Upcoming Concerts
- OPENING CONCERT -
BYSO's 53rd SEASON
Sunday, October 17, 2010 • 3 pm
Symphony Hall
BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY
Federico Cortese, Conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 in F minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major
REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Joel Bard, Conductor
Repertoire TBD
JUNIOR REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Adrian Slywotzky, Conductor
Repertoire TBD
For more information about BYSO's 53rd Concert Season click here
Subscriptions for BYSO's 2010-2011 Season are currently on sale!
Single tickets will be on sale on September 1st!
For group tickets and subscriptions call BYSO's Ticket Hotline: 617-353-5353
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BYSO audiences experience the joy and excitement of talented young musicians as they perform sophisticated repertoire in Boston's world renowned concert halls. The exemplary technical and artistic quality of these classical music concerts is such that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has called the BYSO “indistinguishable from an adult orchestra.” Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe wrote about the Boston Youth Symphony's performance of Verdi's Messa da Requiem in April 2005, “The teenage orchestra played superbly, with the thrill of discovery and the polish of thorough rehearsal.”
The Boston Youth Symphony, the BYSO's most advanced ensemble, performs at Boston's Symphony Hall and Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Repertory Orchestra, Junior Repertory Orchestra, Young People's String Orchestra, Preparatory Winds and the Intensive Community Program perform at venues such as the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University, Kresge Auditorium at MIT, Faneuil Hall in Boston, Roxbury Community College, Emerson Umbrella for the Performing Arts, Chenery Middle School in Belmont, Massachusetts and the St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts.
Many BYSO alumni explain that their experience on stage at Symphony Hall was the beginning of lifelong love of music. Dennis Alves, a BYSO alum, parent of a current BYSO musician, and trumpet player for the Boston Pops explains: “There are certain pieces that I play in the Boston Pops that I played in BYSO. The way I play a phrase is the way Walter (Eisenberg, our conductor) told me how to play it.”
BYSO on Stage