For young students of music, there is nothing that compares to learning from — and playing with — the pros. If there is a better educational experience out there for these future artists, then the National Symphony Orchestra would probably like to know about it. Thursday evening, symphony members, along with the high school musicians they have mentored, will perform side by side on the Concert Hall stage at the Kennedy Center in what marks the culmination of the 2010-2011 NSO Youth Orchestra Day.
The majority of these students have been nominated by their youth orchestra conductors gleaned from nine area affiliates such as the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, the DC Youth Orchestra and the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. Some of the students are members of the National Symphony Youth Fellowship Program.
