Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Founded in 1995 by Liza Grossman, Contemporary Youth Orchestra (CYO) is the only youth orchestra in the United States dedicated to the study and performance of contemporary orchestral literature. The orchestra is in residence at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.[1] Contemporary Youth Orchestra and Liza Grossman are the recipients of several awards including the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement and the Sunshine Award from Young Audiences for excellence in arts education.

Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Youth orchestra
Short nameCYO
LocationCleveland, Ohio
Concert hallCuyahoga Community College - Metro Campus
Music directorKris Morron

Music

Contemporary Youth Orchestra is a full orchestra that rehearses weekly at Cuyahoga Community College. CYO's regular season consists of 3-4 concerts each year, highlighted by collaborations with internationally recognized performers and composers. Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse, and Valerie Coleman have been recently featured on concert programs and recent guest performers include Chris Thile, yMusic and Luca Mundaca.

Rock the Orchestra

The orchestra's annual series 'Rock the Orchestra' features a different performer or band every year.

YearGuest Artist Show Title
2003Graham Nash Classical Nash
2004Jon Anderson Symphonic Song Cycle
2005Pat Benatar Fire Away
2006Styx One With Everything
2007Various Kashmir
2008Various Farandole
2009Donnie Iris & The Cruisers Rock Fantastique
2010Jon Anderson State of Independence
2011Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship & CYO
2012Blame Sally Pass The Buddha
2013Bootsy Collins PsychoticBumpSchool
2014Ben Folds Ben Folds & CYO
2015Graham Nash GNASH
2016Tommy Shaw Sing for the Day!
2017Melissa Etheridge Pulse
2018Kenny Loggins Kenny Loggins & CYO
2019Jason Mraz Everything is Sound
2020Michael Stanley Another New Years Eve
2021Chris Thile Chris Thile & CYO
2022Luca Mundaca Drops of Color


See also

References
  1. Donald Rosenberg (8 June 2013). "Cleveland's Contemporary Youth Orchestra wins national award for adventurous programming". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 25 October 2013.


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