Local Band Opportunities
New Horizons Music
The New Horizons DuPage organization is the DuPage County & Chicago West Suburban chapter of the New Horizons International Music Association. New Horizons DuPage performs a Winter and Spring concert each season, as well as "run-out" concerts at various assemblies, festivals, schools, senior residence communities and parades.
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Naperville Municipal Band
The Naperville Municipal Band has been entertaining the people of Naperville and the surrounding suburbs, in Central Park for over 165 years. The band has grown from a group of dedicated musicians whose vision brought them together in 1859 to its current 100 member roster.
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Youth Symphony of DuPage
Youth Symphony of DuPage (YSDP) is dedicated to bringing advanced ensemble training and performance opportunities to over 160 talented young musicians from throughout DuPage County and nearby towns.
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American Youth Symphony Orchestra
AYSO's mission is to provide professional leadership and experience to talented young musicians. This inspiration can enable them to expand their musical horizons and enables them to perform to the best of their ability. Allowing young artists to expand their imagination by nurturing a love of music is key to their development and success.
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Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Evanston Symphony Orchestra Website Link
The Evanston Symphony Orchestra uses the power of music to lift the human spirit. We engage and enrich the community by coming together to perform, inspire and educate. In keeping with its mission, the Evanston Symphony Orchestra welcomes ALL people from the Evanston, North Shore and surrounding communities by playing and presenting the world’s greatest music by and for everyone. From preschool music education for the underserved to adult music education. From a holiday event for all to music presentations for seniors. But, most of all, through the performance of great music by artistically-outstanding volunteer musicians from the community. ESO is a unique artistic resource with a focus always on excellence.
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Elgin Symphony Orchestra Website Link
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is one of the preeminent regional orchestras in the United States. Since its founding in 1950, the organization has developed a reputation for artistic excellence, innovative programming, and a deep commitment to the social advocacy and economic development of the diverse communities that it serves.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Website Link
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ mission is to inspire and cultivate personal excellence through music. After 75 years of music-making, CYSO continues to shape generations of young leaders and musicians. Students collaborate and create in a learning environment like no other, developing fundamental skills including leadership, self-confidence, teamwork, and resilience. CYSO is committed to educating, encouraging, and empowering each young musician so that they may pursue personal excellence both on and off the stage.
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Lake County Symphony Orchestra
The Lake County Symphony Orchestra was founded as the Full Score Chamber Orchestra by its charter members in 2004 for the purposes of continuing to partner together musically and share the gift of creative live music wherever it could.
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The mission of the Fox Valley Concert Band is two-fold:
- To provide opportunities for qualified area musicians to grow in musical excellence through participation in an organization dedicated to that aim.
- To provide area residents continuing opportunity for exposure to the best in the concert band repertoire.
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Fox Valley Orchestra
The Fox Valley Orchestra is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose purpose is to provide fine musical performances for people of all ages and educational opportunities for youth.
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The Naperville Winds
Link to Naperville Winds Website
The Naperville Winds comprises talented musicians from across Chicagoland and beyond. It is the ensemble’s mission to promote, through programming and commissioning, the very best wind band repertoire from a diverse array of styles, time periods, and composers.
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Naperville Youth Symphony Orchestras
The Naperville Youth Symphony Orchestra (NYSO) believes in the intrinsic and progressive power of the art of music to inspire not only musicians but the people and communities that surround them. Music circumvents all boundaries and serves as a catalyst to bridge our differences.
It is our mission to serve young musicians by providing innovative classical training and exposure to varying musical genres culminating in high level performances to thrill both performer and audience. We are committed to instilling standards of excellence while providing an atmosphere of racial, cultural, and socio-economic inclusiveness. Music is an experience for the young and mature musician in correlation with the audience alike; we strive to commit this art not only for the present generation experience but for the future generation as well. This is why we do it. This is what we believe.
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