Thanks to the amazing generosity of individuals, foundations and corporations, the WFSO is able to provide music education and programs for community enrichment.

Music in Our Schools

We offer educational programs and activites designed to give school-aged children a greater understanding of the importance of music in our lives. By connecting music with visual arts, history, and literature, our educational programs enrich classroom lessons and introduce students to the excitement of live performance.

Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra

The mission of the Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra is to provide music education opportunities leading to exceptional performance experience under the leadership of professional conductors and music coaches to foster a lifelong appreciation of classical music and the arts. Musicians from the WFSO serve as mentors for young musicians and given an opportunity to apprentice with our orchestra. Click here to visit the WFYSO site.

YSO Apprentice Program

The Youth Symphony Orchestra (YSO) offers an apprentice program for talented young musicians to gain access to professional musicians in an educational setting and perform at a concert. Students wishing to participate are selected through an audition process by the YSO (4-6 total students each year). Apprentices are paired with a professional musician in the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra and receive six (6) hours of private instruction by their mentor prior to the concert. Students are expected to prepare and play most, if not all, the music on the concert program. Apprentices are seated next to their mentor to play the full concert on stage.