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This summer, the orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall before traveling to China on a seven-city tour led by conductor Charles Dutoit and featuring pianist YUNDI.
Palacpac is a member of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra and World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra ensembles.
She also enjoys arranging and plays in a trio with her two brothers. She also founded two free music camps, one in New York and one in Connecticut, which are able to serve 50 children every year. She is also the editor of an online youth literary magazine.
This summer, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America will come together for a third annual year of extraordinary music-making. The 2015 players begin with a two-week intensive training residency on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, from June 27 to July 9.
The training will be followed by nine concerts in the United States and abroad from July 10-26, at The Performing Arts Center in Purchase, NY (Friday, July 10 at 8 p.m.), at Carnegie Hall in New York City (Saturday, July 11 at 8 p.m.), and in seven Chinese cities as part of the orchestra’s first historic tour to Asia.
The members of the 2015 orchestra—all ages 16-19, hailing from 37 US states—have been recognized by Carnegie Hall as being among the finest players in the country, following a comprehensive audition process. This summer’s NYO-USA will feature 40 returning musicians from the 2013 and 2014 orchestras, as well as 25 musicians with Chinese ancestry, some of whom will be performing for extended family in China for the first time. The NYO-USA program is free for all participants. Click here for a full list of musicians.
Palacpac is the only Connecticut musician on the orchestra.
Tickets for the Carnegie Hall concert, priced $26–$60, are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org. Tickets for the Purchase College performance are available by calling 914-251-6200 or visiting The Performing Arts Center’s website at artscenter.org.
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