Concerts & Schedule
The Coquitlam Youth Orchestra performance at our Holiday Concert in December 2022.
The Junior Orchestra performed first, then the Intermediate Orchestra with soloist Verity Leung and then the Senior Orchestra with soloist Jerry Zheng.
Here are some virtual concerts from 2020 and 2021.
Junior Orchestra will perform at 11:30 am – noon.
Senior Orchestra will perform at 12:45 – 1:45 pm.
Intermediate Orchestra will perform at 2:30 – 3:15 pm.
Ticket prices are TBD.
The Coquitlam Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition will be on June 16, 2023 between 4 – 8 pm at the Evergreen Cultural Centre Rehearsal Hall. This competition is only for the current members of the Coquitlam Youth Orchestra (CYO). The winner for each orchestra will play their concerto as a soloist with the CYO in the following season.
If a student enters the competition, the competition will serve as the student’s audition, so the student does not need to do both the audition and the competition. If you have already registered for an audition and would like to do the competition, please email sarah@cyobc.ca.
If you are entering the concerto competition please only enter with a concerto. If you are unsure if your piece qualifies as a concerto, please contact me for clarification. This will create a fairer playing field, and reduce confusion for the adjudicator and disappointment for students.
A student cannot enter the concerto competition if they won the competition the previous year; they must skip one year to enter again. Competitors must play a memorized movement of a concerto with piano accompaniment.
Here is the link to register: https://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=640&BT=10&Ev=21293
Closed to the public.
Open to all pianists in the Lower Mainland, up to 20 years old.
Age Categories: Junior Group – up to and including age 14 as of June 23, 2023
Senior Group – Ages 15-20 as of June 23, 2023
Entry Fee: $25.00
Deadline to register is June 18, 2023 at 5 pm.
Each applicant is required to provide their own accompanist.
One winner from each category will be invited to perform one movement of the concerto in the CYO 2024-2025 Season.
Winners cannot compete 2 consecutive years in any category.
Please go to the following link to register for the CYO Piano Concerto Competition: https://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=640&BT=10&Ev=21286