Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestras
Save the dates!
Fall 2024 Concert
THURSDAY, November 21, 2024
Spring 2025 Concert
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Location: TBA
Please donate to the KVYSO!
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 our Education Director, Betsy Kobayashi 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!