Page 11 - Plymouth Phil Annual Report 2019-2020

MUSIC FOR ALL AGES

It wouldn’t be Independence Day without the Phil performing on
the Plymouth waterfront. This outdoor concert is made possible with
the support of the Town of Plymouth Visitor Services Board, the Esther
and Alcide Ruffini Charitable Trust, and the Spooner Trust. In 2019 the
free event attracted 40,000 South Shore residents on site and by live
broadcast.

The Summer Concert Series at Laura’s Center for the Arts at the Emilson
YMCA in Hanover continues to attract audiences from across the South- The Plymouth
of-Boston region. In August, 2019 thanks to additional funding from an Philharmonic Orchestra
anonymous donor the Phil partnered with the Trustees of Reservations Music Scholarship
and presented an outdoor concert at the spectacular Worlds End The Plymouth Philharmonic
property in Hingham, introducing the Phil to new audiences. Orchestra Music Scholarship is
awarded annually to a Plymouth
County high school junior who
intends to apply during their senior
year to a four-year music program.
The award may be used for lessons,
workshops, or other expenses
that raise the level of a student’s
300 qualifications as an applicant.
student performers
join us onstage The 2020 scholarship was awarded to
Anna Teunis of Kingston. Ms. Teunis is
a junior at Silver Lake Regional High
School where she plays French horn
YOUTH CONCERTO WINNER in the concert, jazz and marching
Each season, the Phil offers a talented young musician an opportunity to bands. She also participates in the
perform with the full orchestra. The March Family Concert featured North Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Quincy High School sophomore Owen Masur who has studied piano for ten the South Shore Conservatory
years, most recently at South Shore Conservatory (SSC) with pianist HuiMin Music Festival and the Hornithology
Wang. Having won first place in his age division, and being named overall Summer Horn Ensemble.
winner of SSC’s HuiMin Wang Youth Concerto Competition, Owen earned
the honor of performing in this annual event. Owen has performed twice The Plymouth Philharmonic
at Carnegie Hall as first place and grand prize winner in the Russian Music Orchestra Scholarship is made
Competition. This annual performance is made possible through the Phil’s possible through the generous
longtime partnership with South Shore Conservatory. support of an anonymous donor
and the Marinus and Minna B.
Koster Foundation.

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