The Chester County Youth Orchestra (CCYO) provides an opportunity for students in grades 6-12 to experience the joy of making music with a full symphony orchestra, and allows them to meet fellow musicians from school districts across Chester County. The Orchestra is sponsored by the Chester County Intermediate Unit.

Last season (2007—2008), the orchestra again presented an exciting program for our fall and spring concerts (see the schedule). The musicians performed the following pieces:

Egmont Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven

Selections from “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin

Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio (2. Sereiene and 3. Enjouèe) by Claude Bolling

Hoedown from “Rodeo” by Aaron Copland

Finale from Symphony No. 4 in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Excerpts from the Firebird Suite by Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

Symphonic Highlights from “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End” by Hans Zimmer

Stars and Stripes Forever by J. P. Sousa