ASYO: 50th Anniversary Celebration
Free (reservation required)
Johannes Brahms — Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Jean Sibelius — Finlandia, Op. 26
Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition ("The Great Gate of Kiev")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Mazurka)
Edward Elgar — Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Benjamin Britten — Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi — Pines of the Appian Way
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) with a very special celebration. We'll begin with a special performance by our ASYO alumni, led by the founding Music Director of the ASYO, Michael Palmer, and Jere Flint, who led the ASYO for 35 years. We'll then welcome our current ASYO members to the stage to perform the 2024 Finale Concert.
Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance.
About Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO)
Established in 1974, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra provides Atlanta’s most talented and dedicated students an outlet to perform masterworks.
Each year, more than three hundred rising 8th to 12th-grade instrumentalists audition for seats in the ASYO. The ASYO presents a three-concert series each year and members have exclusive invitations to participate in readings and master classes with the top artists in the instrumental music industry.
https://www.aso.org/education-community/atlanta-symphony-youth-orchestra