Tour repertoire consisted of Symphony 1 in D Major: 'Titan' by Gustav Mahler, The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - with soloists Nicola Benedetti and Karen Gomyo, American Prelude No.

Christian Reif joined the San Francisco Symphony as Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SFSYO in the 2016-17 season.

1 (conductor Edwin Outwater's farewell concert as the orchestra's 5th Music Director); and the 2008 performance of Dvořák's New World Symphony in memory of the SFSYO's benefactor Agnes Albert.

5 at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Berliner Philharmonie, Royal Concertgebouw, and Smetana Hall during their 2014/2015 season.

Although the orchestra has its own music director, guest conductors such as Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Herbert Blomstedt, John Adams (composer), Kurt Masur, Marek Janowski and the SFS's Conductor Laureate, Michael Tilson Thomas, also work with the young players on occasion.

The orchestra performs an annual concert series in Davies Symphony Hall and each year gives Christmas performances of Peter and the Wolf with guest narrators who have included Richard Dreyfuss,[11] Linda Ronstadt, Leonard Nimoy, Florence Henderson, Robin Williams, Rita Moreno, Sid Caesar, Sharon Stone, Danny Glover, and Tom Kenny.

The SFSYO's tenth international tour was in the 2014-15 season, during which the orchestra performed in Milan, Udine, Ingolstadt, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Prague.

2 featuring SFSYO Concerto Competition Winner Leyla Kabuli in November 2017, and the 35th Anniversary Concert and Celebration in May 2018.