July 2024
Students attending Vivo Summer String Institute were conducted by string orchestra experts, coached by professional musicians, inspired by master artists, and challenged by engaging music elective sessions.
Saturday, May 11
We celebrated 50 years of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) with a very special celebration. We began 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 then welcomed our current ASYO members to the stage to perform the 2024 Finale Concert.
Celebrating the Talent Development Program's 30th year of excellence with performances by the current students and special appearances by TDP alums.
On April 14, 2024, the Music for the Very Young's Chamber Concert Series featured the classic tale of The Velveteen Rabbit.
Images from our family concert on March 17, 2024.
Images from The Ant and the Grasshopper, the Music for the Very Young's new Chamber Concert Series, on January 14, 2024.
On May 6 & 7, 2023, the TDP Spring Recitals featured our accomplished student musicians. Each student performed challenging masterworks in classical repertoire, including works by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Strauss and Mozart.
Images from our family concert on March 5, 2023.
This finale of the ASYO season on May 7, 2023, shows exactly how far these talented young musicians came this season under ASYO Music Director Jerry Hou's direction. The program featured a suite of music from Bizet's L'Arlésienne – incidental music written to accompany a play about a young man torn between two lovers – and from Stravinksy's (in)famous ballet, Rite of Spring.
View pics from our UpTempo Teen Night on February 2, 2023.
On November 19, 2022, students in the Talent Development Program performed musical masterpieces of famed composers past and present, including Sergei Rachmaninov, Giovanni Bottesini, Carlos Simon and more. The program also featured a special performance by trombonist and TDP alumnus Vincent Tapia IV.
Led by ASYO Music Director Jerry Hou, the program on November 12, 2022, featured a work by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra member Michael Kurth as well as Mahler's First Symphony, nicknamed "Titan" for its heroic themes.
Images from our family concert on October 16, 2022.
The ASYO and Alumni celebrated Independence Day with a performance on July 3, 2022, at Centennial Olympic Park, as part of Look Up Atlanta.
The third and final concert of the ASYO's season on May 14, 2022. The program also included two pieces featuring our Concerto Competition winners.
Images from our free family program on April 24, 2022.
Performance images from the Talent Development Program musicale on April 23, 2022.
See pics from one of our Music for the Very Young sessions on April 13, 2022.
Images from our free family program on March 6, 2022.
View pics from our UpTempo Teen Night on March 24, 2022.
Performance pictures from the ASYO Crescendo Concert on February 27, 2022.
Performance pictures from the ASYO Overture Concert on November 6, 2021.
