Albuquerque Music Office

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The Albuquerque Music Office is a division of the City of Albuquerque Economic Development Department. Strengthening the local music industry by bringing together and promoting our diverse music community will have a positive impact on the business community at large.

  • Our city possesses a compelling local musician and performance community
  • Beautiful, acoustically ideal venues in a variety of sizes
  • A vibrant and growing downtown scene
  • Independent record labels & manufacturing facilities
  • Local and regional music publications
  • A variety of music festivals and series; in an inspiring geographical setting.

 

listenABQ - Band of the Week: Albuquerque Youth Symphony

Jan. 30, 2012

The Albuquerque Youth Symphony is the premier orchestra of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program. Gabriel Gordon was hired to conduct our top orchestra following a national search in 2007. Originally from New York City, Gabriel Gordon made his professional conducting debut with the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea in 1998, and soon formed the Chamber Orchestra at Tower Hill with players from the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony. He recently was selected as a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and is a finalist for the concertmaster position with the Santa Fe Symphony. He has studied with some of the great luminaries of conducting including Kenneth Kiesler, Gustav Meier, Harold Farberman, David Gilbert, and Jonathan Strasser.

Each year this group goes on a concert tour out-of-state, with some years' tours being out of the country. The AYS has previously performed in England, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Austria, Spain, Mexico, Canada & the Czech Republic in addition to Arizona, Nevada, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Kansas, Maryland & New York and especially 26 communities in New Mexico. For the 2005-2006 season, the AYS toured and performed in Brazil. In 2007, the AYS gave a concerts in Tucson and Flagstaff, AZ. In 2008, the AYS toured the Chicago area, and gave two concerts. In 2009, the AYS travelled to Australia and performed in the Sydney Opera House

AYS alumni perform all over the world in professional and amateur performing groups in addition to earning a living at many other professions. Notable AYS alumni include; Mike Judge (1980 Trombone) -actor/producer/writer (Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill), Janet Napolitano (1975 Clarinet)-Arizona Governor, & Bobby Shew (1959 Trumpet) - Jazz Trumpeteer.

Past conductors of the AYS since its 1955 inception are; Kurt Fredrickson (deceased), Ted Rush, William Gabbert, Jane Aten, Jay Harris, James Bonnell & Dale Kempter.

 

See a concert 50 years in the making!

"This concert will have major soloists and so many more participants. In a way, it represents our future . . . our next 50 years." - Music Director Gabriel Gordon

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