Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) is an orchestral Music Education organization in Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 1946 to provide music education and instrumental training of the highest quality to Chicago area youth.
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Structure
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) is located in the Chicago Fine Arts Building on S. Michigan Avenue. CYSO comprises six core orchestras, an advanced chamber orchestra, a steel orchestra program, a chamber music program, and music theory and composition classes. Nearly 500 students ages 6 to 18 participate in these various programs. CYSO also provides Music Pathways, a music education and engagement initiative with Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
CYSO's mission is to Inspire and Cultivate Personal Excellence through Music.
Core Ensembles
- Symphony Orchestra
- Philharmonic Orchestra
- Concert Orchestra
- Debut Orchestra
- Preparatory Strings
- Accelerando Strings
- Overture Strings
- Jazz Orchestra
Supplemental Programs
- Chamber Music
- Steel Orchestras
- Music Pathways
- Music Theory & Composition
Staff (2017-18)
- Allen Tinkham - Musical Director and director of Symphony Orchestra
- Terrance Gray - Associate Conductor and director of Philharmonic Orchestra
- Michael Mascari - Concert Orchestra Conductor
- Dana Green - Debut Orchestra Conductor
- Steve Gooden - Debut Orchestra Assistant Conductor
- Pharez Whitted - Jazz Orchestra Director
- Daniella Valdez - Director of String Ensembles
- Dr. Donald Deroche - Director of Chamber Music
- Malika Green - Director of Steel Orchestras
- Anne McTighe - Overture Strings Conductor, Preparatory Strings Assistant Conductor.
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Performances
CYSO's various ensembles perform at places including Symphony Center-Orchestra Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, the South Shore Cultural Center, University of Chicago's Mandel Hall, The Studebaker Theater located in the Fine Arts Building Chicago, Chicago's Grant Park, and the Ravinia Festival. CYSO has a rich history of international tours, the most recent of which include the contintents of Europe & South America. These tours have included stops in Smetana Hall in Prague, the Frederick Chopin Conservatory of Music in Warsaw, and the Filharmonia in Wroc?aw, Poland. As part of their 2007 European tour, the CYSO Symphony Orchestra was selected as the only youth orchestra in the world to be presented by Leipzig, Germany's Gewandhaus during its musical season. During the 2009 South American Tour to Argentina and Uruguay, the CYSO Symphony Orchestra performed at Teatro Coliseo Podesta in La Plata, La Facultad de Derecho in Buenos Aires, Teatro El Circulo in Rosario, and Teatro Solis in Montevideo.
External links
- CYSO website
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