Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras

12/20/2025

🎄✨ Mid-Columbia Youth Symphony on the Radio Today! ✨🎄

Today, December 20, musicians from the Mid-Columbia Youth Symphony will be featured on SANTA 95.7 as part of their joyful Christmas Comes Alive program!

🎶 Featured Musicians:
• Alvin Liu, violin
• Brylee Cullen, violin
• Darin Choi, cello

Santa 95.7 is counting down the 12 Days of Christmas by spotlighting local musicians from right here in our community. Tune in at the top of the hour for festive performances at:
🕖 7am | 🕙 10am | 🕐 1pm | 🕓 4pm | 🕖 7pm

🎧 Listen on the radio or stream online at:
https://big957.com/featured/christmas-comes-alive/

🎄 Plus, enjoy these performances again as part of a full concert experience featuring all participating artists throughout Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

🎁 Huge thanks to SANTA 95.7 (BIG 95.7), Van’s Jewelry, and Will Bradley in the Morning for supporting young musicians and celebrating the arts in our community!

🎶✨

12/02/2025

Please consider donating to MCYO this Giving Tuesday!

🎶 GIVING TUESDAY — Support the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras! 🎶

For Giving Tuesday, the Mid-Columbia Symphony is proud to spotlight the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras, an organization shaping the musicians and leaders of tomorrow. MCYO offers exceptional orchestral training, diverse and engaging programming, and mentorship from professional artists.

Your gift today helps ensure that young musicians—especially those with financial need—have access to experiences that build skill, inspiration, and a lifelong connection to music.

Your donation makes a direct impact:
💙 $500 — Concert venue rental
💙 $405 — Full year of Youth Symphony tuition scholarship for students with financial need
💙 $300 — Full year of Cadets tuition scholarship
💙 $175 — One week of rehearsal space rental
💙 $135 — One term of Youth Symphony scholarship
💙 $100 — One term of Cadets scholarship
💙 $25 — Music folder for a student

Every contribution—large or small—helps MCYO continue offering high-quality training, mentorship, and life-changing musical opportunities for young artists across the Tri-Cities.

Thank you for supporting the next generation of musicians. 🎻✨

Donate here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?donation=mcsym

11/22/2025

We have our first concert of the season on Monday!

There was a typo on our poster if you saw it around town.

Concert starts at 6:30pm!

Program highlights include works by:
Marie A. Douglas
Joshua Reznicow
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Catherine Likhuta
Sergei Prokofiev

And MORE!

The concert is free but donations are welcome.

09/10/2025

Dear Columbia Center Rotary,
Thank you for the music stands!! They make a world of difference.
With much love, the Mid Columbia Youth Orchestras

06/12/2025

🎼 We are so grateful for an amazing audience at last night's concert!

Our Music Director, Adrienne Fletcher had this to say at the end of the performance:

"At the heart of MCYO is a belief: that young people are capable of great artistry—and that the best music is made in community."

This season marked 10 years of the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestras, and we’re dreaming of 10 more. If you couldn’t be there in person, you can still play a part in our story.

🎁 Donate here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?donation=mcsym
Your support goes directly toward tuition scholarships, music rental, and facility costs—keeping the music alive for the next generation of young performers.

Thanks for helping us keep the music going, even after the final bow. 🎻

05/02/2025

🎻 CALLING ALL MCYO ALUMNI! 🎻
It’s time for a reunion—10 YEARS in the making!
We’re celebrating our 10th Anniversary Concert on June 10, 2025, and we want YOU to be part of the magic! ✨

Whether you’d like to dust off your instrument and perform one piece alongside our current musicians 🎶, or cheer us on from the audience 👏—we would love to see you again!

Please take a moment to fill out this quick Alumni Survey so we can keep in touch and celebrate our decade-long symphony community together! Even if you can’t make it, we want to stay connected!
👉
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScppXUWJah_IcIBy6wmlQhD63r249xfJjSDRnl6dGZoXGMlvw/viewform?usp=sharing

🎶 Help us spread the word! Tag your MCYO friends and share this post! Let’s fill the hall with music and memories! ❤️

04/30/2025

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We've got a few music stands coming for next season!!! Thank you Rotary Club of the Columbia Center

At our April 17 meeting, our Youth Services Chair, JoDee Garretson, presented a check to Christine McKinnon from the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra.

The funds will be used to purchase new music stands so that the kids are able to see and read their music.

🎼🎹🪇🪘🎷🎺🪕🎸🪗🎻🥁

From left: Christine and JoDee.

02/20/2025

Concert Tonight!!! Come listen to us.

12/16/2024

Tune into 95.7 BIG FM (known as Santa 95.7 during the holidays) today to hear Students from Mid-Columbia Youth Symphony perform some holiday tunes!

We will be featured on their Christmas Comes Alive program today at 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm.

Read more about it here:
https://big957.com/featured/christmas-comes-alive/

Big thanks to Darin Choi, Lily Deng, Lucy Kunkel, Alaina Roskelley, Eden Roskelley, and Jenny Roskelley for making it out to record!

Happy Holidays from us to you, we hope your days are filled with music!