SFYAS News:

SANTA FE — More than 250 students in 16 ensembles are perfecting their Spring Concert music pieces.

Each group is taking the “We’re on Fire!” theme into a different direction. For example, the Jazz program focuses on Cuban music, the Intermezzo group is putting on “Suite for a Pestered Dragon,” and the Prelude orchestra’s pieces have been voted on and chosen by the students (which got them fired up)! There are pieces that are crowd favorites to get the audience going, and those that make you want to dance in your seat. 

The concert themed: “We’re on Fire!” will take place at the Scottish Rite Temple April 29 and 30. For more information, please visit https://www.sfysa.org/ and buy your tickets for $10 per concert today.

The Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association (SFYSA) celebrates their 29th season and already has enrollment open for the Fall semester. SFYSA has many things planned, including special alumni events, to commemorate 30 years of working with thousands of students.

About Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association: In 1994, Pam Parfitt, then-Director of the Santa Fe Suzuki Violin School, observed that virtually no performance ensembles existed in Santa Fe for young string players. She and a team of dedicated Santa Fe parents and music teachers built the Santa Fe Youth Symphony to solve this problem.

SFYSA’s mission is to inspire and engage the youth of Northern New Mexico’s multicultural communities through excellent music education, the guidance of music professionals, and performance opportunities from small ensemble to full orchestra in Jazz, Mariachi and Orchestra.