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The Associate and Senior Orchestras, conducted by Leo Eylar, and the CYS Wind Symphony, conducted by Pete Nowlen, will present the annual Holiday Concert at San Mateo Performing Arts Center on December 7, 2025. Once again the orchestras and Wind Symphony will offer the audience a pleasing mix of classical and holiday favorites.

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Holiday Concert 2025

San Mateo High School

CYS returns to Hertz Hall at UC Berkeley on March 30th with the Senior Orchestra performing a stellar program that features the US premiere orchestral performance of Ukrainian composer Sergei Golovko’s Colombian Marimba Concerto. We are thrilled and honored to present this magnificent work, which will be performed by CYS’s own Apple Gao, winner of the Young Artist Competition for the 2024-25 CYS Season. The Colombian Concerto takes us on a Latin American voyage complete with drum set, electric guitar, jazz piano, as well as the supremely virtuosic solo marimba as they make use of Latin American dances, rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. It is a work that is guaranteed to please everyone!

Spring Concert 2025

University of California, Berkeley

The California Youth Symphony will present its annual Holiday Concert on December 1st, 2024.  The Associate and Senior Orchestras, conducted by Leo Eylar, and the CYS Wind Symphony, conducted by Pete Nowlen, will present the annual Holiday Concert at San Mateo Performing Arts Center. Once again the orchestras and Wind Symphony will offer the audience a pleasing mix of classical and holiday favorites. Highlights include selections from Aaron Copland’s 1942 ballet Rodeo, known for its lively, folk-inspired music of the American Wild West, as well as orchestral works by Wagner, Vaughan-Williams, and Mozart’s beloved Magic Flute Overture. The Wind Symphony will feature works by Travassos, Mackey, Molookpour, and Michael Brown’s Pixar Movie Magic. A special treat features our combined percussion sections in a performance of Nathan Daughtrey’s mesmerizing Sea of Tranquility, conducted by CYS Percussion Director Artie Storch. Admission is free, and no advanced ticket reservations are required!

Conductor

Artie Storch

Events

Past events

Dec 7, 2025

Holiday Concert 2025 · California Youth Symphony

Mar 30, 2025

Spring Concert 2025 · California Youth Symphony

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Escape Artist by Rath

California Youth Symphony

Conductor in A Dance on Three Legs by Balent

California Youth Symphony

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