The St. Augustine Chamber Orchestra (SACO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by Mr. Kenneth Listhrop, a music educator and conductor.

By December 1999 when the orchestra was formally launched, the membership had grown to nineteen string players.

Listhrop acts in various capacities within the organization such as founder, visionary, teacher, accompanist, arranger, conductor, music director and friend of the many young musicians that join the orchestra.

In 2006, the board of SACO decided to partner with Bon Air High School Music Foundation led by Leslie Clement, Glorious Sounds of Tobago led by Pastor David Elder and several music schools across the country towards the formation of the Trinidad and Tobago Youth Philharmonic, one of the few and largest youth orchestras in the Caribbean chain of islands.

While the initial focus was on the playing of string instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) the organization has been able to diversify towards the inclusion of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments with the objective of the formation of a full symphonic orchestra and ultimately an adult orchestra.