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69th Season

69th Season Finale Gala Tickets Now Available!
Fall 2016
69th Season Preview & Donor Reception
Cocktail reception with music, wine & hors d'oeuvres
Hosted by the WYO Board of Directors
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra & Jazz Combo
Tuesday, October 18th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Washburn Hall, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Free to Donors & Patrons
Tickets: $35

Purchase Tickets Here


Schubert Mass in G
Honors String Quartet with First Unitarian Choirs 
Will Sherwood, ​Conducting

Sunday, October 30th at 10am
First Unitarian, Worcester 

Concerto & Choral Concert 
Worcester Youth Baroque Orchestra 
Worcester Children's Chorus
Pamela Mindell, Artistic Director
Saturday, November 5th at 7pm
First Unitarian, Worcester 


Veterans Day Memorial Concert
Sponsored by Luciano's Restaurant & Maxwell Silverman's 
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra
​South High School Concert Band with JROTC
Johnetta Smith, Director
Friday, November 11th at 7pm
Union Station, Worcester

Fall Concert 
WY Flute & Clarinet Choirs
Sarah Kelly & Collin Myers, Directors
Sunday, November 13th at 7pm
Pakachoag Church, Auburn
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Debut Concert
Worcester Youth Wind Ensemble
Lucy Colwell, Director
Worcester Youth Jazz Band & Jazz Combos
Dan Gabel, Director
Saturday, November 19th at 7pm
Pappas Theatre, Auburn High School

Community Outreach Series
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra
Friday, December 2nd at 7pm
Briarwood Retirement Community, Worcester


Honors Chamber Music Concert
Honors String Quartet & Wind Quintet
Friday, December 9th at 7pm
First Unitarian, Worcester

Community Outreach Series - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 17th at 10am
St Vincent's Hospital, Worcester

Annual Family Holiday Concert
Sponsored by Fuller's Automotive of Auburn
Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic & String Orchestra
Wind Ensemble, Big Band & Jazz Combos
Sunday, December 18th at 3pm 
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
with the Shepherd Hill Regional High School Choirs 
Constance Galli, Director
Worcester Chamber Music Society's Neighborhood Strings Program
Ariana Falk, Director

Community Outreach Series
Christmas by Candlelight 
Worcester Youth Wind Ensemble 

Friday, December 23rd at 8:0pm
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge 
Spring 2017
 Mechanics Hall Organ Series (Rescheduled)
"The Organ in Symphonic & Jazz Repertoire"
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra & Hook Organ
Worcester Youth Jazz Ensemble 
Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony & Other Works
Will Sherwood, Organ
Jonathan Brennand, Music Director 
Dan Gabel, Director of Jazz Program
SATURDAY, February 18th at 7:00pm
​Mechanics Hall, Worcester 
Free Admission 


Spring Concert
​WY Clarinet Choir & Baroque Orchestra
 Collin Myers & Jonathan Brennand, Directors
Saturday, March 11th at 4:00pm
Fletcher Auditorium, Worcester Historical Museum
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2nd Annual Four Orchestras Festival
Sunday, March 26th  at 4:00pm
Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Spring Concert
Worcester Youth Wind Ensemble
Worcester Youth Jazz Band & Jazz Combos
Saturday, April 8th at 7:00pm
Trinity Lutheran, Worcester 

Bon Voyage WYO!
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra & Jazz Ensembles 
Saturday, April 15th at 3:00pm
Holy Name Catholic High School, Worcester

WYSO & WYJE Canadian Tour !
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra & Jazz Ensembles 
April 17th to April 23rd
Hookset, NH
Franklin, NH
Burlington, VT
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Quebec City, Quebec Canada
Portland, ME

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Honors Chamber Music Concert
Honors String Quartet & Wind Quintet
Friday, May 5th at 7:00pm
First Unitarian, Worcester

An American Expedition 
Worcester Youth Philharmonic
Saturday, May 6th at 2:00pm
​Union Chapel, Martha's Vineyard
Concert is free, no tickets required.  

Spring Collaborative Concert  - Rescheduled
Worcester Youth Philharmonic,

​Auburn Middle School Concert Band
Sunday, May 14th at 3:30pm
Auburn High School, Auburn​

69th Season Finale Gala
Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic & String Orchestra
Wind Ensemble, Big Band & Jazz Combos, Clarinet Choir
Honors String Quartet
Sunday, May 21st  at 4:00pm
Mechanics Hall, Worcester

DVORAK  Te Deum
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Brennand, Music Director & Conductor
Jane Shivick, soprano
Gregory Flower, bass-baritone
With the Nashoba Valley Chorale
Anne Watson-Born, Conductor
Natick High School Choirs
Tyler Turner, Conductor



Other Information
 2016 - 2017 Tuition

Symphony Orchestra/Wind Ensemble/Big Band: $600

Philharmonic: $550

String Orchestra: $200 

Baroque Orchestra: $200*

Flute & Clarinet Choir: $200*

Honors Chamber Music Program: Full Scholarship Awarded Upon Acceptance plus a stipend 
(String Quartet & Wind Quintet) 

*Students enrolled in WYSO/WYJP receive a $50 scholarship towards Baroque & Flute/Clarinet Choir Tuition.  
Rehearsal Information

Symphony Orchestra,  Philharmonic, String Orchestra
Sunday Afternoons starting at 2pm until 5pm
Auburn High School, Auburn, MA

Worcester Youth Wind Ensemble
Rehearsals Tuesday evenings, 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
 Auburn High School, Auburn, MA

Worcester Youth Big Band & Jazz Combos
Rehearsals Monday evenings, 6:00pm to 8:30pm.
Holy Name Central Catholic High School, Worcester
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Baroque Orchestra
Selected Tuesday Evenings, 6pm to 8:00pm 
Click Here for Schedule
Auburn High School, Auburn, MA

Flute & Clarinet Choir
Selected Thursday/Monday Evenings, 6pm to 7:30pm
Worcester Music Academy, Worcester, MA
Flute Schedule
Clarinet Schedule 



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  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us - 77 Years of Orchestral Music
    • Robert Kennedy Community Service Award
    • Artistic Director
    • Administrative >
      • General Manager
      • Director of Development
    • Artistic Faculty >
      • Lucy Colwell
      • Dan Gabel
      • Patrick Chatham
      • Sylvia DiCrescentis
      • Chris Brainard
      • Sectional Coaches
    • Ensembles >
      • Symphony Orchestra
      • Philharmonic
      • String Ensembles
      • Wind Ensemble
      • Jazz Program
      • Chamber Music
    • Board of Directors
    • Employment
    • Program History
  • 2024 - 2025 Season
  • Tickets
  • Auditions
  • Donate
  • Resources
    • Resources & Info
    • Absence Permission Form
  • Contact Us
  • Corporate Support
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  • Carnegie