February 23 2025 Evening Concert
2025-02-23 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | TX
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:

SymphonyPipa 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

PhilharmonicSpring Festival Overture – Li Huanzhi ed. James ChangThe Moldau – Bedřich Smetana

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

Ticketing Link: Eisemann Center Ticket Office

May 4th 2025 Cliburn Artist Fei Fei Performance and Q&A
2025-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | TX
As part of our ongoing collaboration with the Cliburn, DAAYO will host pianist Fei-Fei for a special performance at our rehearsal facility, followed by a short Q&A session. This is a great opportunity for students, community members and classical music lovers of all sorts to hear a virtuoso pianist up-close and engage with her after the performance!

This event is free with registration below.Infusing “intoxicating grace” with “exceptional musicality” and “inconceivable virtuosity,” pianist Fei-Fei conjures a special and undeniable connectivity with her audiences that brings joy, passion, and deep musical understanding (Badische Neueste Nachrichten). Her engaging and endearing personality shines through in every note, word, and expression—whether performing as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician on world stages or as an advocate for community engagement.

“Sporting a naturally gracious charm and stage presence,” Fei-Fei has “shared her musical passions unstintingly” around the globe (Peninsula Review). Recent projects include her role as artist-in-residence with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic touring in Germany, a Carnegie Hall performance and tour of Spain with the New York Youth Symphony, a cross-disciplinary collaboration with Ballet Arkansas, a performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Lincoln Center with the Pegasus Symphony, a 19-city tour of China with the Aletheia Piano Trio (of which she is a founding member), and performances of lesser-represented repertoire, including concertos by Leroy Anderson, Florence Price, Clara Schumann, and Xiaogang Ye.

Additional concerto highlights include performances with the Fort Worth Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Austin Symphony, Denver Philharmonic, Anchorage Symphony, and the Juilliard Orchestra. Internationally, she has performed with Canada’s Calgary Philharmonic, Germany’s Rostock and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestras, and in China with the Shenzhen Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and China National Symphony Orchestras.

Fei-Fei was featured prominently as a Cliburn finalist in the documentary film, Virtuosity, about the 2013 Cliburn Competition, which premiered on PBS in August 2015. Deeply committed to sharing her joy for music and connecting with communities, Fei-Fei frequently engages students and community audiences through school and outreach concerts and masterclasses.

Born in Shenzhen, Fei-Fei began piano lessons at the age of 5. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she studied with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky and is currently pursing Doctoral of Musical Arts degree with pianist Yefim Bronfman at Manhattan School of Music. Fei-Fei is also a member of the piano faculty at John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University and teaching associate to Yefim Bronfman at Manhattan School of Music.

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May 11th 2025 Concert
2025-05-11 17:30 - 18:30 | St Andrew United Methodist Church, 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX, 75093, United States
May 11, 2025 is our season finale concert for our strings orchestras! This concert will feature our Concert Strings, Junior Strings and String Explorers groups. Come and enjoy an evening of music suitable for the whole family! (St. Andrew UMC: 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093)There will be a special performance by the UNT Chinese Ensemble at this concert!

Concert StringsFolk Tune Air and Fiddler’s Fury, mvt. II: Fiddler’s Fury (Alexander Safford)Cherry Tree (Yukiko Nishimura)Simple Symphony, mvt. IV: Frolicsome Finale (Benjamin Britten)Swamp Thang (Richard Meyer)Junior StringsColors of Home (Alan Lee Silva)The Eternal Vow (from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (Tan Dun)Orion and the Scorpion (Soon Hee Newbold)String ExplorersOn an Eastern Shore (Alan Lee Silva)Childgrove (arr. Shirl Jae Atwell)Legends of the Dragon Chasers (Chris Thomas)

May 18th 2025 Concert
2025-05-18 18:30 - 20:30 | St Andrew United Methodist Church, 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX, 75093, United States
Our Season Finale concert is on May 18th 2025, at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano! (5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093) Come hear the fruition of a season’s worth of work by our Symphony, Philharmonic and Chamber ensembles. This concert will feature student soloist Diego Jones performing Camille Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto No.1, mvt.1: Allegro non troppo.

Other pieces:SymphonyPines of Rome (Ottorino Respighi)Highlights from Wicked (Stephen Schwartz arr. Ted Ricketts)PhilharmonicKarelia Overture, Op.10 (Jean Sibelius)March Slav (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)ChamberQuartet No. 9 in G Minor, Mvt. II & III (Franz Schubert)Piano Trio Op.1, No.1 in E flat major, Mvt. III & IV (Ludwig van Beethoven)

November 9 2025 Concert for String Orchestras
2025-11-09 17:30 - 18:30 | TX
DAAYO strings orchestras’ first concert of the season is at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano! This concert features our Concert Strings, Junior Strings and String Explorers. Doors open at 5PM. A great night out for the family, and free with RSVP below!Featured Pieces include:Holberg Suite mvt. I & II (Grieg)String Symphony 3 in E-minor (Mendelssohn)Emerald Falcon (Meyer)Primrose Hill (Silva)When Lightning Strikes (Silva)A Little Mischief (Thomas)Conductors: Scott Arakawa, Jenna Park and Angela Sledge

Location: St. Andrew Methodist (Plano) – 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093Time: 5:30 – 6:30PM

November 16 2025 Concert
2025-11-16 18:30 - 20:30 | TX
DAAYO full orchestras and chamber ensemble’s first concert of the season is at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano! This will be an exciting night of music showcasing young musicians throughout the DFW area. This concert features our Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Ensembles. Doors open at 6PM, concert begins at 6:30PM.

