Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

[2][3][4][5] He was an internationally famous violinist who performed with many of the greatest orchestras in Europe, and knew such leading composers as Béla Bartók and Arnold Schoenberg.

Francis Aranyi and Thomas Rodrique were the musical staff of the Youth Symphony Orchestra for the Pacific Northwest, as the organization was then called, until 1959.

SYSO-in-the-Schools support public school instrumental music programs by providing instruction in 25 Seattle-area public schools serving over 600 students annually, and the Marrowstone Summer Festival provides learning for over 500 students ages 7 to 25 each summer.

These string musicians participate in rehearsals, masterclasses, and concerts, led by Daniel Mullikin, Kim Roy, and Matt Hopper.

The Marrowstone Music Festival, hosted by Western Washington University in Bellingham, serves around 185 musicians aged 14-24 with a two-week intensive summer program.

Faculty members and guest performers at Marrowstone have included Dale Clevenger, Glenn Dicterow, and Simone Porter(external link).

Up until 2020, two sessions of Marrowstone in the City (MITC) were held in suburbs that surround Seattle, and served over 330 younger players annually.

[14] SYSO and the Seattle Conservatory of Music work with local schools through the Endangered Instruments Program, started by Walter Cole, a project that exposes students to less commonly played instruments including oboe, bassoon, percussion, viola, double bass, tuba, trombone, and horn.