Youth Orchestra

The Youth Orchestra is a Queens-based youth orchestra since 1996, and has been a 501 (c) (3) organization since 2002. Our mission is to provide orchestra training and performing opportunities for musical students age 1018, with a unique repertory that includes Classical, Popular, Jazz, Broadway, Film, and Asian music. The orchestra premieres and co... mmissions works by American and Asian composers and has organized eleven summer concert tours to Asia, Europe and the East Coasts for global cultural experiences. New members are recruited through auditions in September and January. Weekly rehearsals take place at Middle School 158 in Bayside, New York from September to June. Our teaching faculty members are: Chijen Christopher Chung, music director and string instructor, Chi-Ching Grace Lin for percussion, Lovell Park Chang for wind and brass, and Tony Huang for strings. The orchestra presents two formal concerts annually: one Holiday Concert, free for the community during the holiday season in Queens; and an Annual Concert at Lincoln Center in the spring. The Orchestra also serves the Queens community by performing concerts at senior centers, community centers, and nursing homes. During the 2016-17 season, the orchestra performed a Christmas Concert at Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on December 13 th , and a Holiday Concert 2016 at Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens on December 18 th , and Student and Faculty Recital at Taiwan Center in Flushing on April 15 th . Additional concerts are the Annual Concert 2017at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on May 20th; and the Taiwan Center Concert in Flushing on June 18 th .Read More