Mannheims Ungdomssymfoniorkester

The Mannheim Youth Symphony Orchestra (JSOM) was founded by Hanno Haag in 1977. The orchestra is open to all players who are sufficiently proficient at their instruments to take the challenging program in their stride. There are about 90 young people in JSOM who attend the weekly rehearsals in the Mannheim music school’s “Börsensaal” in E4 in the centre of Mannheim. The members come from across the region “Rhine-Neckar”- not only from Mannheim. The core of the orchestra is made up of members between 14 and 18 years of age. However, some extremely gifted students are as young as 12 and some of the older members just do not want to leave, so the age range is from 12 to 25. Bringing them all together to play as one body is a challenging task. Jan-Paul Reinke was appointed in 2016 to further nurture and guide this group of talented and dedicated young musicians on their musical journey.

J. Brahms Symphony n.1
G. Verdi Ouverture La Forza del Destino
C. Chaminade Concertino for Flute
C-M. von Weber Clarinet concerto n.2
M. Bruch Kol Nidrei for Cello and orchestra
J. Strauss Ouverture "Die Fledermaus"