Fifty-one years of musical excellence is just the overture!

Did you know the LYO has nearly 300 members from fifteen counties and fifty-eight schools in the Kentuckiana area?

Did you know the LYO performs in over fifteen locations and concerts around Kentucky and Indiana on a yearly basis?

Did you know that 25 percent of the professional musicians in the Louisville Orchestra are graduates of the Louisville Youth Orchestra?

  • Is the longest continuously operating youth orchestra of its size according to the League of American Orchestras ... 49 years this season!
     

  • has over 5,000 alumni to its credit.
     

  • maintains a 30% ethnic mix in its four orchestras.
     

  • provides 10% of its membership with scholarships for private music instruction and membership fee waivers based solely on financial need.
     

  • has commissioned more new works than any other youth orchestra of its size according to the League of American Orchestras.
     

  • has maintained a fiscally responsible budget for over five decades.

Please be with us for the standing ovation!

$1,000,000

Our young musicians are counting on you

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