WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR YCP?

• All high school students!

  • Must be attending high school in the 2023-2024 academic year

  • Accomplished Junior High students will be considered on an individual basis.

• Any orchestral instrument (including euphonium and saxophone), piano, or guitar

• We encourage existing ensembles to participate as a group

Tuition

• A one-time tuition payment of $100.00 is due at the first rehearsal on July 8, 2024.

• Checks should be made out to “Second City Chamber Series”

• A limited number of scholarships are available, please do not let financial hardship prevent you from participating in YCP!

ABOUT THE PROGRAm

The Second City Chamber Series provides high school-aged musicians interested in the performance of chamber music — and who qualify by audition — the opportunity to participate in the Young Chamber Players.

Auditions for the 2024 Summer YCP should be uploaded to YouTube and will be due Monday, June 10 at 5pm.

The Young Chamber Players is directed by Dr. Zachary Lyman. As the season unfolds, the students study and rehearse chamber music together, receive coaching from Second City Chamber Series artists and demonstrate their accomplishments with a concert held at Tacoma Community College in Tacoma.

Young Chamber Players participants may participate as existing ensembles or may be assigned to new ensembles appropriate to their number and instrumental mix, or both. Participants will receive:

A full week of six-hour days of coaching sessions on the preparation and performance of selected chamber music repertoire by coaches drawn from the roster of outstanding Second City Chamber Series musicians.

Special instruction and insight by Second City Chamber Series musicians on the unique challenges and rewards of chamber music performance, college music auditions, methods of individual practice and preparation, ensemble rehearsal techniques, selection and programming of repertoire, and solutions to common performance problems, including performance anxiety.

Access to all Second City Chamber Series concerts throughout the year, plus opportunities to observe rehearsals of the professional SCCS ensembles.

A Second City Chamber Series “Spotlight Concert” featuring the YCP ensembles, plus other performances in the community. Past additional performances have included appearances at the Tacoma Museum of Glass on Family Day, Boys and Girls Club performance and ice cream social, and the St. John’s Episcopal Church concert series in Olympia.

Interested in joining us? Click on this link to apply!

Rehearsal Schedule

We will rehearse each day during the week of July 8 -12. The schedule for each day will be:

• 9:30-11:00am: first rehearsal, coaching with resident faculty

• 11:15am - 12:00 noon: masterclass, Q&A, other activities

• 12:00-12:45pm: lunch

• 12:45-2:00pm: second rehearsal, coaching with resident faculty and college “apprentice” coaches

• 2:00-3:00pm: informal student/faculty performances (solo or chamber)

Additional rehearsal:

• June 29th, 10am-12pm: REQUIRED ensemble meet-and-greet “reading” rehearsal. This is an informal first rehearsal where you will meet your fellow ensemble members and read through your repertoire together before we begin in earnest on July 8.

Questions

Dr. Zach Lyman, Director
zachlyman1975@gmail.com
(253) 740-5740 (call or text)