Donate to NOTES 2023 today!

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

As a student in EYSO, I have not only grown as a musician, being able to take on the advanced and rigorous preparation of some of the most magnificent pieces of music ever written but also as a human being. This art requires an unbelievable focus and attention to detail, and sometimes during rehearsals with other groups, I feel tired and possibly bored with the repertoire. My experience in EYSO is as far from this as can be stated in words. The depth and refinement of the material EYSO commits to is very challenging during practice, but at the same time extraordinarily rewarding and fulfilling after the final performance. Even when I may be tired and fatigued from long rehearsals, my desire for musical expression within the intricate and complex repertoire EYSO provides overrides those feelings and allows me to be at my absolute best as a musician.

That is only the musical aspect of EYSO, and I cannot even begin to comment on the friendships and connections I have formed as a member of EYSO, along with the growth as a person from being able to utilize my creative and abstract thinking abilities. There is equally as much beyond EYSO (if not more) than there is just to the concrete youth orchestra experience, and I hope that this opportunity can continue to be offered to generations past my own.

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. 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 guest coaches and conductors 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.

Logan Carlson