This concert is FREE with registration below: Featured pieces:Sinfonia Sevillana (Turina)Rocky Point Holiday (Nelson)Poet & Peasant Overture (von Suppé)Egmont Overture (Beethoven)Por Una Cabeza (Gradel arr. Garetto)Caucasian Sketches mvt. IV: Procession of the Sardar (Ippolitov-Ivanov)Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57, mvt.III (Shostakovich)Quartet in D major “Lark”, Op. 64, No.5 mvt. I | Quartet Op. 20, no.4, mvt. I (Haydn)

Location: St. Andrew Methodist (Plano) – 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093Time: 6:30 – 8:30PM

Lucas Cantor Talk at DAAYO
2025-12-10 18:30 - 19:30 | DAAYO Rehearsal Facility, 420 Maplelawn Dr., Plano, Texas, 75075
Update: The event has passed but we still have some books available for sale! (See form below.) A portion of the proceeds goes toward supporting DAAYO’s operations. You can choose to pick it up at DAAYO’s facility during rehearsal hours or have it mailed to you for a nominal fee.DAAYO will be hosting a special talk on Music, Art and Artificial Intelligence by two-time Emmy Award winner Lucas Cantor at our rehearsal facility on 12/10/25, 6:30PM. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and author, Lucas has worked in NBC music department for the Olympic Games since 2002, and won two Emmys for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He co-produced Lorde’s cover of Everybody Wants To Rule The World on the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.Other compositions include the opening to the 2025 and 2023 NFL Super Bowl coverage on Fox, co-writing the theme song for Major League Soccer on Fox, music for the Netflix anime Cannon Busters, and the original score for the documentary Failure To Protect (2022).

Mr. Cantor’s work with Huawei and its artificial intelligence to finish Schubert’s famous “Unfinished” Symphony piqued his interest in AI, and spurned him ask deep questions about the role of technology in the music and the arts. Creating music in collaboration with a machine led him to question his long-standing assumptions about what music is, what technology does, and how the two have evolved together over the course of human history, from the first bone flute to today’s landscape of constant innovation and change.This culminated in his upcoming book: Unfinished: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, which will be available for sale at this talk!

Location: DAAYO Rehearsal Facility, 420 Maplelawn Dr. Plano TX 75075Time: 6:30 – 8:30PMAll sales final

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February 22, 2026 Matinee Concert
2026-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Dr, Richardson, Texas, 75082
The Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra (DAAYO)’s spring matinee concert will feature our String Explorers, Junior Strings and Concert Strings orchestras. Come join us for a fun afternoon of music – a great outing for the whole family, and you can show your support for local young musicians!These three string orchestras form the foundation of DAAYO’s educational programs, drawing talented young musicians from around the DFW area. Throughout the season of rehearsing once a week, these young musicians develop friendships with their peers, and now are excited to present to you their work for this spring 2026 concert.Conductors Scott Arakawa (Concert Strings), Jenna Park (Junior Strings) and Angela Sledge (String Explorers) conduct our three string orchestras. Only $10 General Admission | $7 Student Ticket

Ticketing Link (Eisemann Center): https://www.eisemanncenter.com/event/?i=11683Featured repertoire includes:

Academic Festival Overture (Brahms arr. McCashin)Ase’s Death (Grieg)Lost Relic (Pilsner)Tomar Holo Shuru (Tagore arr. Pang)Libertango (Piazzola arr. Kazik)Mystic Mountain (Thomas)Luna (Nishimura)Ignite (Griesinger)

February 22, 2026 Evening Concert featuring Dr. Yuxin Mei
2026-02-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Dr, Richardson, Texas, 75082
The Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra (DAAYO)’s evening concert on February 22th, 2026 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 Clouds and Flowers Fantasia 《雲想．花想》by Wang Danhong (王丹紅) with our Symphony orchestra. This is an enchanting piece with lively spirit and dance-like rhythms, and tops off an exciting night of classical music that is suitable for the whole family.DAAYO’s advanced full orchestras feature some of the top young musicians in the DFW area, working together once a week throughout the season to produce great music for the north Texas community.Conductors Matthew Moreno (Symphony) & Julie Blackstock (Philharmonic) conduct our two full orchestras, while Dallas Symphony Co-concertmaster Nathan Olson and Dallas Symphony violins Daphne Volle and Jimin Lim coach our chamber groups.Repertoire:

SymphonyClouds and Flowers Fantasia 《雲想．花想》by Wang Danhong (王丹紅)Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy (Tchaikovsky)Rainbow Body (Theofanidis)

PhilharmonicNight on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky)A Light in the Ocean (Pilsner)Poem for Orchestra (Tatgenhorst)

ChamberPiano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 mvt. 4 & 5 (Shostakovich)Quartet in D major, Op. 20, no. 4, mvt. 4 (Haydn)Quartet in D major, Hob.III:63, Op. 64., no. 5 “Lark”, mvt. 2 (Haydn)Tickets $15 General, $10 StudentTicketing Link (Eisemann Center): https://www.eisemanncenter.com/event/?i=11684

Dr. Yuxin Mei’s personal website: https://www.yuxinmeimusicworld.com/bio

May 10, 2026 Concert for String Orchestras
2026-05-10 17:30 - 18:30 | TX
Coming Soon: 5/10/26 ConcertConductors: Scott Arakawa, Jenna Park and Angela Sledge

Location: St. Andrew Methodist (Plano) – 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093Time: 5:30 – 6:30PM
