February 23 2025 Evening Concert

The Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra (DAAYO)’s evening concert on February 23th, 2025 will feature our Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, as well as our Chamber group. We’ll also have a special soloist and renowned pipa virtuoso, Dr. Yuxin Mei, performing Pipa Concerto No. 2 by Zhao Jiping with our Symphony orchestra. This concert is an exciting night of classical music that is suitable for the whole family.

Award winning conductors Matthew Moreno (Symphony) & Sadarius Slaughter (Philharmonic) conduct our two full orchestras, while Dallas Symphony Co-concertmaster Nathan Olson and Dallas Symphony first violin Daphne Volle coach our chamber groups.

Repertoire:

Symphony
Pipa concerto no.2 – Zhao Jiping (featuring Dr. Yuxin Mei)
Symphony No. 9 (New World) I. Adagio; Allegro molto II. Largo III. Scherzo: Molto vivace IV. Allegro con fuoco – Antonín Dvořák

Philharmonic
Spring Festival Overture – Li Huanzhi ed. James Chang
The Moldau – Bedřich Smetana

Chamber
Quartet No.9 in G Minor, mvt I: Allegro con brio. – Franz Schubert
Piano Trio Op.1, No.1 in E flat major, mvt. II: Adagio cantabile – Ludwig van Beethoven

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