WE PROVIDE MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SANTA FE YOUTH
Our Mission is to inspire and engage the youth of Northern New Mexico's multicultural communities through excellent music education, the guidance of music professionals, and performance opportunities from small ensemble to full orchestra in Jazz, Mariachi and Orchestra.
Our Vision is to create and nurture a lifelong passion for music-making through performances that enhance the region’s cultural atmosphere.
Our Vision is to create and nurture a lifelong passion for music-making through performances that enhance the region’s cultural atmosphere.
CORE VALUES STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion - Discovering and implementing practices, including education, training and self-reflection, that support our mission and demonstrate commitment to our Diversity & Inclusion statement.
Teamwork - Supporting common goals and working creatively together to name and achieve them.
Excellence - Providing high quality opportunities and reference points for students, staff and board to hone personal and collective excellence.
Responsibility - Supporting and expecting preparation, focus, self-discipline. Responding to unmet needs, actively fulfilling roles and responsibilities.
Collaboration - Cooperating between ensembles, actors and programs within SFYSA, as well as with other organizations in the Santa Fe community, to create projects, visibility, reach and synergy.
Community - Creating and maintaining an inclusive and diverse SFYSA community built on trust, belonging and engagement, as we interact with and develop bridges in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico communities to increase our impact and service.
Creativity - Providing opportunities for creativity, discovery of new solutions, new ways of solving problems, education and training that expand us.
Expressiveness - Creating a supportive environment to demonstrate passion, honor vulnerability, and share ideas.
Teamwork - Supporting common goals and working creatively together to name and achieve them.
Excellence - Providing high quality opportunities and reference points for students, staff and board to hone personal and collective excellence.
Responsibility - Supporting and expecting preparation, focus, self-discipline. Responding to unmet needs, actively fulfilling roles and responsibilities.
Collaboration - Cooperating between ensembles, actors and programs within SFYSA, as well as with other organizations in the Santa Fe community, to create projects, visibility, reach and synergy.
Community - Creating and maintaining an inclusive and diverse SFYSA community built on trust, belonging and engagement, as we interact with and develop bridges in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico communities to increase our impact and service.
Creativity - Providing opportunities for creativity, discovery of new solutions, new ways of solving problems, education and training that expand us.
Expressiveness - Creating a supportive environment to demonstrate passion, honor vulnerability, and share ideas.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT |
With our organizational systems and policies we seek to actively promote and recognize principles of fairness and equity, in relation to, and across, intersections of race, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, gender identity, ethnicity and religion.
The Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association pledges to:
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SFYSA STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE NEW MEXICO STATE CAPITOL. CIRCA 1998
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Our History In 1994, Pam Parfitt, then-Director of the Santa Fe Suzuki Violin School, observed that essentially no performance ensembles existed in Santa Fe for young string players. To solve this problem, she and a team of dedicated Santa Fe parents and music teachers built the Santa Fe Youth Symphony.
Now in its 27th Season, SFYSA trains young northern New Mexico musicians in ensemble settings that include string and symphony orchestras, and jazz and mariachi ensembles.
Learn more about our programs here! |
AN ORGANIZATION WITH A STORY
The original symphonic orchestra, conducted by Bob Wingert, consisted of 60 students in all orchestral instruments, from ages 9 to 18.
The Santa Fe Youth Symphony was later expanded and renamed the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association to accommodate a growing interest and participation in its ensembles.
The Santa Fe Youth Symphony was later expanded and renamed the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association to accommodate a growing interest and participation in its ensembles.