North Carolina Youth Orchestra

The North Carolina Youth Orchestra is a non-profit youth music education institution for elementary to high school aged students with a complete portfolio of program offerings from beginning classes to full orchestras. The NCYO seeks to elevate and educate student musicians by fulfilling its dual mission of providing music education and orchestral performing opportunities for youth while simultaneously serving the community at large as a performing arts organization hosting concerts, live music, and other events.

With a growing portfolio of educational programs, we aim to provide each and every student that comes to us with an open door to begin receiving the excellent education we provide, a clear path forward to progress on their instruments, and a variety of performing opportunities and formats as an outlet for their learning. We accomplish this by bringing youth musicians of all backgrounds together and connecting them with some of the state’s best music educators.