LA PLATA, Md. – Auditions for the spring 2025 season of the Charles County Youth Orchestra will be held February 8 from 9:30 to 12 at Christ Church, La Plata. All levels and instruments, except piano, are warmly encouraged to audition! Information and sign-ups can be found at the Charles County Youth Orchestra website: https://www.charlescountyyouthorchestra.org/auditions
CCYO has four ensembles: Prelude Strings for beginning string players, Encore Strings and Encore Band for middle school musicians and The Charles County Youth Orchestra for advanced musicians. CCYO has students from Prince George’s County, St. Mary’s County, and Calvert County as well as Charles County and scholarships are available.
Recently, CCYO has been spotlighted in an online film by the Charles County Arts Alliance and has been featured on WTOP radio. Also, two CCYO String Quartets were finalists in the prestigious Washington Performing Arts Society Misbin Chamber Music Competition in Washington, D.C.
CCYO presents two large concerts and several smaller concerts each year, a two-week Chamber Music Festival with four additional chamber music concerts, a Concerto Competition Concert as well as masterclasses and sectionals for students in all four of CCYO’s ensembles. This past year CCYO has performed concerts at the Port Tobacco Courthouse, the Maryland Veterans Museum, Kris Kringle at the Fairgrounds, the Village Green in Indian Head, Christ Church, La Plata, and the Alice Ferguson Foundation.
The Charles County Youth Orchestra is sponsored in part by grants from the Charles County Arts Alliance, the Charles County Charitable Trust, the Maryland State Arts Council and generous donations from individuals.
