Final Los Alamos Summer Concert Of 2021 - LA Daily Post, sept 2

Before lighting cut short the final Los Alamos Summer Concert Friday, members of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association Jazz Project performed at Ashley Pond Park.

​Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Lockdown learning - symphony magazine, Spring 2021 issue

SFYSA was featured in Symphony Magazine for their resilience and adaptation to making music during the pandemic in a piece titled 'Lockdown Learning'.

“When we were in-person it was, baton up … instruments up … go,” says Santa Fe Youth Symphony Executive Director Andrea Cassutt. Now conductors reserve time at the beginning and end of online rehearsals for students to talk.

SFYSA Hosting virtual concerts - santa fe new mexican, july 2020

“What’s so important about kids in composition is that we are giving them an opportunity to move from taking in information, which they do all the time, to become generative — to become generative in their musical ideas. To come together and collaborate. To use their creativity and imagination,” Cassutt said.

music 'a saving grace' for sfysa - abq journal, july 2020

SFYSA’s executive director heard anecdotal stories from teachers that they lost two-thirds of their students, though SFYSA has retained 96% of theirs.

“We didn’t miss a single rehearsal,” she said. “We had the gift of spring break to do new planning and we came back with a solid plan.”

music 'a saving grace' for sfysa - abq journal, july 2020

Sunday, May 4, the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Orchestra (SFYSO) performed in a concert under the moonlight at White Sands National Monument. 

Three Los Alamos High School musicians currently play with the SFYSO. SFYSO, under the direction of Mr. William Waag, joined the El Paso Youth Symphony Orchestras, under the direction of Mr. Andy Moran, for the classical music performance.

SFYSA Presents Free Screening - LA Daily post, jan 2020

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association present a free screening of the documentary R. A. W. Tuba: From Sandtown to Symphony, which will be available to screen via RawTubaSantaFe.com Jan. 23-31, 2021.