Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon

Founded in 1988, the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon (YSSO) offers high-level training and performance opportunities for aspiring brass, string, percussion and woodwind musicians from throughout the region.

Performances last season featured an arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" by Antonin Dvorak, Hoe-Down from the ballet "Rodeo" by Aaron Copland, Scene de Ballet, Op. 100 by Charles-Auguste de Bériot, Symphony No. 7, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven, "Morning" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar’s Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1, and the fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. The recent Spring 2026 Concert Series program included Joe Hisaishi's, Howl's Moving Castle, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Op. 35, movements I & II, highlights from John Williams' score for Jurassic Park, and works by Reinhold Glière, G.F. Handel, and Ludwig van Beethoven. In addition, the Youth Orchestra and Youth Symphony combined to play Klaus Badelt's music for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

To support the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, scan or click the QR code to the left or click Donate Now. If preferred, mail a check payable to the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, P.O. Box 4291, Medford, OR 97501. Please renew your annual gift or honor a musician, family member or colleague with a gift to the YSSO.

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