Mission
Members of the Senior Symphony perform at the "Groovin' at the Grove" festival.
June 2007
The Hyde Park Youth Symphony is a community-based organization dedicated to providing a high-quality arts experience to children on the south side of Chicago and nurturing in them a love for music that will last a lifetime. The Symphony serves a broad range of children and families, from a variety of public, private, and home school programs, and from a diversity of racial, ethnic, educational, and economic backgrounds.
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Recent News
In March of 2007, one of our students, Jeremy Joanes, made his debut as a composer with a world premiere performance by the Senior Symphony. Read about it in the Hyde Park Herald.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, May 18, 3:00 pm -- Spring Concert at the Union Church of Hyde Park (5600 S. Woodlawn Ave.)
HPYS’s final concert of the year features the winner(s) of the Claire Despres Oppenheim Concerto Competition. The Senior Symphony’s repertoire will focus on the music of the Romantic period and feature selections by some of the greatest writers for the Broadway stage: Gershwin, Bernstein and Sondheim.