We've featured the talented violinist Courtney Gillett many times on this newscast, and tonight she's sharing her talents with the world as Gillett becomes the first Belizean to join the YOA Orchestra of the Americas not once, but twice. She is
The YOA is going on their 2016 Nordic-Baltic Tour, which will take them to countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Gillett is known in Belize as a violin teacher at the Pallotti School of Music, She has a Diploma in Music Performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in London and a minor in Music from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She's also an active member of the of the National Youth Orchestra and Choir of Belize.
She becomes the first Belizean to make the cut for 2 tours. She was first drafted back in 2013.
The tour is playing in Sweden tonight and then moves unto Denmark and Germany.
The YOA is a world-class symphony orchestra of gifted young musicians, between the ages of 18 to 30, representing 25 countries in the Western Hemisphere.
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