The LYO celebrates
50 Wonderful Years
  
Read about our 50th Anniversary Season

The LYO, founded in 1958, provides an extraordinary musical experience for young people from grade school through age 21. The LYO is made up of four orchestras, two elementary string programs, and various ensembles in which students advance according to their own musical progression and interests. There are nearly 350 musicians from 60 schools and 15 counties in the Louisville & Southern Indiana metro area.

Musicians are required to participate in their school instrumental music programs and must take private music instruction. Financial scholarships for instruction are available and awarded based on need. Performance opportunities provide a wide range of meaningful experiences from September through June each year.

The LYO depends on the generosity of patrons to make programming possible. We are grateful to all private contributors as well as the following agencies for helping to make this season successful:
 
Fund for the Arts League of American Orchestras (Formerly known as the American Symphony Orchestra League.)
 
Special thanks to Manis Studio for photos used on the LYO website.

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An All-Tchaikovsky Celebration
Feb 4 / 6:30 / Whitney Hall
Louisville Orchestra Side-by-Side Jorge Mester, conductor
Nansong Huang, piano

The Next 50 Years:
   Blinded by the Light (Part 1)

Mar 15 / 3:00 / Brown Theatre
Featuring premieres by Joseph Schwantner and Jason Thompson

The Next 50 Years:
   Blinded by the Light (Part 2)

Mar 22 / 3:00 / Clifton Center

And They’re Off!
Apr. 26 / 3:00 / Iroquois Amphitheatre - Official 2009 Kentucky Derby Festival Event

Belles & Beaus Play Bells & Bows
May 16 / 5:30 pm / TBA
LYO / Apple Patch Gala
Apex at Foxhollow

50th Anniversary in the Press
On
November 9 the LYO kicked off its 50th Anniversary Season with a spectacular concert featuring soloists Caroline Goulding and Christopher O'Riley.  See articles.

Video Clips
See playlist and viewer.

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