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It was followed in 1935 by the Young People's Symphony Orchestra in Berkeley, California, which describes itself as the second oldest independent youth symphony in the country. [5] By 1963, Life magazine counted about 15,000 youth orchestras in the country and noted that they were producing music of a caliber that could appeal to adult audiences.
The Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra (WCYO) is a not-for-profit organization providing young musicians in the Fairfield County and upper Westchester County areas with classical symphonic, concert band and string orchestra experience through participation in the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and String Ensemble respectively.
This is a list of active youth orchestras. National youth orchestras are highlighted in bold. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The American Youth Symphony was formed in 1957 by Roger Wagner, the French choral director and professor at UCLA who also created the Los Angeles Master Chorale. ... into a San Fernando Valley ...
The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) is a non-profit youth orchestra located in San Jose, California. [1] SJYS was founded in 1951. It was originally part of the San Jose Symphony as the San Jose Symphony Youth Orchestra (SJSYO). However, in 2002, when the San Jose Symphony was going through financial problems, SJSYO separated itself from the San ...
In addition, members have the opportunity to work with many renowned musicians in the classical, hip-hop, and world music fields. The program is led by founding Executive & Music Director Yunior Lopez [2] who previously served as conductor of the Academy Symphony Orchestra at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music. The YAO performs over fifteen ...
This is particularly common in the United States, examples including the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the New York Youth Symphony. While a professional orchestra will receive the parts and have a few days of rehearsal, and then play several performances, youth orchestras will typically rehearse the concert program over several months.
California Youth Symphony (CYS) is a San Francisco Bay Area symphony orchestra for young musicians of high school age and younger. It was founded in 1952 by Aaron Sten and in 1963 became the first United States youth orchestra to tour abroad, performing twelve concerts in Japan, including a joint concert with Tokyo Junior Orchestra Society.