Summer Opportunities

2024 Summer Festival June 10-15, 2024UNCSA School of Music (Strings)Moravian Music Foundation (Winds, Brass, and Percussion) Get your game going with five weekdays of intensive training and rehearsals for WSS Youth Orchestras Program students and prospectives! Schedule, repertoire, and activities will be announced soon. Deadline to register is Friday, June 9. Tuition must be paid […]

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Winston-Salem Symphony Names 2020–2021 Peter Perret Youth Talent Search Winners

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (MARCH 10, 2021) —The Winston-Salem Symphony has announced the winners of the 2020–2021 Virtual Peter Perret Youth Talent Search competition. The first-place winner of the junior division for ages 8 through 12 is Benjamin Luo from Apex, NC. Luo studies piano with Florence Ko. The first-place winner of the senior division for ages

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Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras to Perform Free Spring Finale Concert

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (MAY 7, 2019) – The Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras Program will hold its final concert of the 2018–2019 Season on Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. The Premiere Strings, led by Dr. Ryane Dunnagan and Rachel Watson; the Youth Philharmonic, led by Margaret Rehder; and the Youth Symphony, under the baton of Dr. Jessica Morel, will perform at the Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 405 West Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem. The concert is free and open to the public.

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Winston-Salem Symphony Presents a Concert For Community February 2

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (JANUARY 16, 2019) – The Winston-Salem Symphony and Youth Symphony will present a Concert for Community on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 3 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public and will take place at Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest University campus. Although the concert is free, please visit the Symphony website at WSsymphony.org to reserve your ticket.

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Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras Present Fall Extravaganza Concert

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (OCTOBER 29, 2018) –The Winston-Salem Youth Orchestras program will perform their Fall Extravaganza Concert on Monday, November 5 at 7 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public and will take place in the Stevens Center of UNCSA located at 405 West Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem.

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Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras to Perform Free Spring Finale Concert

The Winston-Salem Symphony’s Youth Orchestras Program will hold its final concert of the 2017–2018 Season on Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m. The Premiere Strings, led by Dr. Ryane Dunnagan, the Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, led by Margaret Rehder, and the Winston-Salem Youth Symphony, under the baton of Maestra Jessica Morel, will perform at the Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 405 West Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem. The concert is free and open to the public.

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Winston-Salem Symphony Presents a Free Concert for Community February 3

The Winston-Salem Symphony and Youth Symphony will present a Concert for Community on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 3 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public and will take place at Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest University campus. Although the concert is free, please visit the Symphony website at WSsymphony.org to reserve your ticket.

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WSSYO Audition Information

What’s Required? An audition fee must be received in order to reserve an audition time. You can pay securely online during registration. Premiere Strings An audition fee must be received in order to reserve an audition time. You can pay securely online during registration. Chamber Sinfonia All practical requirements can be found below, please click

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WSSYO ON TOUR!

The Youth Symphony’s most recent concert tour took them to Washington, D.C. in April, 2018. The three-day tour to Washington DC was both educational and fun! The orchestra performed two concerts of patriotic music for large audiences at Union Station and a Veteran’s Retirement Home.

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History of the WSSYO

In 2007 the Youth Orchestras became an official part of the Winston-Salem Symphony Association with added resources of the WSS Music Director Robert Moody and Executive Director Merritt Vale. The Winston-Salem Symphony, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), and Wake Forest University continue to offer invaluable resources and sponsorship of the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras program. Parent volunteers contribute many hours to help the orchestras function.

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