- San Jose Youth Symphony
The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) is a non-profit youth orchestra located in
San Jose, California .SJYS was founded in the year
1952 . It was originally part of the San Jose Symphony as the San Jose Symphony Youth Orchestra (SJSYO). However, in2002 , when the San Jose Symphony was going through financial problems, SJSYO separated itself from the San Jose Symphony and became the San Jose Youth Symphony.SJYS currently offers two orchestras: the Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Yair Samet , and the Concert Orchestra conducted byBen Jones ; as well as six ensembles: the Avant Flute choir conducted byTeresa Orzoco-Peterson , the Percussion Ensemble, the Intermezzo String Ensemble conducted byRyo Fukuda , the Prelude String Ensemble conducted byVictoria Morton , the Concert Wind Ensemble conducted byDiane Machado-Wyant , and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble .Trivia
*In the summer of 2003, SJYS toured
Japan .*In the summer of 2005, SJYS toured
Spain .*In the summer of 2007, SJYS toured
Eastern Europe .External links
* [http://www.sjys.org/ San Jose Youth Symphony website]
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