CYSO Stories

Congratulations to CYSO’s class of 2026! The end of the season is always bittersweet as we celebrate the achievements of our seniors and send them off into the world for […]

Congratulations to CYSO’s class of 2024! The end of the season is always bittersweet as we celebrate the achievements of our seniors and send them off into the world for […]

As we gear up for Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert at Orchestra Hall on Sunday, May 19, we are sitting down with concert soloist Aiden Yu. Aiden was the winner of […]

We are excited to share that 2017 CYSO alum Jahari Stampley recently won one of the most prestigious awards in jazz music, the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition. […]

CYSO Director of String Ensembles Daniella Valdez was recently featured on WGN News in honor of Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month. Ms. Valdez was profiled by anchor and reporter Lourdes […]

Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson, a 1966 CYSO alum, recently released her autobiography, Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph, and has been making the rounds speaking with the […]

Congratulations to CYSO’s class of 2023! The end of the season is always bittersweet as we celebrate the achievements of our seniors and send them off into the world for […]

As we gear up for Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert at Orchestra Hall this Sunday, May 21, Social Media Team member Abigail AuYeung sat down with concert soloist Henry Auxenfans. Henry […]

In anticipation of Philharmonic Orchestra’s spring concert on May 20, Social Media Team member Laney Kang sat down with Austen Wu, who won Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2022 Concerto Competition and will […]