Decatur Youth Symphony - Decatur, Alabama

05/27/2026

We are excited to host our annual string camp this summer! July 6-10 at Fairview Baptist Church in Decatur. Spots are filling up! To register, visit https://www.decaturyouthsymphony.org

05/13/2026

The arts culture and development of Decatur has been steadily changing and growing. We have also experienced great seasons of growth and change. We want to be a tangible part of the amazing things taking place in our wonderful city. Thank you, Senator Arthur Orr for your incredible impact in our community.

The Decatur Youth Symphony will start looking for a space to call its own using money from the state after operating without its own building for more than 20 years.

05/09/2026

Drumming into our spring concert with excitement!!

05/08/2026

Decatur Youth Symphony students kicked off their bus tour at Ben Davis elementary school this morning at 8 AM! We are spending the school day traveling to different elementary schools in Decatur performing music from our spring concert repertoire! This is one of the most exciting event of the year for us.

04/22/2026

We are so privileged to have such devoted and supportive state leaders. Stay tuned! Exciting things in Decatur Youth Symphony’s future!

It was a privilege to join the Decatur Youth Symphony Board yesterday with a donation from the Community Foundation of Decatur and briefly discuss the substantial budget appropriation made this past legislative session. DYS has never had a place of its own as it serves young musicians from multiple counties in north Alabama who come from all walks of life and travel substantial distances to participate. They’ve had to shuttle from site to site. (Several years ago we helped with a van to help with shuttling many of the instruments.) The vision is to get practice space, storage space and even host smaller concerts. Such a facility would impact the many hundreds that participate each year and thousands for the years to come. Young musicians are many times overlooked and it’s encouraging to see the leaders committed to finding a place of their own!

02/27/2026

Ending the week thankful for the opportunity to teach violin to more students in our community!
Woodmeade Elementary, Chestnut Grove Elementary, and Austinville Elementary students are making huge improvements each week!

02/27/2026

This is going to be such a great evening of music!

02/26/2026

!!Date CHANGE!!
Our student Concerto Competition will be on March 3rd at 6pm at the ACA Recital Hall!

02/16/2026

We love our community and the smiles on these students' faces!

02/14/2026

Some of our youngest audience members (and future Youth Symphony students 😉) loved the Winter Concert! 👏👏👏
Decatur Youth Symphony has been inspiring Decatur's next generation since 1998. Our mission is clear and simple: Transform lives through music. With the dedication and quality instruction of our staff we are accomplishing that in nearly 3000 student lives each year.

🎻Want to join our mission to transform lives through the power of music right here in Decatur? Go to www.decaturyouthsymphony.org/give

🎻Want to join our team? Contact our Executive Director [email protected]