MVYSO NOTES | Music

Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee On May 19, 2019, MVYSO’s Symphony Orchestra will be performing a piece entitled Motet. Arranged and orchestrated by Jerry Brubaker, Motet is inspired by Johannes Brahm’s piece, “Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee,” and is dedicated to the victims and survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Along with September 11th and the Columbine Massacre, Hurricane Katrina was a significant disaster that shaped my formidable years. I was working toward my undergraduate degree in 2005, and

Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee

Naomi Fanshier, conductor

03/20/2019
Meet Our Concerto Soloists! Every March, MVYSO features soloists from within the orchestra to perform with their peers. Saturday March 9, 2019, is no exception. MVYSO boasts two amazingly talented musicians who will be featured on stage alongside their peer orchestra. Ethan Rohrbach, piano Since he abandoned the violin when he was six, Ethan has vivaciously sustained a ten-year career in piano. He is thankful to God and his family for bestowing on him and helping him refine this precious

Meet Our Concerto Soloists!

Naomi Fanshier, conductor

03/07/2019
The Math of Music - Phaethon's Ride The Companion Post to Symphony's November 3, 2018 Performance of the Piece by Daniel Elder Phaethon (pronounced fay-then? pay-ton? Fy-a-then? Py-thon??? For real, it's pronounced Pie-ton - which is great, I'm all for a ton of pies.) On November 3, 2108, MVYSO's Symphony Orchestra will be performing Phaeton's Ride by Daniel Elder. This piece is a tone poem depicting the son god's son, Phaethon, losing control of the fiery chariot that controls the rising and

The Math of Music - Phaethon's Ride

Naomi Fanshier, conductor

11/03/2018