USU Youth Conservatory

 We are so excited to be offering theory classes this semester for all YC students! It was so hard to stop offering classes when this pandemic again, so it has been so nice to start this semester off with theory classes for everyone. If you have a child interested in joining us for theory classes, here is an example of just one of the many classes we offer. Hope to see you there!

 Hi Everyone! As we end our first week of the semester, we are excited to announce that we have some fun activities this year to watch out for! I won't go into great deal here (watch for more announcements), but I will list a few things we are looking forward to. First, we are excited to be taking part in Achievement in Music (AIM) for the first time ever as a conservatory! Tests will be given by our own totally awesome YC teachers and we are excited to see how our students like the new program.  Second, PIANOFEST! We were unable to hold PianoFest last year due to the pandemic, so we are excited to make this an option for all piano students everywhere. Please join us if you can! Third, of course, we have many recitals. Join us as an audience or performer, all are welcome! Finally, we have a lot of students graduating this semester. We hope you can join us for their recitals (which will all be online). All information about YC events can be found on our website , we hope to see you

Join us at 6 PM on Tuesday December 22, 2020 for our final recital of the year, featuring YC students, YC teachers, USU piano faculty, and teachers and students from all over the country. This will be our biggest Christmas recital yet! Watch the livestream here :)

 Check out this fun intervals song from our YC Masterclass with Dr. Cahill Smith!

Last Monday was our first ever Christmas Masterclass! We got to hear all of the piece being prepared for the Christmas concert by different students in the Youth Conservatory. It was also fun to hear different Youth Conservatory teachers, Dr. Smith, and Dr. Olson teach the pieces.  Check it out! 

Congrats to all our performers tonight! The recording did not start soon enough to see all of Jeremiah's performance, but you can catch his full video here:  https://youtu.be/fabuOznIDbQ   View Recital Program

 Hey everyone! We would like to formally invite you to our YC Christmas Masterclass! This masterclass features YC teachers and students who are preparing for the December 22nd massive Christmas recital. We hope you can join us on Monday December 7 from 6-7 PM :) Emily Ezola is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: YC Christmas Masterclass Time: Dec 7, 2020 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 81742188473?pwd= YTc0TFIrTGpNVVBVQkJoUTVnSGlIZz 09 Meeting ID: 817 4218 8473 Passcode: Piano

 We had a great masterclass with Dr. Smith yesterday! We were able to hear three students perform at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. As well as learn an ear training song about intervals and practice playing arpeggios. If you missed it, don't worry, it's uploaded onto our YouTube channel!

 We are so excited to announce our first YC masterclass with Dr. Cahill Smith! We invite you to join us on Saturday November 21, 2020 from 10-11AM. The masterclass will feature three YC students of beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. You can read more about Dr. Smith here , as well as register for the free event. 

 Thank you to all of you who were able to join us for our first ever virtual Monster Concert! It was so fun to work on this music with our students, and for them to be able to share that music with the whole world. Don't you feel so lucky that you get to watch the concert, where before you might have completely missed out? Here is where you can find all the performances from this great concert, we hope you enjoy!

 Thank you to everyone who participated in the recital tonight! It was so fun to see all of you and hear your fabulous playing!  If you missed out on the recital, or want to go back and watch it again, here it is! Check out our YouTube channel for other fun piano videos! We can't wait to hear you all again for our Christmas recital coming up on December 22!

 We are so excited to invite you to join us tomorrow night for our November YC recital! This recital features the works of Kuhlau, Alan Menken, Tchaikvosky, Clementi, and more! These kids have worked hard and we cannot wait to hear what they have to showcase tomorrow. Hope you can join us, you can find more information here .

We're so excited to be offering a six-week group theory class for the levels of AIM! And it's not too late to join! All classes are recorded and put online for those that can't make it to class or those that join in a few weeks late.  Here's our first week of class for level 2. 

Congratulations to all of the amazing students, parents, and teachers that made our virtual Monster Concert a success! We had a total of  25 teachers and 101 students participate this year, proving Kevin Olson's rep choice of Cruella De Vil to have been truly inspired. Enjoy the show! Posted by Emily Ezola, YC Director