BYO Blog

The Laney Enrollment Forms have been updated for the Spring 2020 semester. Follow the following steps to complete: 1. Print off form: ...

This is my third year joining Berkeley Youth Orchestra. Last year, we celebrated BYO's 50th year in the making. This fall, we are moving...

1. Practice, Practice, Practice! 2. Find Sponsors. 3. 100% Musician Participation. Practice-a-Thon has just one week left! Just enough...

New videos on our youtube channel

At BYO, we are all parents running the show – 100% of our Board Members are parents of young musicians. I started 5 years ago when I...

This Saturday, 9/28, is BYO's 2019-2020 retreat. At this all-day retreat, members will have the opportunity to get to know each other...

If you have a seating audition scheduled for 9:00 am, please, be prepared to arrive a little early. Thanks!

So far we've had great response from folks volunteering to contribute towards our new website. But as we started to meet and organize I'm...

I noticed a lot of roadwork in downtown Oakland today. Unfortunately I couldn't find a way into the free Convention Center parking lot. I...

Here are the Seating Audition Expectations for all instruments. Winds and Brass: (Solo for those auditioning for principal seat) Stars...

Volunteer Sign-ups are launched on byoweb.org. It's for members only...

This Saturday, 9/7, is BYO's first rehearsal and parent meeting. The parent meeting is mandatory. We will be meeting in G189 in Laney's...

As usual please come early. If this is your first time please take a look at Getting to BYO for instructions on where to park and how to...

Our new website launched at 12:30 AM on Wednesday Aug 7th!!!

We are holding auditions for all instruments on Saturday August 24th from 8AM to Noon. Please sign up here or learn more about joining...

If you would like to check out our concerts from the 2018-2019 season please go here.

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