Youth Band of Orlando

04/07/2020

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that we will not hold our YBO Summer session as originally planned, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. We were very much looking forward to making music with some of Central Florida's best young musicians, but as we all know, this is not the time. We look forward to the day that we can join together again to make beautiful music and share in each other's talents. For those who are seniors, we wish you the best - please let us know what we can do to help you in your next steps, and thank you for your dedication to the YBO, some of you for 6+ years.

We wish all of you health and safety and look forward to sharing some exciting news for the summer of 2021 in the near future. In the meantime, if you need anything, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

09/13/2019

Dear Youth Bands of Orlando Members,

After careful review of our enrollment numbers and unbalanced instrumentation, I must let you know that we will be cancelling our Fall and Spring sessions of the Youth Bands for this year. We pride ourselves on being able to offer you a quality experience, as we have for the past 6 years, and we want to be sure we can continue to do that as we move forward.

We are excited to share that we will be refocusing our efforts to look at a Summer Program that we can offer during the month of June. We are not sure what this will look like yet, but once we have some items finalized, we will certainly share them with you, and hope you will participate with us at that time. If you have any friends that you think might be interested in participating in this summer option, please encourage them to register at the same website youthbandsoforlando.org and we will share that information with them as well.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you, especially in your scheduling of your Sunday afternoons around the YBO, and we are as disappointed as you are. But we are excited about what we will be able to offer in the summer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best wishes for a wonderful school year!

Dave Schreier
Administrative Director/Conductor
Youth Bands of Orlando

09/05/2019

This message was just sent to anyone enrolled for this year's YBO. If you did not get this email, but think you should, please contact [email protected] ASAP.

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Dear Youth Bands of Orlando Members,

First we hope you and your families have all weathered the storm well the past few days. We feel very fortunate that there was no major damage in our immediate area, and hope that is the same for you.

We are very excited to begin our fall season with you. Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Dorian and the shut down of UCF for the past several days, we have decided to cancel our first rehearsal this Sunday September 8. We are confident we will still have enough time to put our concert together and offer a quality experience for our members. We will plan to begin September 15 with our normal schedule. We will send out more details at the beginning of next week. We apologize for the cancellation of our first scheduled rehearsal, but look forward to seeing you soon.

In the interim, if you have any friends that might be interested in joining the YBO Middle or High School, we do still have spots available and hope you will encourage them to join us by registering at youthbandsoforlando.org. See you on Sept. 15!

08/30/2019

Due to the impending hurricane, UCF has cancelled all events this weekend. This includes the All-State prep clinic and our information meeting this Saturday.

Registration is still open at youthbandsoforlando.org. You may also email any questions to [email protected]. We hope you all stay safe during the storm.

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08/03/2019

In June, Dave Schreier, UCF Assistant Director of Bands, was invited to conduct the American Youth Ensemble during their Italy Tour as one of two principal conductors. Members of Youth Bands of Orlando in partnership with UCF’s School of Performing Arts, and other youth bands across the country, c...

08/01/2019

We are excited to announce that Bryan Munera will be guest conducting the YBO Middle School Band this fall! You can join now at youthbandsoforlando.org!

Bryan Munera is the Director of Bands at Audubon Park School in Winter Park, Florida. This is his second year teaching at Audubon Park School, and seventh as a band director. He is a native Floridian, born in Miami and residing in Orlando since 2012. He has been teaching middle school band since that time, beginning his career at Legacy Middle School in Orlando. During his time at Legacy, the program grew to 250 students, with a variety of band ensembles offered respective of students’ ability level. His Jazz and Concert bands have demonstrated high quality performances at the FBA Music Performance Assessments, consistently earning Superior and Excellent ratings.

Mr. Munera was the recipient of the FMEA Music Enrollment Award in 2015 and 2018, a distinction recognizing the enrollment of forty-five percent of the school’s population enrolled in an elective music course. In 2016 he was awarded the FBA Tom Bishop award in recognition of the improvements and positive impact he made in his band program.

Mr. Munera graduated with his Bachelors in Music Education in 2012 from Florida International University. He is a member of the Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Munera is also the FBA District 8 Secretary for the 2019-2020 school year.

07/01/2019

We have arrived safely in Orlando! So great to have some of our members be a part of an amazing experience with the American Youth Ensemble Wind Ensemble Italy Tour. Thanks also to Charlie Brodie, executive director of the AYE for putting together a tremendous trip!

07/01/2019

We have landed in Newark! Will head to Orlando in the morning!

06/29/2019

Our final day in Italy was a walking tour of Rome, visiting many sites including the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. Tomorrow begins our flights home! It has been a wonderful trip with many memories. Thank you for visiting our page and following along.

Registration for the Youth Bands of Orlando is open at youthbandsoforlando.org! Join today to open up amazing opportunities like this one!