Youth Symphony Messages

2024-2025 Youth Symphony Season Repertoire

Winter Quarter (Sunday, March 16, 2025)
TBD: Concerto Competition Winner
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Spring Quarter (Sunday, May 18, 2025)
J.S. Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy
Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1 “Nordic”

FALL QUARTER RECAP

Dear Youth Students,

Thank you for a wonderful fall quarter! I am very proud of how you played, especially after what a difficult week we had with the storms. Many of you overcame personal hurdles to get your instruments from locked schools or had to practice in the dark. Dr. Metzger-Howe was very appreciative of your performance and thought it was a great tribute to her time at BYSO.

WINTER QUARTER INFO

Winter quarter seating will be posted soon. All returning students should plan to play the same part they did in the fall for our first rehearsal. Seating auditions will take place at our retreat on January 11.

Seating Auditions
All excerpts are from Brahms: Symphony No. 2. Prepare all excerpts listed for your instrument. All excerpts are included in PDF format below and bracketed in blue.

Winter 2025 Reference Recordings