Y outh O rchestra, currently in its 27th season since incorporation, is comprised of 61 young musicians from Alachua County. The orchestra provides the only local opportunity for students in the 6th through 12th grades to be active members of a performing symphony organization. Orchestra members devote every Sunday evening to practicing for two and a half hours throughout the school year. In the early spring the orchestra performs selections from their repertoire for students in fifth grade classes in Alachua County. These concerts introduce many elementary school children to orchestral music and attempt to motivate participation in music at a time when school bands and youth orchestra may soon become options for them.
All concerts are free.