♪   Music From Home !   On Saturday, October 17: Denise Dillenbeck, Yakima Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, presents “How do you audition for an orchestra?”   We will post this video at  7:30pm on our  Facebook page and website home page -  www.ysomusic.org .  From Home is a special video series curated by the Yakima Symphony Orchestra.  Music From Home features performance and education spots created by YSO musicians. In  Stories From Home, Maestro Lawrence Golan interviews YSO musicians who talk about favorite YSO performances and the upcoming season, share fun facts and perform short music selections. Thank you to  Valley Mall  for their presentation of this wonderful series! Previously-posted  From Home  episodes are readily viewable on our  Video Collection page.    

♪ Forte: Bach is soothing comfort in a troubled time .   We invite you to explore this week’s YSO SCENE column,  forte , published in the Yakima Herald-Republic. This column was written by Denise Dillenbeck, Yakima Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster.  

♪  Real-Time, Virtual Events in the Wings!      

• November 14, Saturday, 7:30pm:  Conversation and a Concert with Lawrence Golan: Brahms' Symphony No. 2 .  A real-time, virtual interactive event. Chat online with Maestro Lawrence Golan, and enjoy Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in a video recorded performance by the Yakima Symphony Orchestra. Register by 3:30pm on November 14 for this free virtual event via  www.ysomusic.org. You will be taken to the Brown Paper Tickets website to register. We will send you a Zoom link to the event.  

♪   Affiliate Update – Yakima Symphony Chorus: Join the YSC for a free, virtual six-session Choral Connections 2020 program beginning on Monday, October 19 at 8:00pm. For information, visit the YSC webpage . Sessions are: October 19 - Choral Score Markings; October 26 - Choral Music Across Historical Periods; November 9 - International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); November 16 - French Diction; November 30 - Intervals and Aural Training 101; December 7 - Vocal Sight Reading 101.

♪   Affiliate Update – Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra and Yakima Ensemble for Strings: Fall semester rolling auditions and admission, with pro-rated tuition, through November 30: visit www.ysomusic.org and click on the youth symphony affiliate tab.