Dear YPSO Family, Friends, and Community,

There are so many things to be grateful for! The fact that our students and Maestro Ramadanoff have been able to play in-person music together is a joyous and uplifting start to our 2021-22 season.

While this is a message of welcome, I’d like to welcome you all “back” to live music, to this beautiful venue at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, and to each other - for being able to gather and listen to music as a community.

We have a wonderful season lined up this year, starting with Dvorak’s Carnival Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. We will also get to hear the long-awaited performances from two of our Concerto Competition winners from the 2019-20 season, when Shelter-in-Place postponed that opportunity.

Emerging from the shutdown, and merging their talents together, the music that our students create is absolutely breath-taking. Every week I hear them in rehearsal, it is inspiring to see what they can achieve, and to imagine what they will continue to achieve as a future generation of leaders.

Thank you for coming tonight to support them!

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YPSO is extremely grateful to be able to partner with First Congregational Church of Berkeley again.

Please respect the following ground rules for being on these premises and practicing proper safety protocols:

Phone use for photos and videos are OK, as long there are no flashes and you are not disrupting anyone else’s view. Please note that this concert is being recorded and the recording will be shared in the future via YPSO’s YouTube Channel.

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