Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon - Welcome!

Founded in 1988, the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon (YSSO) provides high-level training and performance opportunities to aspiring young brass, string, percussion and woodwind musicians from throughout the region and presents inspiring performances of standard literature, masterworks, concerti, commissioned music, chamber music, and arrangements. The 2024-2025 season is the organization's 37th season of performances.

Concert Series performances in the Rogue Valley's top professional venues feature music by Mussorgsky, Holst, Copland, Marquez, Villa-Lobos, Beethoven, Beach, Higdon, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mozart, Hovhaness, Bernstein, Hummel, and many others.

Last season the organization presented the Youth Orchestra and Youth Symphony and an amazing array of repertoire for symphony orchestra and chamber music ensemble. In addition, the Youth Symphony premiered Eclipse: Ex tenebris lux, "From Darkness Comes Light," by Ethan Gans-Morse on the Winter Concert Series. The piece was commissioned by the Rogue Valley Symphony as part of its Composers in the Classroom program. The work was created in collaboration with the musicians of the Youth Symphony. The Youth Symphony also premiered The Emerald Moon, a new work by composer Mark Eliot Jacobs commissioned by the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon.

To support the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, select the Giving link on the left and complete the form and mail it along with a check payable to the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon to the YSSO, P.O. Box 4291, Medford, OR 97501. Your gift will help underwrite training, concerts and concert production, as well as the purchase and rental of music, facility and concert venue fees, music coaches, staff, and other ongoing costs.

A gift in any amount makes a difference to the organization and its musicians. Please consider renewing your annual gift or honoring a musician, friend, family member or colleague with a contribution to the YSSO. Thank you again for your support.


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