Welcome to the Home of the
Lancaster County Youth Symphony,
Junior Orchestra,
and Wind Ensemble!

Auditions for the 2008-2009 Youth Symphony and Junior Orchestra will be September 14, 2008.
Times are now available on our Auditions page!

PLEASE NOTE: We have a NEW EMAIL ADDRESS....


The Lancaster County Youth Symphony offers the serious junior-senior high school musician a worthy musical outlet, and affords the student an opportunity to perform literature they might not have access to within their school ensembles. Membership is chosen through competitive auditions held each September, with rehearsals and a concert limited to three weekends. The "festival style" weekends are usually held one weekend in November, January or February, and March. David Leithmann is the conductor of the Youth Symphony, and Terry Guidetti is conductor of the Wind Ensemble; these groups are for students from grades 9 to college level. The Junior Orchestra, directed by Ellen Eager, is for students from 4th to 8th grades.

For more information and directions to Franklin & Marshall College, please check our Audition Requirements link below, or call Mrs. Jeanne Marie Donley at (717) 393-2574. We have schedule information also available on our Schedule page (link below). Please print out the Membership and Guidelines page, and make sure you have read them before you audition.


Please tell your students, family, friends, and our alumni about our web site! We have a guest log where you can post messages to our members or just stop by to say hello! Anyone with pictures, cute stories, etc. please let me know, I want to make our site fun as well as informative!

You can reach us by email at this address.

NEWS: For pictures of our 40th anniversary concert, Click Here!