Youth Programs

Providing opportunities for youth to perform and to attend concerts is another way by which the LSO fulfills its mission. Youth outreach initiatives include the LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra and LSYO String Ensemble, Ovation! We also present Music Camp and annual Children’s Concerts for school children in Troup and Chambers Counties and, for the first time last year, children from Meriwether County.

LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra String Ensemble with Callie Hammond

Under the direction of Lee Johnson, the LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra (LSYO) provides rich training and performance opportunities for high-school aged musicians, while the LSYO String Ensemble and Piccolo String Ensemble serve children 5 to 15 under the direction of Callie Hammond.

LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra with Lee Johnson

Each summer in June the LSO also provides two week-long music camps for area youth. Held on the campus of LaGrange College, Ovation is geared to talented musicians in grades 4-12, while Piu Mosso is for beginning musicians ages 5-11.

The LSO achieves its mission of enriching our community through music by providing performance opportunities for young musicians and by providing opportunities for school children to attend LSO concerts.