Napa Valley Youth Symphony
What They Do:
Provide music education to 80 Napa youth, 8-18 years old, while instilling skills in leadership, perseverance and team work. Four ensembles perform over 15 concerts annually, playing the works of iconic classical composers with some jazz and rock-n-roll thrown in for fun.
NVYS is unique for a youth orchestra since they seek “out of box” experiences for local youth like playing BottleRock, tours of Ireland, Boston and Montreal, playing Carnegie Hall in New York City and opportunities to play local venues such as Lincoln Theater and Jarvis Conservatory.
Since 2003 NVYS has nurtured and inspired over 1,000 young musicians in the Napa Valley. Weekly rehearsals include coaching in small groups from professional musicians who help students learn the works of iconic classical composers (and the occasional Coltrane or Bowie song).
Other Ways to Help:
- Volunteer to help with a concert or Red Gala (selling tickets, ushering, working concessions, decorating, serving food, or chaperoning backstage).
- Create programs, eblasts, or posters using your graphic arts background.
- Create promotional and Fund-a-Need videos.
- Donate tickets (or a bus!) to give NVYS students exposure to other musical performances, such as SF Symphony concert at Davis Hall.
Testimonial:
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Joan Foresman
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Robert and Carolyn Passmore
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Robyn & Joe Orsini
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Andy Demsky
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Anonymous
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James and Suzanne Bronk
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carlo rocca
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Anne S. Percelay
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Anne Evans
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Emily Schmidt -
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Emily Schmidt -
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Barbie Jamieson
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ZD Wines in honor of Barbie Jamieson
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Anonymous
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Sharyn Fuller in honor of the memory of Eleanor & Wesley Meyer
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Hilary Zunin in honor of ...Susan, because "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
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Barbara McDonnell
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Rick Turko and Rob Meason
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Anonymous
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Anonymous in honor of Sherane Negre
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Amy Withers in honor of Sherane Negre
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Rivka Livni
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Bruce Ketron and Debra Inman
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Mary & Michael Herzog
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allison saether
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Mark Anisman
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Bridget Stewart
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James Stewart
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Karen Olson in honor of Frank & Jean Wright
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Penny Pawl
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Anonymous in honor of Sherane Negre
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Anonymous in honor of Dale D. Miller
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Charlene Steen in honor of Earmark this for the Youth Symphony Chamber Ensemble (Yasushi's group)
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Bridget Stewart
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Norma Neil
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Sonia Ha
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Sheila Turgo
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Panita Costa in honor of ACHS
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Amy Knight in honor of Hunter Knight, sinfonia
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Todd Wood
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Dionisio Suarez Hevia in honor of Mateo Suarez-Hevia
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Edwin & Andrea Chiu in honor of Maddie chiu
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Alan Tran
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Heidi Zipay
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Marie Butler
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Paul Row
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Rebecca Bartow
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Tracey Nauright
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Christina Chun
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John Burns
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Anonymous
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Kirsty Cringan
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Carol Nelsen
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Richard, Laura, Spencer Pool
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Napa Valley Give!Guide in honor of NVYS's wonderful chamber music at the Give!Guide kickoff celebration.
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Michael Borck
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Anonymous
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Gwenn McKenzie in honor of my dad, Jack Groth, on the anniversary of his birth
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Anonymous
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Paul Reiser
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Jacqueline Jackson
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Anonymous in honor of Jessica Keane
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Anonymous in honor of Kyle Groves
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Elaine Herrick
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Lori Kennedy in honor of Kyle Groves
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Anonymous in honor of Kyle
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Carol Glaser
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Suzanne Rayner in honor of Ida Killebrew