Tyler Youth Orchestra Special Projects

Artistic
 
Student Concerto Competition - Every year, students of the Tyler Youth Orchestra may compete for the opportunity to perform a movement of a concerto or a solo work with the orchestra.  Auditions are held in the summer preceding the upcoming season.  All instruments may audition, although all applicants must have played in a TYO ensemble the previous season.
 
New Music Project - In 2007, the Board of Directors approved the creation of the Tyler Youth Orchestra New Music Project, an initiative to commission new works for orchestra to be premiered by the Tyler Youth Orchestra.  In its inaugural year, composer David MacDonald has been selected to compose a new work to be premiered in the 2008-2009 season.  For more information about the 2008-2009 contest, click here.
 
Fund Raising
 
TYO Golf Tournament - This year's golf tournament was held March 29, 2008 at Oak Hurst Golf Course from 8 a.m. to noon.  Check back in the future for information regarding the 2009 tournament.
 
Noted Circle Dinner - The Eleventh Annual Noted Circle Dinner was held Sunday, February 24, 2008.  The four o'clock concert at Grace Community High School was followed by a 6 o'clock dinner and silent auction.  This year's honoree was Tyler string performer and pedagogue Ruth Morrow.