Alaska Youth Orchestras

AYO ends its 2018-2019 season with a BANG!

Our Spring Concert is a tribute to music educators and features 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!
AYO’s Spring Concert is on May 4th at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Atwood Concert Hall, 7 pm. Tickets are available at CenterTix.

AYO 2019-20 Auditions

Audition for AYO’s 2019-2020 season for the chance to be a part of an epic year! Marking the 30th anniversary of Maestro Linn Weeda’s role as music director/conductor, 2019-20 is also the 55th anniversary of the Anchorage Youth Symphony! To sign up for auditions, visit our AUDITIONS page by way of the menu button at…

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.

AYO Logo Wear

Visit our AYO WEBSTORE to purchase logo wear and show your AYO pride

Our Supporters

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.