Posted by Tony Clements on November 20, 1999 at 21:46:30:
In Reply to: Re: Training/Pre-professional Orchestras... posted by Barry Guerrero on November 11, 1999 at 23:53:38:
In LA there are (were) two training orchestras. One was the American Youth Symphony. I was in ot for 3 yrs. it was conducted by Mehli Mehta (Zubin's father). The age bracket was 18-26, although some people stuck around a coupla extra years. The other Orchestra was the Young Musicians' Foundation Debut orchestra. I was in THAT for 3 years also. During my tenure, the conductors were Myung-Whun Chung and Toshi Shimada. Calvin Simmons was there berfore Chung. MANY musicians with orchestra jobs went through BOTH these orchestras. Some names that come to mind that played when I was in: Larry & Roberta Zalkind, Mark Donatelle, Kiki Collins, Richard Ellegino, Fred Beerstein, Brian Marcus, Bruce Roberts, Nico Abandolo and some more whose names have drifted into the fog of seasons past.
Tony Clements