Also known as FSYO Years active 1957–present Genre Classical music | Genres Classical Website www.fsyo.org | |
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Occupation(s) Youth Symphony Orchestra Members Executive Director
Heide Evans-Waldron
Music Director
Hanrich Claassen Origin Orlando, Florida, United States (1957) Similar Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestra, Hayko, Eric Jacobsen Profiles | ||
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Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra is a music education program consisting of five orchestral ensembles of nearly 300 student musicians. The organization is under the musical direction of Hanrich Claassen. FSYO is the oldest youth symphony in the state of Florida.
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History
FSYO was founded in 1957 by Alphonse Carlo, who was the concertmaster of the Florida Symphony Orchestra and a music professor at Rollins College. In 1962, the ensemble gained structure & support under the wing of the Florida Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Henry Mazer. FSYO later incorporated as an independent non-profit in 1982 and received its 501(c)(3) charitable tax status in 1984. Although it has been financially independent since 1977, FSYO remained closely associated with the Florida Symphony Orchestra until the professional orchestra ceased operations in 1993.