An Exceptional Musical Education Experience

Youth Orchestras of Lubbock (YOL) is a non-profit arts education charity organization dedicated to meeting the overwhelming public need for an affordable, inclusive youth orchestra program for the West Texas region that prioritizes the need for unbiased musical expression and education in the West Texas region among all youth.

The mission of YOL is:

To Provide a comprehensive, exceptional music education to the members of the orchestra;
To Offer artistic performances that, by extension, collaboratively enriches the lives of flowering musicians, our community, and the entire region of West Texas;
To Work cooperatively with the professional music organizations, other non-profit organizations, public/private schools and independent music teachers, composers, institutions of higher education, and other community associations, professionals, and businesses in a collaborative and continuous, collective effort to provide musical development, progress, and inspiration for youth.

YOL also has endeavored:

To Provide experiences with the evolution of music (multimedia integration), composition, and progressive music experiences for our students when possible.
To Support innovation and provide experiences in both contemporary and classical music, supporting the evolution of music performance through multi-media performance experiences, the development and performance of new compositions, and progressive music experiences for our student musicians.