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THANK YOU to everyone who made the 70th Anniversary Concert an amazing success last month! During May and June, the celebration continues with more ways to show your support of SYSO:

June 2 The final regular season concert. Get your tickets now!
June 8 Spectacularly SYSO Gala, our annual evening fundraiser. From 6:30 to 9:30pm at the brand new MOHAI.
June 14 & 15 SYSO performs two events with the Pacific Northwest Ballet

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2012-2013 Season Concerts

Purchase tickets online or call the box office at 206-362-2300.

April 28, 2013 | 3:00pm | at Benaroya Hall | Reserve your tickets
70th Anniversary Concert

Celebrate our 70th Anniversary concert season with performances by all four orchestras and special anniversary events. Event details...

Seattle Youth Symphony

Concerts at Benaroya Hall

November 4, 2012, 3:00pm
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
Sophia Stoyanovich, violin soloist
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor,
Op. 78 (Organ Symphony)

January 13, 2013, 3:00pm
Chabrier: España
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from
           Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder, WWV 91
           Adina Aaron, soprano soloist
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in d minor,            Op.47

May 19, 2013, 3:00pm
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Debussy: La Mer
Mussorgski/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Symphonette • Debut •Junior Orchestras

Concerts at Meany Hall, UW Campus

Each concert features performances by SYSO's three training orchestras.

December 2, 2012, 3:00pm

March 10, 2013, 3:00pm

June 2, 2013, 3:00pm
Symphonette Orchestra
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 3
Handel: Overture from Concerto Grosso
No. 3, Op. 5
Tchaikovsky: Finale from Symphony No. 2
("Little Russian")
Khachaturian: Selections from the Ballet "Gayane"

Debut Orchestra
Wagner: Selections from "Lohengrin"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op. 35

Junior Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

Repertoire announced approximately
one month prior to each concert.

Download the 2012-13
Ticketing Brochure

2012-2013 Performance Partnerships

February 10, 2013  |  2:00 pm  |  at Town Hall
April 20, 2013  |  at Fisher Pavillion/Seattle Center
August 3, 2013  |  at McCaw Hall

SYSO partners with the Seattle Opera for world premiere performances of Our Earth, a cycle of three operas written by Eric Banks (composer) and Irene Keliher (librettist). These new works explore universal themes of friendship, hope, and stewardship of Our Earth. The April 20 and August 3 performances are free of charge.

More information at seattleopera.org/OurEarth

June 14 & 15, 2013 | at McCaw Hall

For the fourth year in a row, top SYSO musicians perform with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. First, they join PNB dancers for the NEXT STEP world premiere showcase at 7:30pm on June 14. Then, on June 15, they support PNB School's Professional Division dancers for A Day of Dance.

Tickets will be available through PNB.

Marrowstone

Marrowstone Music Festival
is the largest and most comprehensive summer orchestra training program for young musicians in the Pacific Northwest.

Click here for more information

Marrowstone-in-the-City
is designed to provide excellent musical instruction and orchestral training in the summer for the younger musician, aged 7-14.

Click here for more information

Newsletter

SYSO Score Winter 2012

SYSO Score Summer 2011
SYSO Score Summer EXTRAS! 2011

SYSO Score Fall 2010
SYSO Score Summer 2010
SYSO Score Spring 2010

Our official newsletter, the SYSO Score, is full of news and information for our fans, players, donors and alumni. You can view it online in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Click here to download Acrobat