Memphis Youth Symphony Program

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Memphis Youth Symphony Program MYSP celebrates musical development in a fun, inclusive, and collaborative community.

YOUTH SYMPHONY (YS) - Kalena Bovell, Conductor
- Full Orchestra: strings, winds, brass, percussion, harp
- Advanced experience level
- Ages ~13-18 (no age limits)
- Four local concerts per season (including a possible Side-by-Side concert or rehearsal with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra)
- Annual Concerto Competition
- Rehearses Sunday from 5:30-8pm at The University of Memphis

STRING ORCHESTRA (SO) - Dr. Selim Giray, Conductor
- All string instruments—violin, viola, cello, bass
- Training group for Youth Symphony
- Intermediate to advanced experience level
- Ages ~11-18 (no age limits)
- Four local concerts per season
- Performs standard string orchestra repertoire and reductions of orchestral literature
- Rehearses Sunday from 2:30-4:30pm at The University of Memphis

Intermezzo Orchestra (IO)- Chelsea Subick, Conductor
-All string instruments — violin, viola, cello, bass
-Training group for String Orchestra
-Intermediate experience level
-Performs upper middle school level orchestral repertoire
-Ages 10-16 approximately
-Five concerts per season
-Rehearses Sunday afternoons, 1:15-2:30pm, September-May

PRELUDE STRINGS (PS) - Kristi Harrington, Conductor
- All string instruments—violin, viola, cello, bass
- Training group for String Orchestra
- Intermediate experience level
- Ages ~8-14 (no age limits)
- Four local concerts per season
- Rehearses Sunday from 1:00-2:15pm at The University of Memphis

WIND ENSEMBLE (WE) - Thomas Richardson, Conductor
- Full wind ensemble: Woodwind, Brass & Percussion instruments
- Advanced experience level: Grades 8+
- 2 concerts per season
- Rehearses Sundays from 3-4:30pm at The University of Memphis

CONCERT BAND (CB) - Kevin Carpenter, Conductor
- Woodwind, Brass & Percussion instruments
- Beginner-Intermediate experience level: Grades 7+ with at least 2 years of experience
- 2 concerts per season
- Rehearses Sundays from 1-2:30pm at The University of Memphis

Here's a preview of just a few of the incredible items up for grabs at MYSP's 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala on N...
10/12/2026

Here's a preview of just a few of the incredible items up for grabs at MYSP's 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala on November 14! 💎🎶

From concert getaways and unique experiences to dining, art, and more, there's something for everyone!

Want to support our auction? We're still accepting donations of gift certificates, tickets, experiences, merchandise, and more!

Email [email protected] to contribute!

Happy MYSP Fall Break! We hope you all enjoy the day off and have a great break! We’ll see you next Sunday, October 18th...
10/11/2026

Happy MYSP Fall Break! We hope you all enjoy the day off and have a great break! We’ll see you next Sunday, October 18th when rehearsals resume 🍁🎵🍂

Happy break and happy practicing! 🎻🎶🥁

From 1966 to today, thousands of young musicians have found a musical home at the Memphis Youth Symphony Program, and we...
10/09/2026

From 1966 to today, thousands of young musicians have found a musical home at the Memphis Youth Symphony Program, and we can't wait to see what the next 60 years bring! 💙🎶

MYSP alumni: Do you recognize yourself or any familiar faces in these photos? Tell us in the comments! We'd love to hear when you played with MYSP and what you're up to today.

Congratulations to the winners of the GSO Young Artist Concerto Competition, including MYSP Youth Symphony musicians Ash...
10/09/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the GSO Young Artist Concerto Competition, including MYSP Youth Symphony musicians Ashton, Levi, and Myles! 👏👏👏

We’re so proud of these talented young musicians! Hear them perform as soloists with the Germantown Symphony Orchestra on October 17. Student tickets are FREE! 🎻🎶💙

MYSP is excited to be back at the Theatre Memphis Children’s Festival this Saturday! Theatre Memphis We’ll be there from...
10/07/2026

MYSP is excited to be back at the Theatre Memphis Children’s Festival this Saturday! Theatre Memphis

We’ll be there from 10am-4pm, so stop by the MYSP booth and say hi! You can also hear MYSP musicians perform at 2:05pm in the Atrium.

The festival is free and features performances and activities throughout the day from youth arts organizations across Memphis. And if it rains, everything will move inside! Hope to see you there!

Saturday, Oct 11, 10am-4pm
MYSP performance at 2:05pm
Theatre Memphis
Free admission

We’ve been digging through the MYSP archives and having so much fun looking through 60 years of photos! These are some o...
10/05/2026

We’ve been digging through the MYSP archives and having so much fun looking through 60 years of photos! These are some of the earliest we’ve found, dating back to the 1960s when MYSP was founded in 1966.

We’ll be sharing lots more from the archives over the next several weeks as we lead up to our 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala on November 14.

And we need help from our alumni! If you recognize yourself or another Youth Symphony member in any of these photos, please let us know in the comments. We’d love to put names to as many faces as we can.

We’re also working on creating a digital MYSP archive over the course of this season and collecting photos for our 60th Anniversary commemorative program. If you have photos from your time in MYSP, please send them our way! Rehearsals, concerts, tours, behind-the-scenes photos - we’d love to see them all.

Message us here or email photos to [email protected], and if you know the approximate year or who is pictured, include that too! If you have printed photos, old programs, or other MYSP memorabilia that you’d be willing to share, we’d be happy to arrange a time to meet with you so we can scan or photograph them for the archive!

We can’t wait to share more of what we find. 💎🎶

Happy MYSP Sunday! 🎻🎶💙 It was another great day of music-making! Intermezzo Orchestra had sectionals (thank you, coaches...
10/05/2026

Happy MYSP Sunday! 🎻🎶💙 It was another great day of music-making! Intermezzo Orchestra had sectionals (thank you, coaches!), we welcomed several new students to MYSP, the new MYSP Camerata ensemble had its first rehearsal, and the 26-27 Student Advisory Council had their first meeting!

Registration for MYSP Wind Ensemble and Concert Band auditions is open for Spring 2027! Woodwind, brass, and percussion ...
09/28/2026

Registration for MYSP Wind Ensemble and Concert Band auditions is open for Spring 2027! Woodwind, brass, and percussion students are encouraged to apply. Learn more at myspmusic.org.

Audition videos are due December 7. Register today to join us this spring!

Address

474 Perkins Extd
Memphis, TN
38117

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm

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+19012951495

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