Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Metropolitan Youth Symphony is a youth orchestra based in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A, founded in 1974 by Lajos Balogh with a handful of students. It now consists of 400+ students across fifteen orchestra, band, strings, flute, percussion and jazz ensembles, led by an artistic team of thirteen conductors and directors. It has rehearsal sites in both Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon. MYS accepts young musicians from kindergarten through early college age at all levels of experience. 

The current music director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony is Costa Rican-born conductor and violinist Raúl Gómez-Rojas.

Ensembles 
 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Raúl Gómez-Rojas
 Concert Orchestra, conducted by Giancarlo Castro D’Addona
 Portland Camerata, conducted by Paloma Griffin Hébert
 Hillsboro Camerata, conducted by Kevin A. Lefohn
 Sinfonietta Orchestra, conducted by Marian Gutiérrez-Curiel
 Portland Chamber Strings, conducted by Darian Todd
 Hillsboro Chamber Strings, conducted by Kevin A. Lefohn
 Interlude Orchestra, conducted by Erica Boland
 Portland Overture Strings, conducted by Brittany Newell
 Hillsboro Overture Strings, conducted by Eri Nogueira
 MYSfits String Ensemble, conducted by Raúl Gómez-Rojas and Kenji Bunch
 MYSticks Percussion Ensemble, directed by Kevin Schlossman
 Flute Ensemble, directed by Adam Eccleston
 Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Adam Eccleston
 Jazz Ensemble, directed by Christopher Brown

Performances 
Metropolitan Youth Symphony's Symphony Orchestra performs four concerts each season as part of its Downtown Concert Series, addressing themes like climate change and racial justice. MYS Downtown Series concerts take place at Portland'5 venues such as Newmark Theatre and Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Other MYS ensembles perform across an average of twelve Community Concerts each season at venues throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area. Additionally, MYS ensembles perform at 15 Title 1 schools each year as part of its In-School Concert Outreach Program.

References

External links 
 
 2011 Symphony final performance video (2 m 50 s)

Musical groups from Portland, Oregon
Musical groups established in 1974
American youth orchestras
1974 establishments in Oregon
Youth organizations based in Oregon
Orchestras based in Oregon