News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 1/18/05   SOUTHEASTERN INVITES YOUNG STRING PLAYERS TO JOIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA      HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Music and Dramatic Arts is inviting talented young north shore string players to join the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra.      Directed by Yakov Voldman, the orchestra performs an average of four concerts annually on campus and at the university’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond. Recent concerts have featured world famous guest artists, including violinists Ilya Keller and Yuri Zhislin, and the Moscow Piano Trio.      The invitation to join the Chamber Orchestra is extended to students 13 years of age and older. Those interested should contact Voldman (985-549-5182) for a private audition at which they will perform a three-octave scale and a solo composition of their choice.       “The string program that Dr. Voldman has built at Southeastern is one of the crown jewels of the music department,” said Kenneth Boulton, director of Southeastern’s Community Music School.  “This is a great opportunity for talented young musicians to gain performance experience and join in a wonderful music program right in their own backyard.”      Boulton said several high school age Community Music School students are currently members of the Chamber Orchestra. The Community Music School offers private instruction to adults and children in guitar, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and percussion at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium on the university’s main campus and at the Southeastern St. Tammany Center, located in the parish government complex on Koop Drive near Mandeville. Spring semester CMS classes begin Jan. 24.      Information about CMS, including a spring 2005 semester registration packet, is available online at www.selu.edu/cms. For further details, contact the CMS office or Boulton at 985-549-5502 or 985-549-2197.