Young People's Symphony Orchestra (YPSO)

📰 YPSO is featured in the Piedmont Post!

Join us TOMORROW for YPSO’s season finale as we celebrate our 🎓graduating seniors and share a preview of the music we’ll be performing on tour in 🇫🇮Finland and 🇩🇰Sweden this month.

🎶 YPSO Pops & Pre-Tour Concert
📅 June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland
💵 Tickets: Available through ypsomusic.org/events or link in bio — $20
🎓 Students: FREE with registration

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🔗 tinyurl.com/ypso-auction-2026
🎶 The bidding is heating up! We've already raised $5,000 toward our $10,000 goal, and the auction closes June 7!
This week's featured items:
🏛️ SF Art & Culture Museum Bundle: de Young, SFMOMA & Museum of Craft and Design
🥧 Faiza's French Quiche Bundle: homemade quiche, Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine & handcrafted musical cutting board
🎻 SF Symphony & Philharmonia Baroque Concert Bundle
🎨 Original Oil Painting by Napa Artist John Harrington
🧶 Learn to Spin Yarn with YPSO Parent Zoe Glynn
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Every bid supports YPSO's young musicians, the programs, and their Summer 2026 Concert Tour to Finland and Sweden🌍🎻. And you don't have to be a YPSO family to participate!

Auction closes June 7 in conjunction with our Pops/Pre-Tour Concert. Tickets at ypsomusic.org/events

Thank you for supporting these remarkable young musicians. 🎶
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📰YPSO is featured in Piedmont Exedra!

✨ Join us for YPSO’s Pops & Pre-Tour Concert

📅 June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland

🎶 The program features marimbist Felicia Ng performing Sergei Golovko’s Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, along with selections from Symphony No. 1 in preparation for the orchestra’s 2026 Finland & Sweden tour. The concert will also celebrate YPSO’s graduating seniors.

💵 Tickets: Available through ypsomusic.org/events — $20
🎓 Students: FREE with registration

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Young People’s Symphony Orchestra ends season with Pops / Pre-Tour Concert The June 7 event features Americana classics along with Nordic masterworks that preview YPSO's upcoming international tour repertoire.

🎓💐 Meet the graduating seniors from the YPSO Class of 2026 (last names K–A):

🎻 Eddie Kim, Cello (2024–2026)
🎻 Miela Hsu, Viola (2024–2026)
📯 Grace Ha, French Horn (2021–2026)
🎻 Daven Ehrlich, Violin (2023–2026)
🪈 Eve Cress, Flute (2025–2026)
🎻 Anju Aoi, Violin (2023–2024, 2025–2026)
🎻 Suhyun Ahn, Violin (2023–2026)

Join us in celebrating these graduating seniors at our 89th Pops / Pre-Tour Concert! ✨

🎶 YPSO 89th Pops / Pre-Tour Concert
📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland

🎟 $20 General Admission | FREE for students (with registration)
👉 ypsomusic.org/events

💐🎓Meet the graduating seniors from the YPSO Class of 2026 (last names S–K)!

🎻 Daniel Siu, Viola (2025–2026)
🪊 Dario San Marchi, Tenor Trombone (2023–2026)
🎻 Ian Nguyen, Viola (2024–2026)
📯 Ythien Nguyen, French Horn (2025–2026)
🎻 Parley Marvit, Viola (2025–2026)
🪈 Ricky Lee, Clarinet (2025–2026)
🎻 Junhun Kwon, Cello (2025–2026)

Join us as we celebrate these seniors and wish them all the best as they begin their next adventures beyond YPSO! ✨

🎶 YPSO 89th Pops / Pre-Tour Concert
📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland

🎟 $20 General Admission | FREE for students (with registration)
👉 ypsomusic.org/events

💐🎓YPSO is sending off 21 amazing seniors this year at our 89th Pops / Pre-Tour Concert!

Meet the graduating seniors (last name Y-S) from the YPSO Class of 2026 🎶🪇

🎻 Sienna Yoo, Violin (2023–2026)
🪈 Emilie Yoo, Flute (2024–2026)
🎹 Evan Wu, Piano/Keyboard & Percussion (2023–2026)
🎻 Jonah Vasquez, Violin (2025–2026)
🎻 Melody Thai, Double Bass (2023–2026)
🎻 Henry Stroud, Violin (2019–2026)
🎻 Lily Stoliartchouk, Viola (2022–2026)

Join us as we celebrate their accomplishments and wish them well on their next adventures at YPSO’s final subscription concert of the season! ✨

🎶 YPSO Pops / Pre-Tour Concert
📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland
🎟 $20 General Admission | FREE for students (with registration)
👉 ypsomusic.org/events

🔗 tinyurl.com/ypso-auction-2026
🎶 Our Spring Into Music! Online Auction is LIVE — bid now through June 7!

This week's featured items:
🍽️ Chez Panisse Dining Gift Certificate
✈️ Private Scenic Flight over the Bay for 4
🍷 Grgich Hills Napa Valley Tasting & Cutting Board
🎨 Original Giclée Print by Bay Area Architect William R. Glass
Swipe to see them all 👉

Our Annual Spring Into Music! Online Auction is one of our favorite community fundraisers, and this year's lineup does not disappoint! Items and experiences from a handmade Jay Haide violin from Ifshin Violins to winery tastings, Bay FC tickets, museum bundles, concert tickets, and so much more! Many donated by generous members of our YPSO community.

Every bid helps support YPSO’s concerts, coaching, chamber music programs, and our Summer 2026 Tour to Finland & Sweden! 🌍🎻

Browse, bid, and share! You don't have to be a YPSO family to participate.

Auction closes June 7 in conjunction with our Pops/Pre-Tour Concert.
Thank you for supporting these remarkable young musicians. 🎶

🤞Enter to win 2 tickets to YPSO’s Pops / Pre-Tour Concert
👉www.sfcv.org/giveaways

🪻Join YPSO for the final subscription concert of the 89th season, featuring a vibrant Pops program previewing the orchestra’s upcoming Finland 🇫🇮and Sweden🇸🇪 tour!

🥁 Concerto competition winner Felicia Ng performs Golovko’s Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
🎻 Music by Copland, Jean Sibelius, Leroy Anderson & Sousa
🎓 Honoring graduating seniors
🎁 “Spring Into Music!” Silent Auction fundraiser

📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
📍 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland
🎟 $20 | Students FREE with registration

🔗www.ypsomusic.org/events