OUR PROGRAM
OrcheSTARS!• OVERTURE ENSEMBLES • DA CAPO ORCHESTRA • YOSAL YOUTH SYMPHONY • YOSAL MARIACHI BANDA •
YOSAL provides students with engaging, music-focused classes throughout the week.
Members receive their own instrument, perform in recitals and concerts, and participate in off-campus field trips and activities. Students develop strong relationships with peers and teachers, and establish a tight-knit community in which they continue to grow throughout their childhood.
Through the discipline, persistence, and patience required to learn a musical instrument, YOSAL members obtain the skills needed to excel in school as well as their future careers.
YOSAL members receive year-round group lessons, full orchestra, and mentorship opportunities. Students are required to attend classes 3 days per week. Tuition is free.
Invitation to the YOSAL Youth Symphony & Mariachi Banda is by audition only.
OrcheSTARS!
Our 1st & 2nd graders learn rhythms, sing in choir, play recorders, & have tons of fun in their group classes! Each student learns the basics of music like note names, rhythms, types of instruments, & more.
Students in 2nd grade receive their very own recorder in the first semester, where they apply their music-reading skills to an instrument for the first time. In the second semester, they choose the instrument they’ll play in YOSAL & build a paper version of it to learn everything they need to prepare them for orchestra!
CLASSES MEET:
M: 3:30-4:30pm (1st & 2nd grade)
W/F: 3:30-4:30pm (1st grade); 4:30-5:30pm (2nd grade)
New students in grades 3 and above, & continuing YOSAL students in 3rd grade receive their orchestra instrument & begin learning technique in 2 group classes per week. They then put those skills to use in either the Overture String Ensemble or the Overture Wind Ensemble & begin to learn how to play as a large group. After a semester of learning the basics, they come together to play as a full orchestra for the very first time.
Students who have played their instrument for at least 1 year join Da Capo, where they further their abilities in their twice-weekly group classes. They play in full orchestra once per week & start to understand how their instrument fits into the larger group setting.
OVERTURE & DA CAPO ORCHESTRAS
CLASSES MEET:
M: 3:30-4:30pm (Overture); 4:30-6:30pm (Da Capo)
T/TH (Winds/Brass/Percussion Only): 3:30-4:30pm (Overture); 4:30-5:30pm (Da Capo)
W/F (Strings only): 3:30-4:30pm (Overture); 4:30-5:30pm (Da Capo)
YOSAL YOUTH SYMPHONY & MARIACHI BANDA
In our most advanced group, YOSAL Youth Symphony (YYS) members focus on a higher level of music-making in their group classes as well as in full orchestra, led by our Music Director.
YOSAL Mariachi Banda (YMB) is made up of YYS members who have auditioned and are accepted by the Director. All orchestra instruments are eligible to join YOSAL Mariachi Banda.
CLASSES MEET:
M: 4:30-6:30pm (6:30-7:30pm, YMB)
T/TH: 5:30-6:30pm (Winds/Brass/Percussion)
W/F: 5:30-6:30pm (Strings)