TYWO Student Concerts
Educational concerts for junior-high and high school students
Music by young people,
music for young people
The Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra is pleased to present
a series of educational, one-hour concerts for students.
Program content has been created in collaboration with
educators from various school boards and is geared
towards junior-high and high school students.
Performances are presented by the award-winning
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra under the direction of
conductor Colin Clarke, and take place at the renowned
Meridian Arts Centre.
”My students couldn’t stop talking about it on the bus and were so inspired and awed by the work!”
– Beth DaCosta Facchini
St. Roberts CHS
Concert Duration
Each concert is an hour long,
starting at 10:30 am.
Location
All performances take place in the
George Westin Recital Hall at the
Meridian Arts Centre.
Tickets
Tickets for both adults and
students are $7.75 per person.
Omar Thomas
Hailed by Herbie Hancock as “a new voice in the
further development of jazz in the future,” celebrated
educator and award-winning composer Omar Thomas
joins TYWO for the Canadian première of his latest
work for wind ensemble “Caribana” inspired by
Toronto’s renown annual Caribbean festival.
Boston Brass
Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of
entertainment captivating all ages. The ensemble’s
lively repartee, touched with humor and personality,
attempts to bridge the ocean of classical formality to
delight audiences in an evening of great music and
boisterous fun.
”This was without a doubt, one of the best field
trips that we had attended in a while…well done!”
– John Kaminsky
Our Lady of the Lake CHS
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra
48 Ridgevale Drive,
Toronto, Ontario
M6A 1L1
Telephone/Fax: 416-321-TYWO (416-321-8996)
Email: backstage@tywo.ca
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