logo Francesco Lecce-Chong, Music Director
Resident Orchestra, Green Music Center

Tours

Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra

Germany & The Netherlands

Germany & the Netherlands, 2025

The Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra embarked on another international tour in June, 2025!

60 SRSYO musicians performed four concerts in the cities of Berlin, Leipzig, Essen, and Amsterdam with conductor Jaco Wong.

They collaborated with local young musicians of the Bredeneyer Schulorchester in Essen, fostering cultural exchange and lifelong connections.

Members spent time learning about Germany & the Netherlands through visits to historical sites and other cultural experiences, becoming musical ambassadors and global citizens.

Tour Concerts
Spain

Spain, 2022

Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra (SRSYO) toured Spain from June 16-27, 2022. Forty-eight SRSYO orchestra members, eight chaperones, three staff and conductor Bobby Rogers visited Madrid, Cuenca, Valencia, and Barcelona.

Young woman practicing violin in rehearsal
String section performing in Spain
Trumpet players at rehearsal
SYO taking a bow at end of rehearsal
Students at a restaurant
Beautiful architecture and stained glass windows
SYO in orange shirts for a group shot by a fountain

Photos for Spain tour by Paul Zehrer

Austria & Hungary

Austria & Hungary, 2018

SRSYO and conductor Richard Loheyde toured Salzburg, Vienna, and Budapest.  They performed at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, visited Eisenstadt, and experienced a Masterclass with Christophe Koncz of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Photos for Austria & Hungary tour by Colin Talcroft

China

Musical Journey Through China, 2015

Forty-eight talented musicians of the Symphony’s Youth Orchestra, led by conductor Richard Loheyde, took a life changing Musical Journey Through China, June 17 through June 25, 2015. The orchestra represented Northern California, they performed in renowned concert halls in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. When they were not onstage, the young musicians enjoyed plenty of sight-seeing and cultural exchange. Youth Orchestra received a proclamation from the City of Santa Rosa congratulating them on their tour of China. See the Proclamation here: City-Proclamation-for-YO-tour-to-China.

The students in front of a beautiful building
A beautiful pink flower
Students at rehearsal in the orchestra
Students on a tour
Smiling people
2015 Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra in front of a theater sign in China
A sales vendor in china
Students smiling
A conductor, conducting
A golden architectural detail
A young person taking a picture with a dslr
Two young students smiling for the camera
A hazy fog above the city in China
A conductor conducting
A very tall skyscraper
Students smiling
man clapping
The interior of a beautiful multi level theater in China
group shot of parents
A flutist
A beautiful garden
Students around a conference table
Students in a garden
colorful bowls
beautiful statues
A student next to as statue
group shot of students
profile pic of a young woman with sunglasses on
interior of a building
statues
smiling people
statue
group shot of students against a rail in front of water and buildings
banners
welcome sign to Hangzhou
Beautiful architecture
Tour guide
red ribbons amongst the trees
sky and trees
a wall amongst the trees
lion statue
tourists walking in the rain with umbrellas
people examining papers
smiling students
smiling man with a hat on
walkway lined by beautiful flowers and gardens
a reflective window hotel
smiling students
A bus for tourists

Photos for China tour by Rosalie Abbott

Czech Republic & Germany

Czech Republic & Germany, 2009

The SRS Youth Orchestra celebrated their 50th Anniversary with a nine-day tour to the Czech Republic and Germany. The YO had three performances: St. Saviour’s Church, Prague; Festaal, Bad Schmiedberg (outside of Leipzig) and the Grunewaldekirche, Berlin. The tour also included a masterclass with members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Pegau (outside of Leipzig).