Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Hosts Alumni Weekend

MYSO is proud to announce its 55th anniversary and approaching Alumni Weekend to take place May 27-29, 2011, at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut Street, Milwaukee. Who knew, in 1956, that the Children's Arts Program would grow to become Music For Youth, which would ultimately become the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, by several measures the largest youth orchestra program in the U.S.?! The organization invites any and all alumni from its 55 year history to help celebrate this auspicious milestone! The Alumni Weekend will feature social gatherings, alumni orchestra rehearsals culminating in a performance and a special alumni recital featuring several alums who have chosen to pursue music professionally. In addition, fifty-five years worth of photos, programs, newspaper articles, and other Music For Youth memorabilia will be displayed during the weekend. Alumni should visit the Alumni page of www.myso.org now for more information and to register for this exciting event.

Celebrating 55 years of excellence in arts education, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) has grown from a single orchestra of 30 in 1956 to become, by several measures, the largest and most extensive youth orchestra program in the country. Serving more than 900 talented young musicians from as many as fourteen counties in Southeastern Wisconsin, this award-winning program offers the highest level of training in ensemble musicianship to motivated young people from diverse backgrounds across southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Students with varied levels of instrumental skills benefit from the broad range of MYSO experiences, all created to foster talent, build character and enhance lives by nurturing an enduring love of music.

In 2005, MYSO moved into the acclaimed Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a collaborative initiative of MYSO and First Stage Children's Theater. Home, also, to dance and vocal music training programs, this 56,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility in Milwaukee's historic Schlitz Park is quickly becoming a national model for arts education, with a mission of using the arts to enhance all children's lives. Several innovative MYSO offerings, prompted and made possible by the move, have received notable awards and recognition-locally, regionally and nationally-particularly for MYSO's ambitious efforts in outreach and community partnerships. Building on the rich past of its first half-century, MYSO combines many respected, established programs with exciting new ventures.

 

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