Mellon Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to Prepare Young Musicians from Underrepresented Populations for Careers in Classical Music
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Mellon Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to Prepare Young Musicians from Underrepresented Populations for Careers in Classical Music Boston, MA — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $2.5 million to New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), in consortium with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Community Music Center of Boston, Project STEP, […]
SUBSCRIBE for BYSO’s 61st Season
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! SUBSCRIBE! Join BYSO for our 61st season! 18-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS BYSO Opening Concert Symphony Hall October 14 at 3:00pm Boston Youth Symphony Federico Cortese, conductor Repertory Orchestra Mark Miller, conductor La bohème Sanders Theatre at Harvard University January 27 at 3pm Boston Youth Symphony Federico Cortese, conductor professional vocal soloists […]
ICP Winds Recruitment 2018
Do you know a student age 7-10 who is interested in experiencing classical music? ABOUT ICP: The Intensive Community Program (ICP), directed by Nicole Cariglia is a rigorous instrumental training program within the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) that brings quality classical music instruction to students from communities traditionally underrepresented in the classical music […]
BYSO Merchandise Online Store
Purchase BYSO t-shirts, hoodies, water bottles, stickers and more! Click here to view all items in the BYSO store! To view all BYSO items and place an order click here: https://www.bysoweb.org/byso-merchandise-store/
“WRHS senior plays with BYSO in Germany”
http://www.thelandmark.com/articles/wrhs-senior-plays-with-boston-youth-symphony-orchestra-in-germany/ The Landmark | July 11, 2018 By Rachel Ettlinger From playing the cello in her home as a 5-year-old to the big stage in the Altenburg Castle in Bamburg, Germany as a rising Wachusett Regional High School (WRHS) senior, Kaede Ishidate’s passion for music has taken her throughout the New England area and, now, […]
Altenburg review: “an absolute highlight”, “hallowed and heroic performance”
We are truly humbled by another incredibly positive review from #BYSOTour: ACCLAIM FOR SOLOIST AND YOUTH ORCHESTRA FROM MASSACHUSETTS Concert of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras in the Ceremonial Hall of Castle Altenburg within the Framework of the Museum Night BY FELIX FRIEDRICH Altenburg. Every visitor at the special performance of the Boston Youth Symphony […]
“Astonishing quality” – BYSO’s Gewandhaus concert review!
As we flew home from tour Monday morning, a very praising review of our June 10 Gewandhaus performance was featured in the Leipziger Volkszeitung.* Youth Choirs from Leipzig Make Music with the Youth Orchestra from Boston The Youth Choirs of the Gewandhaus and the Leipzig Opera under the direction of Federico Cortese in the […]
Bach meets Bernstein
It’s been a busy couple of days on #BYSOTour as we are in the midst of our big weekend of performances! Friday marked the opening night of Bach Fest, and we were the first performers at the open air marketplace at our concert “Bach meets Bernstein.” We performed for an attentive audience of easily 1,000 […]
“Bridge to Boston” – BYSO makes local Leipzig newspaper!
Youth Orchestra from Overseas Makes Music with Choirs from Leipzig The Boston Symphony Youth Orchestras has arrived in Leipzig to rehearse programs for the Bach Festival in conjunction with youth choirs from the Opera and the Gewandhaus. Concerts will be held on June 8th in the Market Place and on June 10th in the […]
Museum of Musical Instruments
How often is it that a city’s museums are mostly centered on music? Leipzig is city saturated in music history, and we are happily taking it all in on the #BYSOTour. Today’s museum stop: The Museum of Musical Instruments. This museum is home to nearly 5,000 instruments (some of which we even got to try out […]
