Friday Rehearsals 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Sonoma Country Day School, Music Room
$450 for the 2007-2008 Season
$25 Materials Fee

In January 1998, through the Santa Rosa Symphony Music Education Program, Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca established the Young People’s Chamber Orchestra. A twenty-member (all strings) ensemble, this group is modeled after the New Century Chamber Orchestra (NCCO), performing without a conductor. It takes the traditional orchestra performance one step further by molding a group of highly trained string students into a virtuoso, conductorless ensemble: creating, through performance, education, and accessibility, a personal connection with its audience, and conveying the joy of music directly to its listeners. This ensemble was featured during the 2006 Berkeley Junior Bach Festival and is the first of its kind in northern California.

Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca
Music Director

Ms. Ghidossi-DeLuca is a graduate of the Julliard School where she received Bachelor and Master Degrees in solo and chamber music performance. Her recent recordings include three CD’s, including a Grammy nominated recording of works by Dmitri Shostakovich with NCCO, on the New Albion label. As a member of Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, she has recorded movie sound tracks such as Predator II, Ricochet, Soapdish, Jennifer 8, One Fine Day and Mars Attacks. She is the principal violist with the Santa Rosa Symphony and is active as a soloist, free lance musician, and teacher in the Sonoma county and Bay Area.

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Auditions
Membership in the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Ensembles (SRSYE) is achieved through competitive auditions. Audition appointments are approximately 10 to 15 minutes in length and can be scheduled by calling the Music Education Department. All auditions require that scales, sight-reading and a prepared solo piece be performed without accompaniment. The prepared solo piece should be an excerpt from the standard repertoire, a solo work or etude, and should demonstrate present level of accomplishment.

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Payments, Discounts, and Financial Assistance

The entire tuition amount is due by the second rehearsal. If this is not possible, a payment plan can be arranged, but please be aware there will be a $25 payment plan fee per orchestra. Those joining an ensemble after the start of the season will be told the date tuition is due in each instance.

For questions regarding any financial matters please contact the Education Department Registrar, Lana Ramos, by calling 707.546.7097, ext. 225 or by email for assistance.

A 10% discount is offered to families with two or more musicians in SRSYE or with a musician in more than one SRSYE. This should be requested as it is not automatically given.

A limited number of financial aid awards, to help with tuition expenses, are available each season. You may obtain a financial aid application by requesting one from the Santa Rosa Symphony Education Department (707.546.7097, ext. 225), coming in person to the administrative offices, or by printing the form from here. Please complete it and send the necessary documentation and payment to the Santa Rosa Symphony, 50 Santa Rosa, Ste 410, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 or fax it to 707.546.0460 with a credit card payment or a check sent by separate cover. Incomplete applications can not be processed.
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Rehearsals (Information for each date is included under schedules)
Rehearsals are held most Fridays in the Music Room of the Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Occasionally, due to Ms. Ghidossi-DeLuca’s performance schedule with the NCCO, rehearsals are held on Tuesdays, the dates of which are given in the complete rehearsal schedule or calendar pages.
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2007-2008 Season Performances (Additional performances under schedules)

Winter Concert - Saturday, January 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m., at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa

Spring Concert - Saturday, May 23, 2008, 7:30 p.m., at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa

Tickets may be purchased in advance through our box office by calling 707.54 MUSIC (707.546.8742), coming to 50 Santa Rosa Ave. (First Floor Lobby), online at until 12 p.m. on the Friday prior to the concert date or at the door on the day of the concert.
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Exciting Offer - Free Santa Rosa Symphony Tickets!!!!
Santa Rosa Symphony youth ensemble members are eligible to receive free admission to SRS performances through the following two methods:

1. Requesting free tickets to the regular subscription concerts. Ten pairs of tickets are available for each performance. Call on the Wednesday immediately before each concert weekend regarding ticket availability.

2. Presenting their SRS youth ensemble membership card to the SRS Box Office in the Lobby of the Wells Fargo Center just prior to any Discovery Series Concert performance to receive two free tickets. This is the 2 p.m. Dress Rehearsal Performance on Saturdays of concert weekends.

Contact Information
For more information regarding the Santa Rosa Symphony's music education programs, contact Registrar Lana Ramos at (707) 546-7097 ext. 225.

To make a donation to the Santa Rosa Symphony's education programs, please contact Connie Wolfe at (707) 546-7097 ext. 214.