ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras (FSYO) is entering a milestone season: 70 years of musical excellence according to a recent press release.<\/p>\n
\u25b6 LISTEN TO ORLANDO\u2019S MORNING NEWS EXPRESS PODCAST ON WDBO<\/a><\/p>\n FSYO started after former Rollins College music professor, Alphonse Carlo, saw the need for a youth orchestra program in the Orlando area, according to the organization. <\/p>\n What started as a free Saturday class for string students in the Central Florida community turned into a youth orchestra program in 1957.<\/p>\n According to FSYO, its main mission is to \u201cempower young musicians to achieve excellence and inspire their communities through a shared love of music.\u201d<\/p>\n READ: FSYO Mission<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe are the oldest performing organization in all of Central Florida. FSYO has clearly, through the years, set the standard for performance,\u201d said previous FSYO Board President, Donald Lake. \u201cWe are known for quality, great enthusiasm, and professional instructors. We\u2019ve survived the test of time.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the past 70 years, FSYO has grown to serve more than 300 students from nine counties through eight ensembles, including three full orchestras, two string orchestras, two jazz bands and one percussion ensemble.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look back at its history from starting as a very small ensemble in 1957 to now multiple full orchestras, the level of excellence that\u2019s always been there truly sets Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras apart and makes me so proud sitting in the audience now,\u201d said previous Music Director, Dr. Joseph Wise.<\/p>\n In 1989, FSYO\u2019s Tour Orchestra premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City under the direction of Dr. Joseph Wise, according to the organization.<\/p>\n As FSYO began its 70th Season this past June, the Tour Orchestra returned to Carnegie Hall for the third time, and the Tour Jazz Band made its New York City debut at The Jazz Gallery, according to the press release.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember taking the youth orchestra to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 1989 and thinking we\u2019re telling the world that Orlando also produces really great professional musicians, really great future patrons of the arts,\u201d Wise said.<\/p>\n FSYO will celebrate its history and evolution through new concerts, venues and partnerships during the organization\u2019s platinum season. <\/p>\n READ: FSYO Platinum Season Lineup<\/a><\/p>\n This season\u2019s lineup includes multiple performance as part of the St. Luke\u2019s Concert Series, a Side-by-Side performance with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO), and a holiday festival held at Mead Botanical Gardens (Season\u2019s Greetings from the Garden), according to the organization.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is an air of excitement buzzing around FSYO as we kick off our Platinum Season, and I am honored to help commemorate FSYO\u2019s legacy through our commitment to musical excellence,\u201d said FSYO Executive Director, Abigail Tran. \u201cWe are not just honoring our history and legacy but also ensuring the longevity of FSYO, and I look forward to celebrating this milestone with the Central Florida community.\u201d<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras (FSYO) is entering a milestone season: 70 years of musical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6029,142261,6030,8298,147,142258,28,79196,142257,60242,139,141,140,142260,142259,5597],"class_list":["post-347724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-580am","tag-70-years-of-excellence","tag-am580","tag-band","tag-central-florida","tag-conductor","tag-florida","tag-florida-symphony-youth-orchestras","tag-fsyo","tag-orchestra","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-platinum","tag-platinum-season","tag-wdbo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}