Upcoming Events and Newsworthy Notes

Priority News 2010-2011 CIYS Organization Schedule available Thanks, WEEKTV for your support of the Arts Postcard from Home: Central Illinois Youth Symphony With all the talk of budget cuts in our schools many people think we should cut out music and arts. Bob Jacobs shows us an organization in Peoria that proves exactly why we should not do so. Bob says this is a classical Postcard from Home. Add the Central Illinois Youth Symphony Toolbar to IE or Firefox Once you add the Central Illinois Youth Symphony toolbar for Internet Explorer or Firefox (currently not available for Safari), each time you shop at one of the more than 1,300 participating stores, a percentage of what you spend will be donated to us at no extra cost to you! (you could even save money as the toolbar provides coupons and deals). The toolbar also has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a penny is donated to us. No registration is required! http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/central-illinois-youth-symphony What if CIYS earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? How about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble (and many more) have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause. Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Central Illinois Youth Symphony as the charity you want to support or use the links at the bottom of our HOME page. And, be sure to spread the word! Our Spring 2010 Alumni Donor Newsletter The Score is available for download HERE (501 kb.pdf)

Current Members: You can access CHARMS from our Links page.

INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING FOR THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS?

2010-2011 SEASON AUDITION INFORMATION

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 - Cadet & Prep Orchestras (evening)
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 - Cadet & Prep Orchestras (morning and early afternoon)
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 - Percussion (morning)
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 - CICO & CIYS Strings (evening)
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 - CICO & CIYS All Instruments except percussion (morning and early afternoon)

Download an audition form HERE (16kb .pdf)

Scales are required for our auditions. DOWNLOAD SCALE SHEETS HERE (280kb .pdf)

To view and print the audition form you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader; if you do not have it, follow the link below to download a copy.


Complete the information and mail this form along with your $25.00 nonrefundable audition fee to:
Central Illinois Youth Symphony
Auditions
P.O. Box 908
Morton, IL 61550

You will be contacted by manager Renee Chernick with further information including audition excerpts, dates and times.
You must send in your application and audition fee prior to the auditions to receive a confirmed audition time.

Tuition Scholarship form for the 2010-2011 Season can be downloaded HERE.

CALLING ALL CIYS ALUMNI...
We are updating our records and would like to hear from our alumni. Please email us at:
info@ciys.org with your current contact information!

*ALUMNI UPDATES...

Jeff Holbrook, former principal trumpet in CIYS from '00 - '02 was named the principal trumpet of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea. The appointment came after an international audition and a six week trial period as principal for the SPO's summer season. Jeff has just completed his BM in Trumpet performance at The Juilliard School. Jeff welcomes emails at : jholbro@gmail.com Pictured at right at the 2002 CIYS Final Concert where he was the Senior Soloist.   *If you are an alumni of the CIYS please keep us informed of your accomplishments by emailing us at: info@ciys.org. We'd love to place your good news on our Bulletin Board!

GUIDELINES WHILE AT REHEARSAL LOCATIONS
(First Mennonite Church and Bethel Lutheran Church, and occasionally Advent Lutheran Church)
Everyone please remember that we are guests. We need to stay in the designated areas and treat these facilities and others in the church with respect. No food or drink is allowed - only water. Your assistance in this is very important so that we can continue to use these facilities.

ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER CONTACT LIST

In an effort to cut down on various administrative costs, and to better communicate with all members of the CIYS organization and their parents, we are implementing an electronic mailing list. By simply sending an e-mail to info@ciys.org you will be added to the electronic mailing list for all future schedules, newsletters, and important announcements as they become available. If you do not have e-mail, or simply wish to continue receiving hard copies of all mailings and announcements, you do not need to e-mail us. Only those who send an e-mail request to be added to the electronic mailing list will be included in this new service to our members. If you have any questions, please contact the symphony manager - Renee Chernick - at the symphony phone number (Morton - 309-266-7625 or Toll Free 888-218-4650).

DON'T FORGET...If you have any online shopping to do, access Amazon.com or Sheet Music Plus from our Web site affiliate links and the CIYS organization will receive a portion of the sale!

CIYS Phone Number
If you have any questions or concerns outside of rehearsal, you can reach CIYS Manager by calling the Youth Symphony phone line at 1-888-218-4650. If you are calling from the Morton area, please use the local line: 309-266-7625.

Stand Reminder: Everyone must bring a stand to all rehearsals.

The CIYS Bulletin Board is where you'll find news on upcoming events, cancellation, and items of interest that happen between newsletters. It is always best to check the CIYS toll free number at 1-888-218-4650 regarding cancellation due to late breaking weather conditions. If you have any information you'd like to suggest for the Bulletin Board, contact the Webmaster and fill her in. Book mark this page and refer to it often.

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