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Young People's Concert

2010 Teacher's Guide is available here.

The 2010 DSSO Young People's Concert The Fantastic Four will be held on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:20am and 10:50am at the DECC Auditorium in Duluth, MN

The Duluth Superior Symphony performs two Young People’s Concerts annually. The concerts target the 4th and 5th grade students of local and regional schools with the goal of providing quality musical exposure to students and helping to inspire them towards investing themselves in pursuing a musical path in life. This inspiration is provided not only through inviting them to hear the DSSO in performance at a Young Peoples Concert, but by providing to teachers (via workshops and curriculum) extensive tools to enhance their students’ musical comprehension and artistic ambitions.

Our Young Peoples’ Concert is a truly quality program, not only featuring the DSSO, but also featuring successful students in all aspects of music. Consider the following: These additional programs tie in closely with our Young Peoples’ Concerts to introduce young people to the DSSO and to symphony music.

Each year the DSSO hosts a Young Artist Competition from which a student is chosen to perform with the DSSO at its annual Young Peoples Concerts – 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners are also awarded monetary prizes.

At the same time as the Young Artist Competition, the DSSO hosts a scholarship competition for members of the DSSO’s youth symphony. From those competing, the Hester Scholarship is awarded to the winning student to help pay for the cost of private lessons during the year.

Finally, the James and Paula Nelson Young Composers Competition is one of our newer forums for serving audiences. Now in its fourth year, this competition allows young musicians to touch and stretch their creativity under the mentorship of experienced professionals and with the full support of the DSSO. The James and Paula Nelson Young Composers Competition is held annually and is open to young composers, ages 14-24, from Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The winning works are annually performed at DSSO Young Peoples Concerts. In addition to helping student development, it is also very helpful for the orchestra musicians themselves to have the opportunity to learn music beyond the standard repertoire.

This is a unique project in that we know of no other orchestra that annually presents a competition for local young composers. We see it as a cornerstone of the DSSO's ongoing commitment to our young people.