Concert Weekend | April 13 & 14, 2024
Vermont Youth Strings | April 13, 1:00pm | Elley-Long Music Center
Featuring the premiere of “Cairn Dances” by local composer & educator, Michael Hakim.
Vermont Youth Philharmonia | April 14, 5:30pm | Elley-Long Music Center
Featuring the world premiere of “Mizu” by Cerulean Payne-Passmore.
All Tickets $5 at the Door!
Achievement Unlocked! | May 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Achievement Unlocked!
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3:00pm | The Flynn
For the final concert of the 2023-2024 season, we’ll celebrate the leveling up of our senior musicians as they take their final bows with the VYO. The young musicians of the VYO rejoice in the coming of spring with a performance of Dvorak’s masterful Symphony No. 8. This mammoth undertaking is complemented by Sibelius’ hymn for the Finnish homeland, Finlandia, as well as a special performance by the percussion ensemble.
**Senior Solo
Emmerson Stapleton, Violin
Jules Conus, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Mvt. I
Previous Concerts
OrchestraPalooza | December 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Music lives here. VYOA takes over The Flynn stage with our three headliner orchestras, over 200 young musicians, an electric violin and more. Don’t miss this epic concert that celebrates the power of music in the hands of Vermont’s young people.
**Baton Auction!
The baton auction is back at OrchestraPalooza – we’ll be offering the baton to the highest bidder in a live auction!
Could it be YOU? Don’t miss your chance to conduct the Vermont Youth Orchestra, live onstage at The Flynn!
Turning Pointe | February 11, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Turning Pointe
February 11, 3:00pm | The Flynn
VYO’s mid-winter concert will take your breath away, delivering sweeping, passionate melodies sure to stir the soul and warm the heart. This concert features the soaring overture and waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” as well as the ballet suite from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha. The young musicians rise to the challenge of Amy Beach’s Gaelic symphony, performing the third movement that conveys “the laments … romance and … dreams” of the Irish people.
**Senior Soloist
Maaike Dam, Violin
Tchaikovsky Arr. Glazunov, “Meditation” from Souvenir d’un lieu cher
VYOA Jazz Concert | February 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM
VYOA Jazz
Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 11:00am | Elley-Long Music Center
Join us in celebrating the inaugural year of VYOA Jazz! This free concert will feature performances by small ensembles showing off their chops on their instruments.
