MAYSO and NSS will present their Spring Concert on Saturday, Mar. 13, at 2 p.m. in New Ulm at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1515 No. Garden.
A second performance will take place on Sunday, March 14, in Mankato at Christ the King Lutheran Church at 222 Pfau.
Both concerts will feature the 2010 Concerto Competition Winner, Lydia Balge of New Ulm. Ms. Balge will perform Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor.
Admission at the door: $7 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors, and $20 Families.

SATURDAY:
(No North Star Strings at this concert)
9:30 Rehearsal--MAYSO
11:00 Rehearsal ends; load truck
12:30 Call time for MAYSO in New Ulm
Christ the King Lutheran Church,
1515 No. Garden Street
1:00 New Ulm Suzuki School students rehearse
2:00 Concert
After the concert, load truck

SUNDAY:
1:00 Set-Up in Mankato
Christ the King Lutheran Church
222 Pfau
1:30 MAYSO warm up
2:00 NSS warm up
3:00 Concert

Congratulations to Lydia Balge, the winner of MAYSO's 2010 Concerto Competition. Lydia will perform a Bach violin concerto with MAYSO at their spring concerts on March 13 & 14.

Thanks to all who participated in the competition. It was a great day with some great performances.

Make sure you check the handbook for the required concert attire: long-sleeved white button-down shirts, black dress pants (no jeans) and black socks and shoes for guys. For girls, at least elbow-length or longer sleeved white shirts and black pants or below-the-knee length black skirts, black shoes.

Dr. Joseph Rodgers, the Director of Orchestral Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has recently been engaged to take the helm for the Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra. He comes to us with an extensive background in both performance and conducting and will be a wonderful mentor to our students.

The Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra provides the young people of Mankato and the surrounding area with the experience of rehearsing and performing with a symphony orchestra, and enhances the musical education of those students who do not have access to a school orchestra.

MAYSO also provides an additional musical challenge by acquainting students with literature which might not be available in their school music programs.

MAYSO members provide continuous encouragement to music education departments throughout south central Minnesota by sharing their musical growth in their school music programs, their peers and their families.

Learn more the Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra by clicking on the links on the left!

North Star Strings is an ensemble for younger string players, designed to foster beginning orchestral techniques. NSS is directed by Steve Dunn.