Donate to NOTES 2023!

Thanks so much for visiting my fundraising page! I’d like to share with you the importance of EYSO in my life and how it has helped me since I began playing with them in 2020. My first year in EYSO was also the year that my school went completely remote, and I always looked forward to going to orchestra on the weekends. Because of their incredible staff, planning, and genuine care about music, I and all the other students of EYSO played together in person. I built lasting friendships that year and I will forever be thankful for the ability that EYSO provided me with to play music and build connections, especially during such a difficult time. Since then, I have grown an incredible amount as a musician, and so much of the credit goes to EYSO. From their many ensembles such as full orchestras, brass choir, and CMI, to their incredible conductors who teach not just the music but the meaning, my experience in EYSO has nourished my love for music. On a day-to-day basis, the things that I value the most are the incredible repertoire we get to explore, the opportunities that we get to learn from our conductors and our peers, and the environment that they provide us with at ECC. EYSO has inspired my passion for classical music as a horn player, my love for playing music has been allowed to grow and develop, and my abilities as a musician as well.

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EYSO's Philharmonia is collecting donations as part of our annual fundraising campaign: NOTES. This campaign runs from January 22 to March 26.

This year, we are celebrating our 47th season with the theme Design. Today, EYSO serves nearly 400 students in 4th grade through college from 70 different communities via five orchestras, as well as percussion ensembles, Brass Choir and Flute Choir, and a thriving Chamber Music Institute. The mission of EYSO is to create a community of young musicians, enriching their lives and the lives of their families, schools, communities, and beyond, through the study and performance of excellent music. By supporting the NOTES campaign, you are impacting the lives of so many!

Tuition covers only one-third of the total cost of each member’s participation in EYSO. Our NOTES campaign helps keep tuition reasonable and offsets program costs. Donations of any size can make a real impact!

In addition to offsetting the cost of tuition, the generosity of people like you also helps to:

• Provide a more diverse repertoire of music.
• Support weekly conductors and guest coaches who are leaders in the field of music education.
• Allows EYSO to have a broader reach by offering innovative community programs and initiatives.

Thank you so much for supporting the students of EYSO and the power of music education! Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra