Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestras

Fall 2024 Concert - see photo and link to the recording below

Spring 2025 Concert
Sunday, April 13, 2025

5:00pm

South Parish Congregational Church
9 Church St
Augusta, ME 04330

Congratulations!

We congratulate the Maine High School Concerto Competition finalists, sponsored by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. This year's winners have been announced. KVYSO members took the first 3 prizes! Congratulations to

Noah Smith, 1st place

Ronan Sands, 2nd place

George Taylor, 3rd place

Thank you to our 2024-2025 Season Sponsors
Elsie and William Viles Foundation

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About Us

Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestras offer an outstanding enrichment opportunity for middle and high school musicians. With our convenient central Maine location, the rehearsals are accessible to students from Readfield to Brunswick to Lewiston/Auburn, the Mid-Coast & beyond!

The Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony is modeled on professional orchestras, playing a wide variety of original orchestral compositions, including full concertos in both the fall and spring programs. Have you missed any of our performances? Check out our YouTube Channel.

The Kennebec Valley Youth Orchestra is an equally exciting option for developing musicians conducted by Daniel Keller. KVYO plays some original compositions and some arrangements; they typically join KVYS for one piece each program. Curious about the KVYO performance in the December concert? Here's "The Jester," from Eric Ewazen's Four Royal Dances that were our centerpiece for the concert.

KVYSO is very aware of how busy young Maine musicians can be!

We schedule rehearsals in the evening to accommodate after-school commitments.

We meet in a central location that minimizes travel time for area youth and families.

It is very important that KVYSO musicians continue their connections with their school ensembles, as KVYSO is meant to be supplemental. We also highly recommend that students receive private instruction, and can help connect students with local music teachers.

Rolling auditions are available throughout the year.
To schedule, contact Lori Scheck, our Orchestra Manager at info@kvyso.org.

We also hold auditions in February, May, and September. Visit our Auditions page for more.

For more information, email info@kvyso.org!