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Upcoming Events
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March 7 (11:30am) - GMYS Dublin Chamber Ensembles play for The Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Business Women of the Year Awards 2014
March 8 (10:00am) - Dublin Chamber Ensembles play at Tropical Park for their weekly Farmer's Market
March 8 (3:00pm) - Chamber Ensembles perform at the Coral Gables Museum for Family Festival
March 16 (2:00pm) - A Salon at Sandra Walsh's Condo featuring GMYS Violin Trio, Valentina Salazar, Isabella Marquez and Kiera Myrthil.
March 16 (2:30pm) - Symphony Orchestra performs with the Vocal Studio of Manny Perez for Homestead Community Concerts at South Dade High School
March 16 (6:30pm) - The Deering Estate Living Artist Concert: featuring guest composer, Victoria Bond and the Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble and special young guests: The Greater Miami Youth Symphony Concert String Quartet featuring a new work by young composer, Ian Barnett, and Mozart String Quartet in C Major, op. 157.
March 21-29 - Symphony Orchestra is off to Dublin!
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Concerto Competition 2014
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
The annual GMYS Concerto Competition took place at The Deering Estate on Saturday, February 22 at 9:30am. Participants included students from the Symphony and Concert Orchestras. The winner for each orchestra will be the featured soloists at the season finale concerts on May 4, 2014 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center.
This year, the Concert Orchestra winner was Valentina Salazar with the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto in C major. Ian Barnett & Marie Calderin received Honorable Mention and played the Bach Violin Concerto in E minor and the Seitz Cello Concerto No. 5 respectively.
Valentina Salazar
Ian Barnett
Marie Calderin
The Symphony Orchestra winner was Edward Luengo who played the
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor. Honorable Mention was James Leng with the Bach Piano Concerto in D minor.
 Edward Luengo
 James Leng
Congratulations to all participants! You continue to impress us every day!
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Latin Grammy in the Schools
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Wednesday, February 26
On Wednesday, February 26 the Latin Recording Academy presented Latin Grammy in the Schools with Elsten Torres, Jorge Luis Piloto and Jorge Villamizar of Bacilos for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. The evening consisted of a lecture, Q&A and lots of music. The Vice President of the Latin Recording Academy, Gabriel Abaroa, was the moderator for the event. At the end of the evening, Manolo Diaz, Chariman of The Latin Recording Academy, presented GMYS with a very generous $5,000 gift of beautiful new instruments and supplies.
There was lots of media present, so be sure to keep an eye out for clips of the event on Mun2, Univision and Charytin & Felipe! Click here to read coverage from the Latin Recording Academy. 
From left: Elsten Torres, Jorge Luis Piloto, Jorge Villamizar post press room
Guest artists sing popular Latin songs such as "Mi Primer Millon" and "Yo No Se Manana" for the audience.
GMYS students Sophia Molina & Ian Barnett perform Bach's Violin Concerto for Two Violins followed by a special treat from Ian to Jorge Villamizar. Ian played the opening violin solo from "Tabaco Y Chanel".
GMYS Board President, Laurie Hill, received a $5,000 donation of instruments and supplies from the Latin Recording Academy to Greater Miami Youth Symphony.
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Alumni Spotlight: Keisha Frith
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- How old where you when you began playing the violin? I was 9 years old, and I started to play at Robert Russa Moton Elementary School. I went there for their music magnet program which was led by Patricia Kilroy at the time.
- At what age did you join GMYS? I started GMYS when I was 13 years old and I joined because I met the symphony conductor at the time, David Eccles. He came to my middle school to recruit, and I really like him, so I joined.
- When did you know you wanted to become a violin teacher? When I attended Coral Reef Sr. High I did volunteer work. I volunteered at GMYS and my church as well. I found that I genuinely enjoyed working with kids. I also have two younger sisters, and I really enjoyed playing with them and teaching them music as well. When I graduated from high school, I attended Miami Dade College and Florida Atlantic University. At Miami Dade College, I took a few classes with Dr. Linda Bustamante (former GMYS String Orchestra Conductor) and she asked me if I would assist her on Sundays during rehearsal, I did, and I fell in love with teaching then.
