2026 ChamberFest Summer Concerts

Celebrate Summer Music at BYSO: Free ChamberFest Concerts This July Summer is in full swing at Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, and our BYSO Youth Center for Music is filled with the sound of chamber music. This July, we invite our community to experience a series of free performances showcasing both emerging young musicians and professional […]

Summertime at BYSO

Another summer has come and gone and we are on the verge of one of BYSO’s most exciting seasons yet! The year got off to a tremendous start with summer camp and retreats for all six of our orchestras for the first time ever. We also welcomed even more children from our community to the BYSO Youth […]

Join us for our Annual Spring Gala!

BYSO created the Intensive Community Program (ICP) in 1998 to provide an avenue for students from communities of color and low-income communities in Boston to join BYSO’s competitive orchestras. Grounded in the firm belief in the power of exceptional classical music education to change lives, the ICP provides students with long-term, rigorous musical training, resources, […]

BYSO 7th Annual Gala: Pathways to Excellence

Hundreds of children from throughout Greater Boston are achieving excellence through classical music at BYSO. Every one of these children starts from a different place—age, socioeconomic background and culture. Their commonality is achieving artistic excellence, and in turn they recognize and strive for it in all areas of their life. Every pathway they take is […]

BYSO’s 7th Annual Spring Gala

A Toast To Tomorrow: Pathways to Excellence BYSO’s 7th Annual Spring Gala  |  May 9th, 2017 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) celebrates their 7th annual gala on May 9, 2017 at 6:30pm at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. “A Toast to Tomorrow, Pathways to Excellence” celebrates […]