Philadelphia Youth Orchestra

The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) is the flagship symphonic ensemble for advanced youth musicians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the principal performing ensemble of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute (PYOMI), offering advanced orchestral training and performance opportunities for young musicians.

The orchestra has played music by such composers as Gustav Mahler, Ludwig van Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonín Dvořák, Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Sergei Prokofiev, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, and more. The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra has been widely acclaimed by newspapers such as The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The UK Post.

In addition to playing local venues such as Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center, PYO has participated in numerous international tours with sold-out concerts in countries such as Brazil, Poland, Vienna, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Jordan, Israel, Spain, England, Switzerland, France, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, The British Isles, and Australia.