Composing Our Tomorrow: Participating Orchestras

The League of American Orchestras’ Youth Orchestra Division (YOD) is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a bold new commissioning initiative: Composing Our Tomorrow. This nationwide project spotlights youth orchestras as powerful champions of new music. 

Youth orchestras: there’s still time to join the movement! Find more information here.

Participating Orchestras include:

• Academy Philharmonic (Elemental Music)  
• Alaska Youth Orchestras 
• Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra
• BSO OrchKids 
• California Youth Symphony  
• Carolina Youth Symphony  
• Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra  
• Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
• Civic Youth Ensembles   
• DC Youth Orchestra Program  
• Denver Young Artists Orchestra  
• Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestras  
• Empire State Youth Orchestra
• Erie Junior Philharmonic  
• Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras  
• Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras, Alphonse Carlo Jazz Band  
• Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras  
• Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra  
• Greater Rockwall Youth Symphony   
• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies  
• Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra  
• Hawai’i Youth Symphony  
• Houston Youth Symphony  
• Inner City Youth Orchestra   
• Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras  
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony  
• Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra  
• Napa Valley Youth Symphony  
• New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra  
• New Jersey Youth Symphony  
• New York Youth Symphony   
• Oak Ridge Youth Chamber Orchestra  
• Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra  
• Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestras  
• Philadelphia Youth Orchestra  
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra  
• Portland Youth Philharmonic  
• Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra  
• Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra  
• Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra   
• South Florida Youth Symphony inc  
• Spartanburg Philharmonic  
• Tacoma Youth Symphony  
• The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
• The Reno Phil Youth Symphony Orchestra  
• Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras  
• Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestras
• Triangle Youth Philharmonic  
• Vermont Youth Orchestra  
• Wichita Symphony Youth Orchestras 
• Williamsburg Youth Orchestra 
• Worcester Youth Orchestras  
• Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

Photo: Greenville Symphony Youth Orchestras. Credit: Dereck Eckenroth.