Jerry Gan takes Peace Center Gunter Theatre Stage

  Jerry Gan is the concerto competition winner of the GCYO Concerto Competition 2025 sponsored by the Bichel Foundation. He will perform the first movement of Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto …

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The Young Artist Orchestra Announces New Audition Excerpts

See the new YAO audition excerpts HERE. Spring Auditions for all ensembles will be held May 8, 9, 10 at the Fine Arts Center. Registration will be available soon. The deadline …

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GCYO Takes the Stage with the Greenville Symphony

GCYO Takes the Stage with the Greenville Symphony @Peace Center Concert Hall February 7 and 8 Well, not all the students. They would not fit. However 33 Students from the …

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Announcing Concerto Competition Winner and Finalists

2025 Concerto Competition finalists, from left to right: Sonia Okunev, Dylan Goldbach, Joshua Acree, Madison Shamis, and Jerry Gan (not pictured is Roger Luo). The judges were Dr. Timothy McMurray …

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Welcome YAO Conductor Neil Casey

  Please welcome Neil Casey, new conductor for the Young Artist Orchestra!   Upon completing his education at the University of South Carolina, Neil Casey was hired as both the …

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GCYO’s Kennedy Center Tour 2025

*Link to album of trip photos included at the bottom of the post FYI It was a dark and stormy night when we arrived in D. C. I write this …

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