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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras has the mission to inspire and cultivate personal excellence through music. After more than 75 years of music-making, CYSO shaped generations of young leaders and musicians. Follow their blog to get all the latest updates and news about the Symphony.
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
2w ago
April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the heritage, history, and many contributions of Arab Americans here in the United States. We are so lucky and proud [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
2w ago
Dear CYSO Family, I wanted to share a letter I recently received from a member of our Symphony Orchestra. We don’t often pause long enough to think about the impact [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
3w ago
CYSO students will take the stage at the 2024 Chicago Youth in Music Festival Finale on April 29th along with young Chicagoan musicians from Merit School of Music, Music Institute [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
1M ago
Composer, conductor, and pianist Avril Coleridge-Taylor was determined to make a name for herself from a young age, despite the discrimination she faced as a multiracial woman. Coleridge-Taylor would go [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
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Earlier this month, we highlighted Elena Roussanova as one of the 5 women composers to know in celebration of Women’s History Month. Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Roussanova showed [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
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CYSO’s Ambassadors program is one that flies under the radar a bit, with some in our community unaware of the impressive impact it has each season. Ambassadors taps select Chamber [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
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The 2024 CYSO Gala: Got That Swing! took place at Chicago’s Radisson Blu Aqua hotel on Saturday, March 2nd. Celebrating the 125th birthday of Duke Ellington and his legacy as [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
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CYSO’s 2024 spring concerts are just around the corner, and you may have noticed brand-new graphics featured on our event calendar. Last fall, we invited CYSO students to participate in [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
2M ago
If you attended last November’s Orchestra Hall concert, you’ll remember that Jahari Stampley as the recipient of this year’s CYSO Alumni Award and the heartfelt speech that elicited a standing [...]
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
2M ago
The 2024 CYSO Gala: Got That Swing! is coming up on March 2 and this year’s event celebrates the enduring work of Duke Ellington in honor of what would have [...]
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