Los Angeles Youth Orchestra (LAYO), made up of accomplished student musicians ages 8-18, honors the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence in April with an entire performance by American composers, under the batons of Russell Steinberg, Artistic Director, and Jorge Padron, Assistant Director.<\/p>\n
The LAYO concerts will be on the early side of a nationwide July celebration, and take place at Barnum Hall in Santa Monica on Sunday, April 19, and Pasadena\u2019s Ambassador Auditorium on Monday, April 20.<\/p>\n
The program features:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Third Symphony by Roy Harris, hailed as the first \u201cgreat American Symphony\u201d when it premiered in 1939.<\/p>\n
\u2022 World Premiere of Self-Evident by Russell Steinberg, for orchestra and spoken chorus on excerpts from The Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n
Plus works by:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Aaron Copland, John Phililip Sousa, Morton Gould, Charles Ives and William Grant 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