Tour History

In 1985, under the visionary leadership of Evelyn Berg (President of the Board of Directors) and the artistry of Music Director, Terence Frazor, YOSA took its first international tour. The goals were to provide a unique and life changing experience for the students in the orchestra, expand their musical professionalism, and to promote the San Antonio, Texas, and the US to audiences in foreign countries. Their legacy was to establish a regular touring cycle for YOSA (every three years since 1995) and to provide dozens and dozens of students the experience of a lifetime. YOSA's eighth international tour takes the orchestra to a new continent.

1985 - Romania, Hungary, Austria Terence Frazor
1989 - Poland, Hungary, Austria Terence Frazor
1995 - Germany Geraldo Edelstein
1998 - Australia Brendan Townsend
2001 - France Eugene Dowdy
2004 - Italy, Austria David Mairs
2007 - Finland, Estonia, Russia Marlon Chen
2010 - China Troy Peters



YOSA students in front of the Church of Spilt Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia -- July 2007


YOSA performs at the beautiful Kapella Concert Hall in St. Petersburg