The American Honors Youth Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Andrew Gekoskie, announces the 2022 European Tour, Tour of Hope and Healing. The ensemble is open to the country’s best orchestral musicians between the ages of 16-25. This auditioned full orchestra will be in residence in the Washington, D.C. area one week prior to their European Tour to rehearse, interact with each other, and learn from exemplary section coaches in preparation for the tour. As a member of the orchestra, you will serve as an American Music Ambassador representing your home, school, ensemble, state and region of your country on our “Tour of Hope and Healing”.Open to US citizens or permanent residents (green card holders) from throughout the country, The American Honors Youth Orchestra is open, by audition, to musicians between the ages of 16-25 (as of June 1, 2022). Bringing together the best young musicians from throughout the US, the orchestra will tour and perform in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia. The American Honors Youth Orchestra will be a full-sized symphony orchestra of about 100 musicians. Musicians may apply on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, and percussion including timpani.
1. help bring performing arts back not only in the US but abroad.
2. help students learn, achieve and perform as US music ambassadors
3. helping students, who may not be able to afford such an experience, to shine due to their talents not economic standing.
4. bring Hope and Healing to a world "hurt" by isolation/Covid - a chance to make a difference.
5. promote the value and human necessity of performing arts nationally and internationally.
Maestro Andrew Gekoskie (Andrzej Dzikowski) is the Music Director/Conductor of the Orchestra X Project and the Gardens Pops Orchestras located in Florida, USA. His mission includes the commitment to change lives through music’s extraordinary power to communicate, and thus inspire, uplift, educate and entertain. Maestro is dedicated to challenging classical performance boundaries by offering fresh interpretations of the standard orchestral repertoire as well as the discovery of new and unusual works. Through live performances that are evocative, dramatic, and passionate, Maestro Gekoskie’s commitment has always been to seek to develop new , and current audiences of all ages, to experience classical music.
Having a wide range of experiences, Maestro Gekoskie has conducted performances throughout the US, Austria, Italy, England, Ukraine and the Czech Republic.
Throughout his decades long career Maestro Gekoskie continues to have a strong commitment to music education and music in our schools — the audiences of tomorrow.
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Tour will be renamed "Tour of Hope and Healing Sponsored by { } - National Marketing - International Marketing - Online Marketing - logo/name on all materials including concert posters and concert programs (Virginia USA/ Vienna, Austria/Bratislava/Prague/Berlin )- logo/name on all materials to all students auditioning/ web presence for one full year. 2 Tour packages to attend the tour with the musicians.
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Sponsor a musician. $5,000 US - name listed as sponsor - national/international recognition in concert programs/media/social media
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Sponsor a musician - national/international recognition in concert programs/media/social media - print materials.
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Providing 4* hotel accommodations to the AHYO musicians during their US music residency June 27-30, 2022 -- 56 rooms (doubles) - one suite for Music Director. Must be within one hour of Dulles Airport. Recognition on all media/print and electronic/ concert programs nationally and internationally.
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Sponsor a musician - national/international recognition in concert programs/media/social media - print materials.
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Sponsor Lunch or Dinner for the musicians during their US Residency prior to the international tour. Recognition on all media - print/electronic for one year.
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