Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerts
Established in 1974, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) provides Atlanta's most talented and dedicated students an outlet to perform masterworks.
Each year, more than three hundred rising 8th to 12th-grade instrumentalists audition for seats in the ASYO. This special youth program presents three public concerts per season, performed in Atlanta Symphony Hall. Members also get exclusive invitations to participate in readings and master classes with the top artists in the instrumental music industry.
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Overture Concert | Nov 2025
Music Director William R. Langley conducts the ASYO's Overture Concert in Atlanta Symphony Hall on November 8, 2025.
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Finale Concert | May 2025
The students of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra perform their final concert of the 2024/25 season. Conducted by ASYO Music Director William R. Langley.
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Crescendo Concert | Feb 2025
Conducted by William R. Langley
February 22, 2025 | Atlanta Symphony HallJOHN WILLIAMS: "The Flight to Neverland" from Hook
RESPIGHI: Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien
JOHN WILLIAMS: "Flying Theme" from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Overture Concert | Nov 2024
With ASYO Music Director William R. Langley at the helm, the students of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra perform their first concert of the season–the 2024/25 ASYO Overture Concert.
November 3, 2024 | Atlanta Symphony Hall
IGOR STRAVINSKY: First Tableau from Petrushka (ver. 1947) [10 MINS]... -
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Finale Concert | May 2024
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra performs a dynamic Finale concert to complete its 50th season. Featured in this concert are the Cypress Trio, the ASYO Alumni Orchestra under the batons of Michael Palmer and Jere Flint, and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra under the direction of William R...
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Finale Concert | May 2023
This finale of the ASYO season will show exactly how far these talented young musicians have come this season under ASYO Music Director Jerry Hou's direction. The program features a suite of music from Bizet's "L'Arlésienne" – incidental music written to accompany a play about a young man torn be...
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Crescendo Concert | Feb 2023
This second concert in the ASYO's 2022/23 season features American composer Alvin Singleton's Across Differences," which the composer notes "can refer to the differences between cultures, but it also refers to my thought process." The program also includes a movement of Erich Korngold's Hollywood...
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Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Overture Concert | Nov 2022
Atlanta's most talented young musicians come together for the ASYO's first concert of the 2022/23 season. Led by ASYO Music Director Jerry Hou, the program features a work by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra member Michael Kurth as well as Mahler's First Symphony, nicknamed "Titan" for its heroic themes.