Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California

Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California (CYOSC) is a youth orchestra based in Irvine, California, USA. It was founded in 1989 and offers ensemble training to students at the K-12 level throughout the Orange County, California area.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts education organization, CYOSC works in partnership with local music education centers to create concert and rehearsal opportunities for children from all socioeconomic backgrounds. The staff provides leadership to local high school students in earning community service credits towards their graduation requirements, while helping younger students who no longer have access to a school music program due to budget cuts.

The program currently offers four performing ensembles: the Academy String Orchestra is a Suzuki Group Class experience for beginners, the Sinfonietta and Sinfonia are intermediate string orchestras, and the Symphony is a full orchestra for advanced students who play string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments.

Music Directors

2005–present: Gene Wie
1989-2005: Robert Lau

Repertoire

2012-2013 season

"Music for the Royal Fireworks", Handel
"Elegy for Strings", Tchaikovsky
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 5", Bach
"String Symphony No. 2 in D Major", Mendelssohn
"Concerto Grosso", Bloch
"Symphony No. 5", Beethoven
"Adagietto from Symphony No. 5", Gustav Mahler
"String Sextet Op. 36 in G Major (String Orchestra Version)", Brahms

2011-2012 season

Symphony No. 40, Mozart
Tuttifantchen Suite, Hindemith
Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 104 London", Haydn
Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 1, Carl Nielsen
Concerto Grosso in G major, Vivaldi

2010-2011 season

"Symphony No.3 Eroica ", Beethoven
"Overture to Don Giovanni", Mozart
"Celtic Concerto for Harp and Orchestra", Laura Zaerr
"Serenade for Strings in C Major", Tchaikovsky
"Vocalise", Rachmaninoff
"The Last Spring", Grieg
"Orchestral Suite No. 3", Bach

2009-2010 season

"Symphony No. 6 Pastoral", Beethoven
"Overture to The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)", Mendelssohn
"Serenade Op. 20", Elgar
"Swan Lake", Tchaikovsky
"Symphony No. 7 in D Major", Mozart
"Variations on La Folia", Corelli
"Brook Green Suite", Gustav Holst

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