Floyd County Youth Symphony

About

The Floyd Couty Youth Symphony (FCYS) was organized in 1974 to give outstanding young musicians the opportunity to experience a challenging music environment. Membership in FCYS is open to any qualified student in Southern Indiana or the Louisville metropolitan area. FCYS is divided into three orchestras for students at differing levels of technical and musical development.

FCYS is unique in that, being sponsored by the New Albany Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation, the Indiana State Department of Public Instruction recognizes FCYS membership as a class. High school students receive class credit for membership in the Philharmonic Orchestra.

Misson Statement

As music educators and students, we set as our goals the following:

1. To give our students opportunites to improve and grow as musicians by performing the finest music in the orchestra repertoire,

2. To serve as a musical outreach to our community and to increase awareness of the wealth of musical talent among our young people,

3. To provide our students with the opportunites of performing in various environments, including concert tours appropriate to the ages and musical abilities of the students, and

4. To encourage students' growth as citizens as well as musicians.