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SCAM Alert!

by Jay Howard | Apr 13, 2023

SDYS has been made aware of an unknown person or persons who are assuming the identity of SDYS staff and/or board members and contacting non-profit music education groups, mostly in Africa, with offers of free musical instruments if they pay the shipping costs. This...

Meet Sameer Patel – an Interview by SDYS Student Nya Delcastillo

by Anji Taylor | Oct 3, 2022

Get to know our new AD Sameer Patel through this timely interview by SDYS Ovation student and Youth Leadership Council Director Nya Delcastillo

2022-23 COVID-19 Policy for Students – August 26, 2022

by Anji Taylor | Aug 26, 2022

2022 – 2023 COVID-19 Policy for Students August 26, 2022 SDYS will continue to enforce policies aligned with the San Diego Unified School District. We will regularly notify you of any changes to our policies throughout the season. Please visit the SDUSD...

San Diego Youth Symphony names Sameer Patel as its new Artistic Director

by Anji Taylor | May 25, 2022

An accomplished conductor and music educator, he will oversee artistic direction of multiple SDYS programs serving 3,000+ students each year.

SDYS’ Annual Encore! Scholarship Fundraiser

by Anji Taylor | May 23, 2022

San Diego Youth Symphony held its most successful Encore! Scholarship Fundraiser to date on April 24 at the Hyatt Regency Spa and Marina on Mission Bay.