Please join the Music Opportunity Program for our Showcase Recital on Sunday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m.

The concert will be held at Boutwell Auditorium, 1930 8th Avenue North, Birmingham, 35203. This event is FREE and open to the public.

The 2010 Showcase Recital will feature students from MOP's String Academy as well as our 3 youth orchestras, the Birmingham String Orchestra, Birmingham Prelude Strings, and the Alabama Youth Symphony.

Please see below for more details. Contact the MOP office at 231-9504 or info@musicop.org with any questions.
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The Alabama All-State Orchestra Festival was held the Feb. 11-14th, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The Music Opportunity Program was well represented. 20 MOP students participated in the All-State Festival orchestras this year.
  


Next up for the Music Opportunity Program is... SHOWCASE!
The annual Showcase Recital will be on Sunday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. at Boutwell Auditorium. The Showcase Recital features students from all parts of the Music Opportunity Program. Our audience will see beginners from around the community to the advanced orchestras. Over 100 of our best String Academy students will perform songs they have learned in string class. Also featured will be the Birmingham String Orchestra Honors Ensemble. This year the ensemble includes eight BSO student selected by competitive audition. They will perform a Telemann duet. The entire BSO will also perform, followed by the Birmingham Prelude Strings. The Alabama Youth Symphony will accompany BPS solo winner, Lian Remley in a Vivaldi Violin concerto, and then a Mozart Flute Concerto performed by Young Sil Yang, Principal Flute of the AYS. AYS will close the concert with the Zampa Overture by Herold. Join us for a reception following the Showcase Recital.
The Showcase Recital is open to the public with no admission charge. 

For more information about this concert, please contact the Music Opportunity Program at 231-9504 or email info@musicop.org.



Kudos to the Alabama Youth Symphony for a fantastic recent concert. Music Director of the Alabama Youth Symphony is Dr. Jon Remley. The January 24th performance featured the Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Beethoven Symphony No. 8, and Herold Overture to Zampa. The final piece on the concert was the Haydn Te Deum with the Indian Springs School Concert Choir.  Music Director for the choir is Dr. Tim Thomas.

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Congratulations to Mary Scott Hodgin, a member of the Alabama Youth Symphony's first violin section, on being recognized by Portico Magazine!

Mary Scott is listed as one of '21 People Who Will Change the World' in the 2009 September/October issue. You can find the magazine on stands at Joe Muggs and Book-A-Million around Birmingham.

Don't forget that the Alabama Youth Symphony's Fall Concert is coming up on Sunday, November 8th. Mark your calendars now!
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Fox 6 featured the Music Opportunity Program in the segment "What's Right with Our Schools" on Tuesday, April 14 at 5 pm. Check out the story here if you missed it!
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