Inner City Youth Orchestra (ICYOLA): Season Opening Concert 11-19-23

Here is concert video of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) performing at the Marsee Auditorium in El Camino College. This evening's music consists of pieces ranging from original music to a classic from 1982, referencing a continent, and more.
Enjoy!
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FEATURING
Charles Dickerson III - Founder, Executive Director, Conductor of ICYOLA

Sue Fink - Artistic director and founder of the Angel City Chorale
Fink has conducted around the world from Walt Disney Hall to Cadogan Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and she conducted four performances on NBC's America's Got Talent leading the chorale to earn the coveted Golden Buzzer.

Christopher Tin - 2 time Grammy award winning composer
His music has been performed in places from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the United Nations, and by ensembles such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, and the US Air Force Band. His song "Baba Yetu", originally written for the video game Civilization IV, holds the distinction of being the first piece of music written for a video game ever to win a Grammy Award.

James A Muhammad - President and CEO of the USC Radio Group, which operates “Classical California” combo KUSC Los Angeles (91.5) and KDFC San Francisco (90.3).
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ABOUT ICYOLA (source: https://icyola.org/)
We are the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA), the largest majority Black orchestra in America. Founded in 2009, ICYOLA is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that transforms the lives and minds of young people in Inner City Los Angeles through high quality music education.

We teach inner-city youth the great music of the world, and provide opportunities for them to perform that music in the most magnificent settings of our community. We prepare our members for advanced study and high caliber success in music and otherwise. We instill the ancillary benefits that music instruction provides: problem-solving skills, critical thinking, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-discipline, and the crystallization and pursuit of meaningful purpose.

With a mission to cultivate musical expression as a vehicle for personal development, and to bring to fruition the full musical and academic potential of young inner city residents of Los Angeles.
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The concert was in memoriam of Kenneth Brown Sr, dedicated to the power that comes from music and arts. He was a great supporter of the ICYOLA
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:27 Star Spangled Banner
02:09 Lift Every Voice and Sing by J. Rosemond Johnson / arr. Chuck Dickerson
04:07 Opening Remarks
11:46 'Pilgrims Chorus' from Tannerhauser by Richard Wagner / arr. Chuck Dickerson / conducted by Dwayne Burrell
20:24 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations by Samuel Elgar / conducted by Dwayne Burrell / Featuring the Angel City Chorale / Composed in 2021 for all those who sustained loss during the pandemic, and dedicated to Kenneth Brown Sr.
23:58 Psalm 91 (World Premier) by Charles Dickerson III
36:43 Njooni Waaminifu (Oh Come All Ye Faithful [Swahili]) by Christopher Tin / feat. the Angel City Chorale
45:14 The Light of Hope by Sue Fink / feat. the Angel City Chorale and Reverend Donald Parades, soloist
52:20 Africa by Toto (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) / feat. the Angel City Chorale
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Filmed at El Camino College in Torrance, CA
Equipment:
Lumix G9
Lumix G7
Lumix GX85/80
Zoom H1n
Lenses:
45-150mm x2
45-200mm
Software: Shotcut
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