Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy​​​​
Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra      Spring 2023 
All student are required to audition prior to 1/20/23!

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

Additional online registration and audition required for all partnership students.

All students are required to do a project for this class. Speak with your mentor for instructions.

 
All partnership students must submit a virtual audition video in the month of January regardless of previous participation!

January 31 Audition video deadline for partnership students.

First Rehearsal: Monday, February 27, 2023, 6pm, Upton Middle School 

SMSO Side-by-Side: Sunday, April 30, 2023, 4pm, HPAC Andrews University

Spring Concert: Sunday, May 14, 2023, 3pm, HPAC Andrews University

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 generally 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

Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra 
513 Ship Street, St. Joseph, MI  49085
#269-982-4030

Questions? Please contact Forrest Miesse forrest@smso.org.

*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