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Toledo International Youth Orchestra

7/15/2010 PM Travel pics added on Travel pages- Austria
Members Only section update 8/23/2010
The TIYO was formed in 2000 under the leadership of Hewen Slak and music director Yang Kun Song. The string orchestra performs a diverse repertoire that includes traditional and modern Chinese music as well as western compositions. The orchestra is made up of some of the finest young musicians from the Toledo area ranging in age from ten to seventeen years. Many of TIYO's members have won regional competitions, scholarships and awards as well as being invited for solo performance opportunities.

We're Excited!

TIYO will be traveling to Phong, Korea and our sister city Toyohashi, Japan in July, 2011. Read more about our previous trips on our Travel page.

TIYO
May, 2010
In 2007, the orchestra paid a visit to the city of Qinhuangdao, a Sister City of Toledo in China, to meet and perform with a youth orchestra there. TIYO also traveled to London, Ontario. In March, 2008, the orchestra visited two Sister Cities in Europe, Poznan, Poland and Delmenhorst, Germany. In June, 2009, the orchestra traveled to Tanzania along side a SCORE organized medical mission. The orchestra traveled to Vienna, Austria and Szeged, Hungary in July, 2010. Check out the Travel link above to learn about the amazing TIYO trips.

Mission:

The goal of TIYO is to achieve better understanding of other cultures and to bridge cultural differences through music.

In the spirit of expanding international cooperation and knowledge, the musicians are honored and eager to serve as ambassadors of Toledo and the United States.

Success in Tanzania:

In 2009, TIYO set a goal to raise funds to support the addition of a music education room at the Toledo Secondary School in Tanga, Tanzania. Click here for pictures on the music room progress.

Toledo.com covers TIYO:

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Fox News covers TIYO:

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Pizzicato Polka by Johann
and Josef Strauss

Turn up the volume to see and hear the encore
performed by TIYO, June 6th at the Tanzania
Medical Mission Fund Raising concert.
The first annual Morgan Duris Scholarship was awarded to Ian Pribe. The scholarship was created to support a TIYO member's travel.
Marcy Kaptur visited with TIYO at the "A World of Care" concert.


Join the Orchestra:

Auditions are held in June however, auditions may be scheduled at other times. Download and Read these TIYO Policies and the Application for details.

Support:

TIYO is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations and gifts to TIYO are tax deductible.
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