Upcoming: Distinguished Visiting Artist Rehearsal

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 7:00 pm

DCYO is honored to announce that Cristian Macelaru, Associate Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, will be our 2014 Distinguished Visiting Artist. Mr. Macelaru will guest conduct the orchestra in rehearsal and will answer questions from the students about his professional career. We anticipate this to be a most memorable evening!

Highlights from our 2014 Winter Concert

February 23, 2014, 3:00pm

Neumann University

Auditions for 2014-2015 Season

Dates for auditions will be announced in early April. Please check back then to sign up for an audition appointment once we have our schedule posted. In the meantime, general information about auditions may be found on our Auditions page. Link to DCYO Auditions

2013-2014 Season - Openings Remain

Openings remain in the following sections: percussion and tuba. Students interested in auditioning on one of these instruments should contact either Lisa Liem (lliem@dcyo.org) or Lenora Hume (lhume@dcyo.org)

Performance Hour

Student musicians on stage at Proclamation Presbyterian Church after an impressive DCYO Performance Hour on December 17, 2013.

Photo courtesy of Brad Smith

Fall 2013 Concert

DCYO bass section on stage at Strath Haven High School, November 2013.

to courtesy of John Tobias

2013 Tockwogh Weekend

To view pictures of our students enjoying their annual September weekend of rehearsals and recreation at beautiful Camp Tockwogh in Maryland, please click here.

Photo courtesy of John Tobias

The Delaware County Youth Orchestra, celebrating its 42nd season in 2013-2014, is a highly selective, full-size symphony orchestra of talented young musicians through senior year of high school. The orchestra rehearses in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania at Proclamation Presbyterian Church, 278 Bryn Mawr Avenue. Its mission is to provide young people of exceptional ability with the opportunity to learn and perform major works from the standard symphonic repertoire, and to teach them the skills and discipline of orchestral performance.

DCYO presents three concerts a year in locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. It has also participated in the Festival of Youth Orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. In recent years music director Brad Smith has included works of contemporary composers in the orchestra’s repertoire, most notably award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s tone poem blue cathedral, which DCYO performed in its May 2009 concerts. Earlier that spring DCYO had the privilege of rehearsing the piece with the composer, whose insights proved to be invaluable in terms of interpretation and perspective.

Click on “About DCYO” for more information.

Go to our Photographs sections for pictures of our Camp Tockwogh weekend and 2013-2014 members.

The Delaware Valley Young Musicians’ Orchestra

For information about the Delaware Valley Young Musicians’ Orchestra, our younger group of musicians, please click here.

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Students on the stairs in the Kimmel Center celebrating their May 2012 performance
held in the Perelman Theatre.

Photo courtesy of John Tobias