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power2give .org Update
The Louisville Youth Orchestra now has FIVE fully funded projects through power2give! There are four more projects that need funding so please send your email acquaintances, relatives, co-workers and facebook friends to this location! Generous donations from Republic Bank and the Kentucky Arts Council will match any gift given dollar for dollar. Our remaining projects are

     Grow A Musical Child
     Hey Coach! Can We Run That Play Again?
     Tattered and Torn
     A Big Bundle of Sticks

1. Go to http://www.power2give.org
2. Select the Kentucky/Southern Indiana area
3. Scroll down the list and find the Louisville Youth Orchestra
4. Follow the instructions to donate to the cause of your choice!

Fund for the Arts Campaign
The Fund for the Arts Campaign begins this Tuesday, January 31!  Our very own LYO Saxophone Choir will be performing at the FFTA Kickoff at the Brown Theater beginning at noon! Stop by to support our great ensemble!  If you donate to the Fund through your place of business or personally did you know you can direct your gift to the LYO???? Designating your gift means the LYO will receive 100% of your donation with no administrative fees taken out! Simply write “Designate to the Louisville Youth Orchestra” on your check and donor card. This is a great way to help the LYO in our fundraising efforts!

Parent Sponsorship Forms
Sponsorship forms are available online and from your Production Manager. Parents donating $250 via this method will receive two season tickets, one CD for each concert and mention in all programs. A $500 donation will receive four season tickets and all other premiums.

Carnegie Hall Announces New National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America,
beginning in the summer of 2013!
Created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, New National Program Seeks Finest Young Musicians—Ages 16 to 19—From Across the US World-Renowned Conductor Valery Gergiev To Lead NYO-USA in its Inaugural Year Two-Week Summer 2013 Residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, To Culminate with Debut Performance in Washington DC, Followed by Exciting International Tour to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London

The first National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America will come together from June 30 through July 23, 2013. Students from all 50 states who are US citizens or permanent residents, ages 16-19 during the period of the 2013 summer program (participants’ birthdates between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1997), are invited to apply to Carnegie Hall’s new NYO-USA program. Students who are enrolled full-time in a college-level conservatory or university music department with instrumental performance as a major will not be eligible. Musicians may apply on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, harp, percussion (including timpani), and orchestral piano/keyboard.

Applications will be accepted beginning on June 1, 2012. To be considered for a position, students should complete online registration by September 7, 2012 and submit all required supporting materials, including an audition video by November 1, 2012. For more information on the NYO-USA, including audition requirements and details on the application process, please visit www.carnegiehall.org/nyousa.