Sacramento Youth Symphony
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The Sacramento Youth Symphony (SYS) was founded in 1956 as a 55-member youth orchestra, associated with the Sacramento Symphony Association. The Sacramento Symphony has since ceased operations and the Sacramento Youth Symphony became incorporated as an independent, 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in 1991. The SYS has evolved from one orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

 to beginning, intermediate and advanced orchestras.

The loss of the Sacramento Symphony along with cutbacks and elimination of music programs in the public schools have challenged the SYS to assume a greater role in the music education of youth. The Academy of Music was added in 1995. The Academic Orchestra, an intermediate orchestra, was established in 1996. In 1997, the Classic Orchestra, formerly the Junior Music Sponsors, joined SYS as a beginning-level orchestra. The Vivace strings
String section
The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...

 class was added in 2003 to meet the musical needs of musicians not yet ready for placement in an orchestra. There is also the Premier Orchestra, an orchestra for advanced musicians conducted by Michael Neumann.

In 2005, a flute choir
Flute choir
A flute choir is a chamber instrumental ensemble consisting mainly of range extensions of the flute family. The standard instrumentation being:1 Piccolo in c’4 Flutes in c1 Alto Flute in G1 Bass Flute in C...

was added, which was split in 2007 into intermediate and advanced ensembles. Clarinet ensembles were added in 2010. The 2010 season includes over 350 members in the organization.

The Sacramento Youth Symphony has been under the direction of Michael Neumann since 1979.

Tours

2010-Vienna, Salzburg, Prague,

2007 – Gulf of Finland – Finland, Estonia, and Russia.

2003 – Brazil

1999 – European Tour – Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany.

1995 – Vienna – SYS won 1st Place and the City of Vienna Award at the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria.

1987 – China – Performed in Jinan, Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Jinan was inspired to start its own youth orchestra, which still operates today.

1984 – Vienna – SYS placed 2nd in the 13th International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria.

Website
http://www.sacramentoyouthsymphony.org
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