On Saturday, November 16 (7:30 pm), the Tacoma Youth Symphony will open its regular season with “Myths and Legends.” The concert will musically explore myths and legends from around the world with Jean Sibelius’ En Saga, Claude Deussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Antonín Dvořák’s The Noon Witch. The concert will also […]
“A Night at the Movies” Costume Concert
Tacoma – On Saturday, October 26 (7 pm), the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association will present the 18th annual “A Night at the Movies” Costume Concert at the Pantages Theater. For this highly entertaining concert, TYSA students play music from popular movies and dress in costumes from those movies. The audience is also invited to come […]
Tacoma Youth Symphony Concert May 18 Celebrating Dr. Paul-Elliott Cobbs
For the last twenty-seven years, Dr. Paul-Elliott Cobbs has been the Music Director of the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association and conductor of the Tacoma Youth Symphony. The beloved maestro is retiring at the end of the 2023-2024 season. On Saturday, May 18 ( 7 pm), TYSA will celebrate Dr. Cobbs and bid him a warm […]
Tacoma Youth Symphony presents “Bridging Worlds”
Tacoma, WA – Music has always been a powerful tool for bringing people together and bridging cultural divides. On March 3, the Tacoma Youth Symphony will perform music from composers from two very different parts of the world. The concert will open with Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia with the hymn sung by Finnish soprano, Heidi Kankaanpää. […]
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association Names Music Director Designate
After a long and thoughtful review process, the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association is excited to announce Dr. James O. Welsch as our next Music Director and Tacoma Youth Symphony Conductor, with his debut at TYSA’s Evergreen Music Festival this summer. Most recently he has served as Music Director & Symphonic Orchestra Conductor of Florida Symphony […]