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Yeou-Cheng Ma, Executive Director, Children's Orchestra Society
Filipino-American Coloradans celebrate history statewide
When Michael Dadap plays guitar, it’s more than just playing notes.
“I am a lover of Philippine folk songs because they are so innocent and says what it says,” said Dadap, a musician and music instructor in New York.
Dadap and dozens of others attended a get-together of four Filipino groups based in Colorado.
The children’s orchestra society wins best music school/classes on long island
On April 18, 2023, The Children’s Orchestra Society was announced as the winner of the Herald Long Island Choice Award in the Best Music School/Classes category. The lavish awards ceremony was held at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, where over 200 Long Island businesses were honored. Thank you to the LI community for voting for COS! Congratulations to all the winners & finalists!
Syosset’s Children’s Orchestra Society Returns to Live Audience After 2-Year Pause - News 12 Long Island
The sister of the classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma is back to leading a student orchestra based in Syosset after live performances were halted for two years by the pandemic.
Yeou Cheng Ma runs the Children's Orchestra Society in Syosset. She says she was in her father’s orchestra when she was about 11 years old. She is now approaching 71.
Joshua Wang, who is a senior in high school, has been a violinist for the Children’s Orchestra Society since he was in seventh grade.
“For me, the most important part about music is sharing it with other people and for you to enjoy it and hopefully they enjoy it as well,” he says.
However, the group's love for live performance came to a halt when the pandemic started. Yeou Cheng Ma says they were forced to cancel their annual live show two years in a row.
This year they were finally able to return this year in front of an audience at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan. The three Discovery Winners from the past competitions were a part of the performance.
Children’s Orchestra Society Soars in 2022 - Nassau Illustrated News
On Monday, May 23, three Nassau County graduating seniors joined world-class musicians onstage at Lincoln Center for an ensemble performance that’s been years in the making.
In many ways, their performance at Alice Tully Hall signified not only their accomplishments as musicians but also the students’ dedication to promoting meaningful, accessible music education for other Long Island youth like themselves.
Yeou-Cheng Ma, Sister of Yo-Yo, Continues a Legacy - New York Times
In 1962, Leonard Bernstein, presiding over a fund-raiser in Washington called American Pageant for the Arts, introduced a 7-year-old cellist named Yo-Yo Ma. Among the honored guests were President John F. Kennedy — Jacqueline, too — and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Yo-Yo, who had arrived to the United States from Paris a year earlier with his family, Bernstein said, would now perform the first movement of a concertino by Jean-Baptiste Bréval, accompanied at the piano by his 11-year-old sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma — who, Bernstein added, was “pursuing her musical studies.”
Their performance, which was televised (and can be seen online), was remarkable.
50th anniversary gala performance at carnegie hall
The 2019 Gala will be held on June 20, 2019 at Carnegie Hall, featuring all orchestras, COS Senior Discovery winner Darren Yang, Bass, guest artist Ray Chen, Violin.
CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY PERFORMS IN CHINA - The Garden City News
Several Garden City students spent the summer traveling abroad with a local youth orchestra, The Children’s Orchestral Society.
Abigail and Emma Benzinger, Savannah Ma, and Nathaneal Lau were among the members of the orchestra and enjoyed a three city tour of China.
The Children’s Orchestral Society is operated by Dr. Yeou Cheng Ma and Michael Dadap. Dr. Ma is the elder sibling of internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. This trip was timed with the opening of the Yo-Yo Ma museum at the Ma’s ancestral home in Ningbo. The tour was entitled “Home Return” and was a truly great event.
Read Yeou-Cheng Ma's interview with the epoch times
"ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.—Nothing is as adorable as the sight of small children performing pizzicato in unison (or almost in unison).
Family and friends packed into the Madison Theatre at Long Island’s Molloy College on June 15 for a very out-of-tune, very endearing performance by the Kinder Orchestra, most of whose members are under the age of 6."
Want to hear more from our Executive Director? Have a listen to her interview on Pump Up The Presence Podcast.