Metropolitan Youth Symphony explores love and loss in its 50th-season opener
The young composer Elishiya Crain-Keddie's "Innamorata" sparkles in a program including Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli.
By James Bash for Oregon Arts Watch - November 14, 2024. Read original here.
“The Force of Love” proved to be the perfect title for the Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s season-opening concert November 10 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The young musicians, guided by Music Director Raúl Gómez-Rojas, painted lively sonic canvases that told stories of passion, desire, and loss. he program featured works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli, as well as the world premiere of a piece by Elishiya Crain-Keddie. Each piece aptly fit within the overarching theme of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary season, “Breaking Barriers.”
One of the coolest things about the MYS is its willingness to play the music of a composer who is basically the same age as the musicians on stage. Elishiya Crain-Keddie, a senior at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, has studied composition for the past three years with Fear No Music’s Young Composers Program..... (read more at Oregon Arts Watch).
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