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YOA Orchestra of the Americas performs at Pan American Games
Saturday, July 25, 2015
The YOA Orchestra of the Americas will complete its tour of Eastern Canada in early August. From left to right: creative director and general manager of YOA Mark Gillespie; New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant; president and CEO of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra Ken MacLeod; YOA founding chairman Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg; and conductor of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra Antonio Delgado. PHOTO: SUBMITTED
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The YOA Orchestra of the Americas has finished their stint at the Pan American Games with an open-air free performance in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square as part of PANAMANIA, the cultural side of the Games.
The orchestra completed its 2015 residency program in New Brunswick earlier this month and performed its four debut concerts in the province.
They will now complete their Eastern Canadian tour with performances in Mont-Laurier, Quebec on July 25; Joliette, Quebec on July 26; Montreal, Quebec on July 27; Lambton, Ontario on July 30, Magog on July 31 and Saint-Irenee on Aug. 1 and 2.
