Comprised of our most advanced players, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1942, is SYSO's flagship orchestra and one of the premier youth orchestras in the United States. Repertoire includes a variety of styles from early music to world premieres. The orchestra performs three regular season concerts in Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony.

Dates and Repertoire

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov: Carnaval Overture, Op. 45
Dimitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
(2009 SYSO Concerto Competition Winner Lennart Jansson, cello soloist)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Op. 36

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944

Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Resurrection

Music Staff
Conductor: Stephen Rogers Radcliffe

Sectional Coaches:
Violin: John Kim
Viola: Roxanna Patterson
Cello: Walter Gray
Bass: Todd Larsen
Flute: Zart Eby
Oboe: Dan Williams
Clarinet: Mary Kantor
Bassoon: Francine Peterson
Trumpet: David Gordon
Low Brass: Stephen Fissel
French Horn: Mark Robbins
Percussion: Gunnar Folsom

Orchestra Secretary
Janice Gatti 206.362.2300
The orchestra secretary aids the conductor in scheduling and coordinating rehearsal, taking attendance, and answering questions. Janice is your primary resource for information.

Tuition

If you will be absent and you know in advance please fill out the online absence form as soon as possible.

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