Crescendo of Victory Concert Celebrates Midwest Young Artists Competition Winners at Chicago?s Symphony Center

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(Chicago, Illinois) The Midwest Young Artists (MYA) youth arts center is pleased to announce details for their annual competition winner’s concert event to be held at Chicago’s Symphony Center. The overall winning 2013 soloists from the Walgreens National Concerto Competition, Chris Gao and Hansuh Rhee, will perform with the MYA Symphony Orchestra on Chicago’s Symphony Center stage at 3:00pm. In addition to the winning concertos, the orchestra will perform Symphony No. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Winners from the upcoming Discover National Chamber Music Competition (February 9, Ravinia) will perform as well.
Christopher Gao, overall winner of the Walgreens MYA division, will perform Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante, Opus 125, Mvt. 2 on cello. Hansuh Rhee, the Walgreens open division overall winner, will perform the Sibelius Concerto in D Minor, Mvt. 1 on violin. In addition to these classics, the MYA Symphony Orchestra will perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, a fan favorite from the venerable Russian composer.
175 students from as far away as Finland competed over a two day period in December for top honors, and this prized opportunity to perform with the backing of a 120 piece fully orchestrated symphony. Thanks to the sponsorship of Walgreens, MYA is able to assemble a panel from the finest music schools and ensembles in the country to judge the annual competition, as well as considerable monetary and educational prizes.
The yet to be announced winners of MYA’s Discover National Chamber Music Competition will be performing in the Grainger Ballroom at Symphony Center during the concert intermission. Thanks to the continued support of Discover Financial Services, MYA is able to host young and talented student chamber music ensembles from around the Nation at Ravinia for this annual competition, with thousands in cash and scholarships at stake. Midwest Young Artists is well known for its unrivaled youth chamber music program, with 65+ youth ensembles and luminaries such as Shmuel Ashkenasi and Charles Pikler on board as master class teachers and advisors. The Discover competition registration deadline is February 1st.
Tickets for the concert are available through CSO.org. Visit www.mya.org for further information, or call the MYA offices at (847) 926-9898.

Concert Tickets are also available online at the CSO's website: http://cso.org/TicketsAndEvents/EventDetails.aspx?eid=6287
To find out more about registering for the Discover Chamber Music competition, visit www.mya.org/chambercomp.php.
For more info, contact MYA at (847) 926-9898 or email Jeremy at Jeremy@mya.org

About MYA:  Midwest Young Artists (MYA) is one of the leading youth music ensemble programs in the country and represents some of the brightest young musicians in the world. A top rated nonprofit by Great Non-Profits, MYA offers exceptional training in jazz, choral, chamber, wind symphony and orchestral performance. Founded in 1993, MYA currently reaches more than 1,000 students from 74 communities in the Chicago area, with students ranging in age from 12 months old through 12th grade. MYA encompasses 8 youth orchestras, more than 65 chamber music ensembles, four choral groups, a comprehensive jazz program, a wind symphony and a multi-level music theory program. Students have the opportunity to travel abroad and perform in major venues throughout the United States and around the world. MYA graduates are accepted at the most prestigious conservatories and colleges in the USA and abroad.
Photos, video, press info, and interviews are available upon request - please email Carl J. at carl@mya.org