Welcome to Alaska Youth Orchestras
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.