In its upcoming season, the Central Oregon Youth Orchestra will offer expanded performing and collaborative opportunities, including with the Central Oregon Symphony, for its students, according to a press release.

We will continue to offer excellent mentoring of our students through our Central Oregon Symphony coaches and partners, and our students will have the opportunity to perform side by side with them throughout the year.

Likewise, COYO will continue partnerships with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon and the Tower Theatre, and will also play a work written with COYO musicians in mind, as well as share a concert bill with the Salem Youth Symphony.

The deadline to register for ensemble placement (required for new students) is Sept. 9, with auditions taking place Sept. 12. For more about COYO, including the season schedule and audition requirements, visit coyomusic.org.