Young Audiences of Northeast Texas

04/27/2026

Any gift, small or large, impacts students that need our help!

Give during the Power Hour of 1:00 pm to 1:59 pm on Tuesday for YA to receive a special $500 bonus gift.

Donate here: https://www.easttexasgivingday.org/organization/youngaudiencesofnortheasttx

04/21/2026

We are only one week away from East Texas Giving Day! 🫶 ☀️ 💃

When you donate to Young Audiences of Northeast Texas, you're bringing arts education to children in underserved areas. Your donation contributes to a wide range of artistic resources including our after school programs, teaching artists, Poetry in Schools contest, theater productions, and much, much more!

Plus -- Thanks to a very gracious matching gift, you have the chance to have your donation doubled!

To make a donation early, visit the East Texas Giving Day website here:

Young Audiences of Northeast Texas use the arts to enrich the lives of students and enhance their education. We connect qualified teaching artists with schools across Region 7 to enhance learning, provide artistic access, and open pathways of creative and critical...

04/10/2026

Mark your calendar 🗓️ April 28!
Support creativity, education, and local students this East Texas Giving Day!

Donate now 👉 https://www.easttexasgivingday.org/organization/youngaudiencesofnortheasttx

03/30/2026

Young Audiences is so honored to have had such a great turnout at our Arts in Education Awards! 🎉 💫

A HUGE congratulations to the well-deserving award winners, Margaret Perkins, Preston Parker, Tom Mensch, Leah Cason, Alison Adkins Kennedy, and Dr. David Crawford! We are so grateful for these champions of the arts in our region.

Thank you to every sponsor who made this event possible, alongside all of our event committees, and Francie Batten Hodges photography for the wonderful photos!

Here's to enriching more lives through the arts. 🎶 🎨 💃d

03/18/2026

Get excited!!! ✨ ✨ ✨

We are now only ONE day away from our Arts in Education Awards Gala! 💃 🕺 🎶 🎨

Now is your chance to donate in honor of our ICON Award Recipient, Margaret Perkins, or the 5 outstanding art educators we will be honoring: Dr. David Crawford, Tom Mensch, Alison Adkins Kennedy, Leah Cason, & Preston Parker.

Donate here: https://yanetexas.org/aiea-event/

03/10/2026

We're so glad that the Moore Middle School Band and Orchestra students had a blast attending the Count Basie concert! The students also had the pleasure of meeting Maestro Richard Lee 🎻🎶

02/23/2026

Please Join Us for our 15th Annual Arts in Education Awards Gala on March 19th, 2026! Help us recognize those who have had a significant impact in students' lives over the years in Arts Education in our region.

Additionally, one of our Board Members and local artists, Avery Teeter, will be donating a painting for auction. 100% of the proceeds benefit Young Audiences, so you won't want to miss it! ☀️ 🎨 The work will be professionally framed by Tricia's Rose City Framing!

You can become a sponsor or purchase individual tickets here: https://yanetexas.org/aiea-event/

02/19/2026

Congratulations to Mark Magee for winning our free tickets to the Count Basie concert at the UT Tyler Cowan Center! A big THANK YOU to Sarah for donating the tickets.

Students, there’s still time to grab tickets, but they're limited! Call our office at (903) 561-2787 if you would like to secure a spot.

See you at the Cowan Center! 🎶 🎼 🎻

02/15/2026

Our very own board member, Kyle Gullings, was awarded Finalist Honorable Mention for the 2025 American Prize in Composition – Orchestra, Professional Division by The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts. We’re so proud of Kyle’s talents as a composer and he deserves this national recognition. Way to go Kyle!!

Dr. Kyle Gullings, a professor of music at The University of Texas at Tyler, was awarded Finalist Honorable Mention for the 2025 American Prize in Composition – Orchestra, Professional Division. […]

02/15/2026