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- EIN 23-7447279
- (503) 239-4566
- 4800 S Macadam Ave Ste 105 Portland OR 97239-3929 USA
- www.metroyouthsymphony.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Symphony Orchestras
Mission: Musical instruction to youths.
Programs: The metropolitan youth symphony (mys) was founded over 40 years ago with the mission to educate, develop, and promote young musicians. Today mys offers 12 ensembles in orchestra, band, jazz and strings for young people of all experience levels and abilities, regardless of background or economic circumstance. Mys enrolls 485 school-age students counties in the greater portland metropolitan area and sw washington. In addition we offer a beginning strings class, bass class, chamber music program and introductory to advanced classes in music theory. Each season mys holds 3 concerts at the performing arts center in downtown portland and 9 concerts throughout the community. Mys has also developed an extensive peer-to-peer school outreach program targeting under-served schools which last year reached nearly 5,000 school children.