- What is your favorite song to play? My favorite song to play would have to be the Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances. Bela Bartok is one of my favorite composers and the piece is just a blast to play.
- Do you still play regularly? Yes, I play regularly in weddings, concerts, gigs, studio sessions, etc.
- What advice can you give GMYS students about studying music as a profession? The best advice that I could give to them would be to volunteer. You can learn so much by observing and doing. Often times when you study music in college you are reading about music, talking about how to teach music, etc. You are not physically in the presence of children, working with them and teaching them until your last semester.My biggest advice would be to get out there and observe a music class, volunteer with your local youth symphony or school and get involved. Be prepared to work hard, and remember that you learn the most by doing.
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Season Finale Playbill
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It's not too late to advertise in our May playbill. Parents, if your child is a senior, you'll want to get an ad and congratulate them on their years in GMYS! Ad Order FormAnd don't forget about the GMYS merchandise STORE |
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Summer Camp
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The Summer Camp registration forms for our 2014 sessions are now out. Click here to download them!
Summer Camp Sessions are as follows:
June 16 - July 3 Advanced Camp (3 weeks) South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211th Street Cutler Bay, FL 33189 June 9 - July 18 Intermediate Camp (6 weeks) South Miami High School 6856 SW 53rd St. Miami, FL 33155 July 14 - August 8 Beginners Camps (can attend 2 or 4 week session) Deering Estate at Cutler 16701 SW 72 Ave. Miami, FL 33157
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City Church 1700 N Krome Ave Homestead, FL 33030
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Save the Date
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Sunday, May 18th GMYS End of Year Party at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park! Contact Berny to assist with planning this exciting event! |
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Frost MusicReach
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Congratulations to the students who performed in the 2-1 showcase on February 16th!
 
The Frost MusicReach teaching mentors did a great job preparing the students! Big shout out to the parents, Greater Miami Youth Symphony, UM Frost School of Music, and Arts for Learning for their continued support!
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Community Outreach
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February 1
On Saturday, February 1, 2014, GMYS Chamber Ensembles performed at the ArtCenter on Lincoln Road for the art gallery's notable monthly, Studio Crawl.
February 8
On Saturday, February 8th, GMYS Chamber Ensembles and the Pinecrest Prep Class played for a full room at the Coral Gables Library at 3pm. This concert makes up a part of our community outreach series during which our students have the opportunity to spread the word about not only their love for music, but also the benefits of joining GMYS.
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Fundraising for Ireland
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Five GMYS Symphony Orchestra students performed at Pinecrest Gardens for Cognac Day on Saturday, February 15th to raise some spending money for their Ireland Tour. Our talented students blew the audience away!
February 26
On Friday, February 28th by invitation from Florida State Representative David Richardson, District 213, a trio of GMYS Dublin chamber players performed at a political fundraiser at the Miami Beach home of Jonas Meyer & Carla Probus. The event started a bit after 6:00pm and Natalia Hidalgo, Violin, Relyn Myrthil, Violin & Viola and Andres Zambrano, Cello, played for over an hour of chamber music for the arriving guests.
After the "cocktail and hors d'oeuvres hour", the Representative then introduced and thanked the GMYS trio by name, explained a little about the Dublin trip and took two hundred dollars from his own money and placed it in a bowl, asking his friends and supporters to do the same for these teens who will soon be needing some spending money in Ireland. Representative Richardson then spent the next 30 minutes or so, carrying around the bowl while working the crowd asking personally for donations for the kids.
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Garage Sale!
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Thank you, Brunella Barnett, for hosting an amazing Garage Sale to raise funds for GMYS on Saturday, February 8th.
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February Snack Team
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Thank you, GMYS Parents for your support!
Symphony Orchestra
Jeanne Moon
Jady Luo
Anita and Jerry Britt
Irma O'Campo
Gloria Chen
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Contact Us
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Bernarda Reyes
Greater Miami Youth Symphony
(p) 305-667-4069
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THE GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY
is funded in part by the Children's Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County. GMYS is also supported in part by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, and Cultural Arts Council, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the City of Coral Gables, Citizens Interested in Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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