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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. 

Learn more about the initiative.

Please congratulate the orchestras below who received student engagement grants from the League, supporting direct student engagement with their commissioned composer(s). These mini-grants were made possible by a generous grant from The Volgenau Foundation.

*denotes grant recipient

Participating Orchestras include:

  • Academy Philharmonic (Elemental Music)  
  • Alaska Youth Orchestras 
  • Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra
  • 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 of Los Angeles*  
  • 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  
  • Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
  • 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*
  • Spartanburg Philharmonic*  
  • Tacoma Youth Symphony*  
  • Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra
  • 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 
  • Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra
  • Worcester Youth Orchestras  
  • Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

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

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