Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
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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ASYO 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.
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ASYO Crescendo Concert, Feb. 2023
This second concert in the ASYO's season begins with 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-fla...
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ASYO 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...
