California Youth Symphony

Join Maestro Eylar as he inaugurates the 67th season of the California Youth Symphony with a dazzling array of works on the season's opening concert series. Maestro Eylar has chosen to begin the season with music from Bernstein's only original film score: On the Waterfront, the 1954 Marlon Brando blockbuster which garnered 8 Academy Awards. The work is one of Bernstein's most deeply felt and moving compositions, from the action-packed fight scenes to the supremely beautiful and tender love music. Our Young Artist Competition winner Abigail Leong will perform Dvorak's beloved Cello Concerto, composed in New York in 1894-95 during Dvorak's tenure as Director of the National Conservatory of Music. We round out our opening concert series with the thrilling, whirlwind opener La Valse, by Maurice Ravel. Children under the age of 5 will not be admitted to CYS concerts.