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The Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy is hosting the final round of its concerto competition, Sunday Nov. 2 at 2pm in Frieman Hall at the University of Ottawa. Admission is free.

So many of our ensembles and students participated in the Kiwanis Festival (National Capital Music Festival).  Senior Strings received gold and has been invited to provincials!  The Saxophone ensemble also got gold and the Junior Winds and Brass Band earned…

Early Bird Applications for Music at Port Milford’s 39th Summer Chamber Music Academy are due by March 1st!  If four or more students from OYOA apply and list OYOA as “how they heard about MPM,” all accepted OYOA students will…

The OYOA held its concerto competition finals for the Ottawa Youth Concert Orchestra and Ottawa Youth Symphony Orchestra on November 10th, 2024.  We would like to congratulate clarinetist Caspar Sun for winning the OYCO competition playing Mozart Clarinet Concerto in…

On November 8, our Ottawa Youth Symphony Orchestra students performed for His Excellency Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Canada, at the UAE Embassy in Ottawa. We are so proud of our students, Cal McGowan,…

We are pleased to announce the finalists for our Concerto Competition which will take place on November 5th, 2023, Freiman Hall, at the University of Ottawa at 5pm (430pm – doors). Adjudicators will announce winners at the end of the…

Learn the harp through fun & creative activities for beginners. Ages 5-9 years old.

This highly specialized program offers campers an opportunity to learn something new or to improve on a current instrument.

Two summer programs led by OYOA's own Brigitte Amyot just announced. Registrations are on-going beginning now.