Students from the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program and Washington Musical Pathways Initiative will perform chamber music on the Millennium Stage.

Reserve complimentary tickets and attend through the livestream here: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2024/april/nso-youth-fellows/

The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for high school musicians with the goal of studying music performance at a music conservatory or university/college school of music in order to pursue a career as a professional musician.

Since its inception in the 1980–1981 season, the program has provided Washington metropolitan area instrumentalists with full scholarships to study privately with NSO and WNO musicians. The program has also provided opportunities to observe NSO rehearsals, attend concerts, and to participate in seminars, discussions, and masterclasses with musicians, conductors, and NSO and Kennedy Center administrative leaders. The program includes chamber music coached by NSO musicians and side-by-side rehearsal opportunities with the NSO.

The Washington Musical Pathways Initiative (WMPI) is a talent development program for dedicated student musicians in grades 8–12 from communities that have been historically excluded from classical music and want to pursue music study in college.

With partners the DC Youth Orchestra Program, Levine Music, the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, WMPI is committed to enhancing the diversity of the Washington, D.C. region’s classical music community. By providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment for our students, we are preparing them for personal and professional success in an increasingly global society.