GYSP Spring Concerts: March On
Sunday, April 24, 2022
4pm: Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Carol Chipman & GPAC Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Schallert
6pm: Mozart String Ensemble under the direction of Ms. Britta Hall & Mendelssohn String Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Alex Perry
Duncan-Williams Performance Hall
Graduations. Deadlines. Outcomes. Our society seems hyper focused on the product and often tends to overlook the process and journey that takes place before we reach our destinations. The GPAC Youth Symphony Program hopes to embrace and live into those journeys when we present our spring concerts titled “March On.” Utilizing pieces written by Berlioz, Bizet, Stravinsky, and others, the talented students of the GPAC Youth Symphony Program hope to demonstrate how music marches on and constantly carries us through the journey of life.
Introducing the winner of the annual GYSP Concerto Competition: Cindy Liu
Cindy Liu, a flutist who has studied with Ms. Myung Kim for 7 years, is an avid musician with a passion for performing music with orchestras and sharing the art of music with others. Ms. Liu is a 2022 National YoungArts Award Winner, and she won the Note Award for the 2022 Lagrange Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition where she competed nationally with other musicians under the age of 26. She has been selected as a member of All West Tennessee Bands for 7 years, qualified for All State for 3 years, and recently achieved 1st chair flute in the All West Symphony Orchestra. She was the first-place winner of the 2018 Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition, represented Tennessee for the 2018 MTNA (Music Teachers’ National Association) division audition, and won first place in the 2018 TMTA (Tennessee Music Teachers Association) solo woodwind competition. Ms. Liu completed the 2021 Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts with Flute and performed Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 8, by Otar Gordeli as a Honor’s Recital Finalist. Along with music, Liu is a competitive swimmer, recently placing 14th in the 200 Backstroke at the 2022 Southeastern Swimming Championships, and a swim instructor at the Germantown Athletic Club.
