August 1, 2023 - The Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra prepares to open its 19th Season with a unique opportunity for musicians throughout the Yosemite region. The orchestra seeks additional string players while expanding its size. The orchestra's three-year COVID hiatus came to an end as the ensemble returned bigger and better than ever with concerts in April and July of this year.
The MYSO is the only symphony orchestra afforded the rare honor of playing in Yosemite National Park, which it does in three annual concerts. The orchestra also concertizes in Mariposa and elsewhere. Unlike many community- or youth- orchestras, there is no fee for musicians to belong to the MYSO. Since 2002, the orchestra has offered a welcoming place for multiple county-based musicians to call home, to learn, to come together as an orchestral family and to experience the joy of playing great concert music in magnificent places.
Current members live in Fresno, Madera, Tuolumne, Merced, and Mariposa counties, with some musicians living as far away as Colorado. The orchestra's current openings for violinists, violists, cellists and double bass players is unique, and a vital one for players whose proficiency levels range from advanced young musicians to the highly experienced. The MYSO's Concertmaster is an Oberon-trained master of her instrument.
The MYSO proudly partners with Yosemite National Park. The orchestra's primary sponsor/partner is Yosemite Hospitality, a division of Aramark. To learn more, please visit the orchestra's website at www.MYSO.live or send an email to MYSO.alive (at) gmail.com.
Source: MYSO
The Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) plays at the 7,200-foot elevation on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park on August 21, 2016. This now-legendary concert's photo was cited by London-based critic/author Norman Lebrecht as the "Orchestral Portrait of the Year."
Photo credit: NP Photo by Al Golub.
The Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) plays in the Great Lounge of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park on April 7, 2019, the orchestra's Yosemite home.
Photo credit: to (the late) Miguel Maldonado.
The Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra (MYSO)'s July 1, 2023 "Independence Day Spectacular!" concert on the Great Lawn of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National park.
Photo credit: Christian Mueller.
