Alaska Youth Orchestras

AYO ended its 2018-2019 season with a BANG!

Our Spring Concert was a tribute to music educators and featured Dr. Bruce Wood, baritone, as soloist on Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, and MUCH more!

CONGRATULATIONS!

AYO has accepted 85 Musicians into our 2019-2020 season! Congratulations to all who auditioned! It’s going to be a fantastic season!

AYO Piano Concerto Competition

AYO is excited to announce a NEW Piano Concerto Competition open to all Alaskans age 9-22! Rules and application on AUDITIONS page.

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Alaska Youth Orchestras (AYO) is a federally registered 501c(3) organization. For the past 50 years AYO has worked tirelessly to build musicianship, inspire our youth to love music, offer enriching opportunities for music performance, and create a musical legacy that will sustain arts throughout the lives of our members and our communities. Through our teaching, musical performance and leadership among youth arts groups, AYO strives to foster a lifelong appreciation among our members for the rewards of responsibility, commitment, self-confidence, discipline and teamwork.