Today we hear from two instruments not so often heard on Introductions. Horn player Hayden Joyce and bassoonist Fabrizio Milcent are both principal players in Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras. They perform pieces by Bach, Gallay, Mozart, Elgar, and Strausses Richard & Franz.
Hayden Joyce is a home-schooled high school senior from Middlebury, Indiana, and is a student of David Griffin, Fourth Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hayden has won both the 2021 Naperville Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the 2024 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Concerto Competition (2024). Hayden also performed at the YoungArts National Competition where he was awarded Winner with Distinction and nominated as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He has participated in many summer festivals including the Eastern Music Festival, NYO2, and the Interlochen Arts Camp where he was principal of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a principal horn of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and hopes to one day perform with a professional orchestra. He was the featured horn soloist in CYSO’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, broadcast on Introductions in January 2024.
Fabrizio Milcent is an aspiring young bassoonist studying at The Chicago High School for the Arts. Fabrizio grew up in Little Village, Chicago. He began studying the bassoon at the Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy in 2016, and is currently a student of Bill Buchman. Fabrizio is a fellow of Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, which has provided Fabrizio with many opportunities, one of which was to attend the Kinhaven Music School during the Summers of 2021 and 2022. He was also fortunate enough to attend the Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer of 2023. Fabrizio also attended the Merit School of Music from 2020 to 2023. Fabrizio is also a member of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, where he has performed with the flagship Symphony Orchestra, the Classical Orchestral Repertory Ensemble, and the Ambassadors Woodwind Quintet.