San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO) was inaugurated in the 1981-82 season, and is currently recognized throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as one of the finest youth orchestras in the world. Founded in 1981, SFSYO program is available to select talented young musicians from the greater Bay Area. The more than one hundred diverse musicians, ranging in age from twelve to twenty-one, are chosen from more than three hundred applicants in annual auditions. The SFSYO rehearses and performs in Davies Symphony Hall under the direction of the San Francisco Symphony's Assistant Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the Youth Orchestra, Donato Cabrera.