educational junior division of the SWMI Symphony Orchestra.  The 140 member Youth Orchestra is divided into 3 sections:

All rehearsals are held at Upton Middle School, St. Joseph.  Auditions are required, see details below. 

Auditions for  new members of the Youth Symphony are fairly informal and will be held by appointment at the Upton Middle School.   Call the SMSO office at 269-982-4030 between 10:00 and 5:00 p.m. to schedule a 10 min. audition time. 

2017-2018 LMYO CALENDAR
PERFORMANCES
                RUN OUT CONCERT –South Haven HA                     Saturday Dec 2    7:00pm 
                WINTER CONCERT – Howard PAC                             Sunday, Dec 17    4:00 pm
                SIDE X SIDE –Howard PAC                                          Sunday, March 18   4:00pm 
                SPRING CONCERT –SJHS PAC                                  Sunday, May 6   4:00 pm
               
TIME LINE
August 11th                          Brochure updates to SMSO (Burke)
August 15th                          LMYO Brochure to printer
August 18th                          Deadline for printing LMYO Brochure
August 18th                          Updated rosters, District VI roster, private teacher roster to SMSO (Joelle-Burke to review)
                                              Student invite letter, Director letter, private teacher letter to SMSO  (Burke)
August 25th                           Fall mailing sent out – all eligible students, District VI directors, area  private teachers, online registration form created
                                              AUDITIONS (fall) announcement to all PR outlets
September 26-27                  Fall Auditions – Upton Middle School 6pm-9pm
October 9th                           First Rehearsals – Upton Middle School
November 6                          PSA info to SMSO (Burke)
November 13                        Winter Concert PSA to PR outlets (SMSO)                   
December 2 (Sat)                Run out Concert – 7:00pm - Youth Symphony –South Haven
December 11th                     Final Rehearsals at Upton-Pizza Party
Dec 17 (Sun)                        WINTER CONCERT –– 4:00 pm, Howard PAC 2:30pm rehearsals
 
January 13th                         Student invite letter, Director letter, private teacher letter to SMSO (Burke)
January 13th                         All Star Band invite letter (Burke) via Directors
January 18th                         Spring mailing sent out – be SURE to include NEW fall registration enrollees.  AUDITIONS (spring) announcement to all PR outlets
February 12                          Spring Auditions – Upton Middle School
February 19                          First Rehearsals – Upton Middle School
March 18                              Side x Side CONCERT w/smso
April 9                                    PSA info to SMSO (Burke)
April 16                                  Spring Concert PSA to PR outlets
April 30 (Mon)                        Final Rehearsals at Upton- Pizza Party
May 6 (Sun)                          SPRING CONCERT – SJHS PAC – 4:00 pm 2:30 pm rehearsals


*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