The Endangered Instruments Program is closed for the 2025-26 season.
General Information
The VYOA’s Endangered Instruments Program (EIP) is a subsidized private lesson program that encourages students to play those instruments that are typically difficult to recruit for orchestras (oboe, bassoon, French horn, tuba, and string bass). EIP is open to new students in grades 6-9 who are not taking private lessons or to VYOA students interested in playing one of these instruments in our orchestras. Due to the limited numbers of openings, admission must be preapproved by VYOA staff.
