The Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, conducted by Kyle Dickson, will present its 2023 season-opening concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15.
The concert will be in Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. Admission is free.
The soloist for this concert will be Amy Jo Rhine, acting associate principal French horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major.
The program also includes “Carnival Overture” by Antonin Dvorak, “Le Cid Ballet Suite” by Jules Massenet and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
Rhine, a native of Lebanon, Pa., was appointed by Gustavo Dudamel as third horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 2014-15 season. She was a member of the Memphis-based IRIS orchestra from 2001 to 2014 and held associate and principal horn positions with the Colorado Music Festival from 1997 to 2014, according to a news release.
Before her family’s move to Southern California in 2012, she spent nine years in St Louis, Mo., where she performed regularly with the St Louis Symphony.
From 1996 to 2001, Rhine was assistant professor of horn at Wichita State University and principal horn with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. While in Wichita, she was a member of the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet and Wichita Brass Quintet.
In 2008 she joined the Mountain View, Calif.-based horn ensemble Quadre and performed on and helped produce their albums “Our Time” and Horns for the Holidays,” according to the news release.
The Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, founded in 1989, is open by audition to musicians ages 8-20 who play string, woodwind, brass or percussion instruments.
The group has made concert tours in Europe and has been presented twice by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in its Sounds About Town Series and as an LA Philharmonic Premiere Youth Orchestra, according to a news release.
Members come from Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties.
For information about the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, go to cymo.org or call 909-624-3614.
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