The Yonkers Philharmonic
sponsored by the Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers

2012-2013 Season - Our 50th Anniversary!

The Yonkers Philharmonic, and Conductor James Sadewhite
Presents Free Concerts at Saunders Trade and Technical High School
183 Palmer Road, Yonkers, N.Y.

Free Concert

Sunday May 19, 2013 at 3:00 PM

THE WINNERS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL 2013 CONCERTO COMPETITION

Keika Mori
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2
Phillip Solomon
Weber Clarinet Concertino
Harrison Li
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2
Timothy Yu
Mozart Piano Concerto K488 in A Major
Adam Willson
Saint Saëns Cello Concerto

Congratulations to the winners of the 35th Annual Conceto Competition

FIRST PLACE – Keika Mori, 17 year old pianist from New Providence, NJ performed The Liszt Concerto No.2in a Major. She will receive $1,000 donated by Dr Kathleen A.Pistone Carucci and the Pistone family in memory of Pasquale A. Pistone, Founder and Music Director of the orchestra.

SECOND PLACE – Phillip Solomon. 15 year old clarinetist from Montrose, NY performed the Weber Clarinet Concertino. He will receive $800 donated jointly by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Klein and Joseph D. Landi.

THIRD PLACE – Harrison Li, 15 year old pianist from Dix Hills, NY performed the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C Minor. He will receive $500 donated by the Sala family and Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Volino in memory of Shirley Sala and her husband, Jerome (Gino) Sala, former Music Director and Conductor of the orchestra for 30 years.

FOURTH PLACE – Timothy Yu, 17 year old pianist from Scarsdale, NY performed the Mozart Concerto K488 in A Major. He will receive $400 donated by the Calandra family in memory of Sharon Calandra, past flutist with the orchestra.

FIFTH PLACE – Adam Willson, 15 year old cellist from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY performed the Saint Saëns Concerto in A minor. He will receive $200 donated by Vera De Marco in memory of her brother, Pat J. Zappia.

Thanks to all for a fantastic 50th Anniversary Concert on March 10th at SUNY Purchase

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The Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers (FAOS) sponsors of the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra. FAOS leads the way in providing free live symphonic concerts to residents of the city of Yonkers, and its surrounding communities. Sponsored by FAOS, the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra performs four free concerts each year at Saunders High School. In the past, the orchestra has performed outdoors in Getty Square and at the Cross County Shopping Center, the Hudson River Museum, the Yonkers Marina, and Untermyer Park.

FAOS recognizes, showcases and encourages talented young musicians. When Pasquale A. Pistone, founder of the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, died in 1971, FAOS started giving scholarships in his memory to promising music students from Yonkers. This program grew into our current Concerto Competition, in which talented high-school students from all over Westchester County are offered the opportunity to compete for scholarships and to perform as soloists with the orchestra.

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