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| YOUTH ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERTS Free & Open to the Public |
Sunday, May 6, 2012 4pm at Princeton Public Library on Witherspoon St Program: Handel, Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky |
Fri, May 25, 2012 7pm at Trinity Cathedral 801 W State St, Trenton Program: Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky with senior soloists performing Sibelius, Vitalli & Koussevitzky |
The Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
Stretto Young Musicians
(Ages 7-13)
A training ensemble that helps beginning and intermediate players
develop skills to integrate into the larger ensemble.
Stretto (High School)
This is our main performing ensemble.
Stretto Advanced (Grades 10-12)
A leadership-training program with additional performance opportunities. Members of this group include all section leaders and the Student Assistant Conductor. These students receive more flexibility with regard to the Friday evening rehearsals but will have occasional extended weekend practice. Audition plus a minimum of 3 years of orchestra experience required to be considered for this division.
Stretto is always looking for new talent from the greater Princeton area including West Windsor, Plainsboro, Hopewell, Lawrence, Trenton, and other townships in Mercer County and beyond. Stretto has performed in Chicago, Paris, Essen, Düsseldorf, Florence, Prague, Montenegro, Croatia, Baden, Vienna, and as part of the Philadelphia Bach Festival. Rehearsals: Fridays 6-7:30pm Registration Form | Calendar for 2011-2012 For Audition Information Contact: |
| Sherri Anderson, Conductor | Amy Goodman Wulfman, Assistant Conductor | |
 Sherri Anderson, the founding director of "Stretto", received her Bachelor of Music degree from Wheaton College and her Master of Sacred Music degree from Westminster Choir College. Ms. Anderson completed additional graduate study in String Pedagogy and Choral Conducting at Temple University where she studied with Helen Kwalwasser and Alan Harler. Ms. Anderson maintains large private teaching studios in the Princeton and Philadelphia areas. She is on the Violin/Viola Faculty of the Lawrenceville School and the Trenton Community Music School, Director of Children’s Music at Snyder Ave Congregational Church in Philadelphia and the Executive Director of Blue Mountain Chamber Music Festival. |
 Amy Goodman Wulfman, MM, University of Wisconsin; BA, Yale University. Studied at the Vienna Academy with Gunter Pichler and Michael Frischenschlager. Performance experience: international career as a concert violinist, performing with orchestras in Europe and in the United States, performing and recording with the baroque ensemble Capella Academica under Eduard Melkus. Played in numerous chamber music concerts, including perfomances at the Bach Aria Festival in Stonybrook, NY. Teaching experience: faculty of the New England Conservatory, the Phillips Andover Academy, and Music on the Hill, all located in the Boston area; current faculty of The Lawrenceville School and the Young Artists Program at Westminster Conservatory. Co-founder of the New Haven Summer Quartet Camp. |