Sinfonia Gulf Coast: Youth Orchestra and Sinfonietta Strings

Sinfonia's Youth Orchestra program is the premier training orchestra in Northwest Florida and consists of more than sixty students who participate in a variety of ensembles that perform throughout the school year.

The largest ensemble, the Sinfonia Youth Orchestra (SYO), consists of the full complement of instruments from the orchestra with primary membership being the older, more advanced students. The youth strings, or Sinfonietta Strings, focuses on developing beginning string students to prepare them for the full orchestra. Additionally, students engage in chamber music ensembles and participate in master classes given by visiting guest artists and current principal musicians from Sinfonia Gulf Coast.

Paint the Music is an interactive project where students in grades 3 – 8 throughout Okaloosa and Walton Counties listen to sound samples of classical music and visually interpret what they hear. They literally paint the music.