Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras Music Center at Strathmore
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Welcome to the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras!
   ► Rosh Hashanah Sept 8:
This year, MCYO's first night of rehearsal Sept 8 coincides with the start of Rosh Hashanah. For those who request absence due to religious observance this evening, please contact the office immediately (Cheryl@mcyo.org) to notify us. All enrollment forms and payment are still due in by Wed 9-8 in order to secure position in the orchestras. Forms may be dropped off or mailed to the MCYO office Tues or Wed. (Reminder, MCYO and the entire Strathmore campus are closed on Mon for Labor Day holiday).
   ► MCYO Audition Results:
Notification of acceptance/rejection goes through EMAIL ONLY. You will be emailed with your result no later than Monday, September 6. Please check your email at that time. The email you designated on your on-line audition registration is the email that will receive the result. DO NOT try to log into your registration account during the selection process period. All registration accounts will be locked/suspended until September 6, when notification has been sent via email to all auditioners. NO RESULTS WILL BE CONVEYED OVER THE PHONE OR ON THE WEB PAGE.
NOTE: Audition results/scores are NOT discussed or shared with parents, students or teachers. Do not call or request this information; it is confidential information the conductors use solely to make selection decisions for placement in the MCYO orchestras, not for providing feedback or critique as in solo festival performances.

Please note that the MCYO office is closed for the Labor Day Holiday weekend and will reopen Tuesday, September 7.
   ► MCYO Rachmaninov Piano Competition: More information and application is available here.
   ► London Trip Form: You may still send in the forms+deposits!
strathmore hall youth orchestra concert hall MCYO is highly regarded regionally and nationally as one of the country's most outstanding youth orchestra programs. Founded in 1946 as the Montgomery
County Youth Orchestra, MCYO is the oldest and most established youth orchestra program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  Since 2005, MCYO has been a resident partner in the beautiful and world class venue at the Music Center at Strathmore where it has been thrilling audiences with artistic performances from all age levels. Now under the direction of MCYO Artistic Advisor Jonathan Carney, MCYO proudly ushers in its 65th season of providing a quality orchestra program for the area's young talented musicians.

Maryland Classic Youth OrchestrasThe Music Center at Strathmore is regarded for having one of the most beautiful and acoustically desirable concert halls in the world.  The center also boasts an  education center with offices, studios, and rehearsal suites to support unprecedented partnerships between Strathmore, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Washington Performing Arts Society, National Philharmonic, Levine School of Music, and City Dance Ensemble.

MCYO  offers three full orchestras, a chamber orchestra, a string orchestras, a harp ensemble and chamber ensembles to over 400 talented musicians in grades 4-12. Auditions for MCYO are held annually in late August.   


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"Youth orchestra celebrates 60 years of music."  Read Olivia Doherty's feature which appeared in a recent edition of the Gazette News. Details.

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