BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Aaron Kula \;conducts NEC's \;Festival Youth Orchestr a \;in its 13th season.\nThese young musicians ages 13&ndash\;18\, w ho come from Asia\, South America\, and throughout the United States\, p articipate in the only urban orchestra training program at a conservator y in the U.S. with 80 members and 16 faculty coaches.\nThe FYO will perf orm Duke Ellington's jazz symphony \;Black\, Brown and Beige\, a wor k that since its 1943 debut has been performed more often in excerpt tha n in its entirety. Wynton Marsalis\, who has led performances of this wo rk by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra\, has advised Aaron Kula in prep aring this performance. Since one of the original performances by Duke E llington and his orchestra of \;Black\, Brown and Beigetook place in Boston's Symphony Hall\, this can be seen as a homecoming for this musi c.\nDvorá\;k \;Symphony No. 9\nEllington \;Black\, Brown a nd Beige\nRavel \;Bolero\nAaron Kula is leading the Festival Youth O rchestra's 13th summer at NEC. As a conductor\, Kula has previously work ed with the Boston Ballet\, Boston Sinfonietta\, Chautauqua Youth Orches tra\, Lake Erie Ballet\, Miami City Ballet\, Boston Conservatory Symphon y\, Santa Fe Symphony\, New Hampshire Ballet\, and with artists includin g cellist Yo-Yo Ma and clarinetist \;Richard Stoltzman. He currently is director of the Klezmer Company Orchestra.\nKula has also been teach ing\, arranging\, and performing ethnic music for the past 30 years. He is Director of Music Collections and Performance at Florida Atlantic Uni versity Libraries in Boca Raton. URL:http://backbay.patch.com/events/festival-youth-orchestra-kula SUMMARY:Festival Youth Orchestra + Kula LOCATION:30 Gainsborough St\, Boston\, MA 02115: 30 Gainsborough St\, Bos ton\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR