YOSA to Perform Free Concert on City’s West Side

The Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) will present an extraordinary concert of lively classical music performed by San Antonio's finest, young musicians on Sunday afternoon, February 1 at Edgewood Fine Arts Auditorium as part of YOSA's City Series--a series of free concerts on various sides of town.

Held at 4 p.m., this one-hour concert is presented by YOSA's Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Strings and Capriccio Strings and will feature pieces including Perpetual Motion by Carl Bohm and Bryan Tyler's End Title from the movie "The Greatest Game Ever Played." The Edgewood Fine Arts Auditorium is located at 607 S.W. 34th Street, with plenty of free parking.

"Through our City Series concerts, we bring music to all areas of San Antonio, including some that may have limited classical music concerts," YOSA Executive Director Steven Payne said. "It is fitting, since our musicians come from all areas of town. They are excited and proud to share their musical gift with all San Antonians, including their own neighbors. Families can come and join us for this free concert and still make it in time for the Super Bowl.”
YOSA’s involvement with the city’s West side is not new. YOSA’s Beginning Strings class, an outreach program providing free lessons and instruments to members of the Good Samaritan Center, is located on the city's West side.

YOSA’s Symphony Orchestra is comprised of students ages 11-17. Sinfonietta Strings musicians are between the ages of 9-14 and Capriccio Strings students are between the ages of 7-12 YOSA students are between the ages of six and 20 and come from Bexar, Kerr, Atascosa, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Medina, Uvalde and Wilson counties.

This concert is the second from a series of three City Series; the third concert will be held on the city's East side at Watson Auditorium on the St. Phillip's College campus (1801 Martin Luther King Dr) at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 10.

The mission of the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio is to cultivate musical talent, help our students build foundations for life through learning the discipline, cooperation and leadership required of orchestral music making and enrich the cultural life of our community through performances.