The Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestras

10/09/2026

Orchestra rehearsals have been off to a great start- we’re solidly in the rehearsal process, with only six weeks left until our first concert!

This week, Professor June Huang (George Mason University) came in to talk to our students about Rehearsal Procedures in the Professional Orchestra. She then stayed to work with some of our violinists in sectionals. She is a brilliant educator and musician, and we’re so thankful she was able to share her time and expertise with our students!

09/03/2026

String students- check out this free String Day at GMU on Oct 10!

Calling all 8th through 12th grade and college freshman STRING players! We want you to join us for our annual String Day at George Mason University's Fairfax Campus on Saturday, October 10, 2026!

The Dewberry School of Music will host our annual String Day for intermediate and advanced violin, viola, and cello students under the instruction of our world-class faculty. RSVP by clicking here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/0ReUeGNQdJ

08/20/2026

Sharing an orchestra opportunity for GMU students and community members!

Welcome back to another great school year, we can’t wait to start making music with you all!

Orchestra audition materials and signup link available here: https://music.gmu.edu/seating-placement-auditions

Symphony Orchestra Audition Dates:
Monday, August 24
Tuesday, August 25

Concert Orchestra Audition Date:
Wednesday, August 26

Both symphony and concert orchestra are open to non-music majors and community members (pending successful audition).

We can’t wait to see our returning members once again and welcome new members of our community!

08/19/2026

Our TCSYO conductors got to hang out with the FCPS music teachers at inservice today! It was great to see everyone and welcome them back to a new school year.

The TCSYO season calendar can be found here: https://www.tcsyo.org/calendar

We are still accepting percussion, woodwind, brass, and viola students. https://www.tcsyo.org/auditions

Present, but not pictured: Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Engdahl

08/12/2026

Many of our TCSYO students have participated in the 9th Street Chamber Music Intensive and loved the experience. If your student enjoys chamber music, check out this great opportunity!

07/23/2026

We still have a few openings in Philharmonic and Symphonic Orchestras for horn, trombone, and percussion.

Audition information can be found here: https://www.tcsyo.org/auditions

Come play with us!

06/26/2026

It has been such a fun week with our summer camp students! They had a fantastic concert today- we are so proud of them!

Thank you to our summer camp staff: Mr. Isaac, Mrs. Chou, Ms. Geiger, Ms. Gowins, and Mr. Chou.

Thank you to Lord of Life Lutheran Church for hosting us this week.

We hope to see you all in the fall for our regular season!

06/25/2026

We were so excited to have our campers back safe and sound after the power outage yesterday! We are making good progress towards our Friday concert.

The spirit day was Wacky Wednesday! Our campers also enjoyed an ice cream/popsicle during snack. The spirit day tomorrow is Super Hero (Or Villain?) day.

06/23/2026

The power is still out at Lord of Life, so we will not have summer camp today. We will send an update about tomorrow when we learn more. Stay safe!

06/22/2026

Check out this free concert! Mr. Law (TCSYO Chamber Music Director) and Dr. Kobayashi (TCSYO Chamber Music Coach) are performing!

July 5, 3pm at The Lyceum