Amarillo Symphony Youth Orchestra

• • 373 budding musicians cultivated
• • 4 ensembles based on skill level
• • 4 performances at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts
• • February 2025: Amarillo Symphony / Youth Symphony Side-by-Side concerts (Friday + Saturday night performances)

Greater Southwest Music Festival

• • 3 full days of valuable, musical performance and competition
• • 9,774 students served at Amarillo College, the Civic Center, and the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts
• • Prestigious, state-recognized judges
• • Concerts + Clinics:
• the return of the WTAMU Showcase of Music; performance by the AC Concert Choirs & Vocal Jazz; Student Leadership Workshop with renowned educator and clinician, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
• • Performing “Best Overall” ensembles at Awards Ceremony

Kinderkonzerts

• • 4,782 students and teachers accessed live, professional music
• • Chamber orchestra performance of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf with live dancers from LanDance Ballet depicting the story’s characters
• • Engaging K-2nd grade students
• • 85% of schools reached were Title I schools

Class Act

• • Amarillo Symphony principal string (quartet) musicians in classrooms and senior living communities
• • 1,740 students and 240 seniors reached
• • Interactive performances for audiences of all ages

String Family

• • Professional string quintet demonstrating string instruments to young students
• • Every 3rd grade classroom (~2,160 students) in Amarillo ISD visited
• • The world of orchestral stringed instruments opened to students!