Each year, our symphony students perform in Listen & Learn community concerts that are free for schools on Oʻahu.
🎵 What makes orchestral music great?
🎵 What do you listen for in a concert?
🎵 How do the instruments make their sounds?
Watch our Listen & Learn community concert on Olelo53:
- March 27, 2022 at 6pm
- March 28, 2022 at 5pm
- March 29, 2022 at 8am
- March 30, 2022 at 1:30pm
Or, check out the videos below!
To stay up to date on students performances, join Hawaii Youth Symphony’s mailing list!
Why Listen & Learn?
In 2019, we launched our vision of making music a right, not a privilege. In our islands, very few schools have robust instrumental music programs, and in many areas, public schools do not have music programs at all.
The goal of our nonprofit organization is to partner with schools and community organizations across the islands, bringing music education to areas where it is needed. Music education is crucial to success in school and joy in life, and we believe that it should not only be available in privileged areas in Hawaiʻi.
Listen & Learn community concerts are an opportunity for our students to hone their performance skills, as well as to share their passion for playing their instrument. Our students travel to schools teaching younger students about orchestral music and inspiring them to get involved with HYS or in an instrumental music program available to them.
Listen & Learn 2019
This year, since we are not able to travel, our virtual Listen & Learn concerts will be spread through a variety of media platforms, such as social media and local TV. Please enjoy, watch, share, and help us achieve our mission of helping youth develop to their fullest potential through orchestral music in the setting of our Islands’ unique culture.
Mahalo to all of our partner schools across the state!
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
ʻAiea Intermediate
Aikahi Elementary
Aliamanu Middle
Alvah Scott Elementary
Castle High
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle
Colburn Music Academy
Farrington High
Hahaʻione Elementary
Hawaii Baptist Academy
Hawaii Technology Academy
Hōkūlani Elementary
Home Schools (multiple)
Hongwanji Mission
Huakailani Elementary
ʻIolani
Island Pacific Academy
Jefferson Elementary
Jarett Middle
Ka Waihona o Ka Naʻauao Public Charter
Kahala Elementary
Kaʻelepulu Elementary
Kailua Elementary
Kailua Intermediate
Kaimuki Christian
Kaimukī Middle
Kaiser High
Kalani High
Kamehameha Schools
Kāneʻohe Elementary
Kapolei Charter
Kapolei High
Kauaʻi High
Kaunakakai Elementary
Kawānanakoa Middle
Keaʻau Elementary
King Kekaulike High
Koko Head Elementary
La Pietra
Le Jardin Academy
Liholiho Elementary
Maʻemaʻe Elementary
Mānoa Elementary
Maryknoll
McKinley High
Mid-Pacific Institute
Mililani High
Mililani Middle
Moanalua Elementary
Moanalua High
Moanalua Middle
Molokaiʻi Middle
Momilani Elementary
Myron B. Thompson
Nānāikapono Elementary
Niu Valley Middle
Nuʻuanu Elementary
Pacific Gateway Center
Pearl City Elementary
Pearl City High
Punahou
Pūʻōhala Elementary
Puʻu Kukui Elementary
Queen Kaʻahumanu Elementary
Roosevelt High
Sacred Hearts Academy
San Domenico
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College
Saint Louis
Salt Lake Elementary
SEEQS Public Charter
St. Anthony
St. Mark Lutheran
Star of the Sea
Stevenson Middle
Waiʻkele Elementary
Waikīkī Elementary
Wilson Elementary
Windward Nazarene Academy
University Laboratory Public Charter
Utah Online
Variety School of Hawaiʻi
Voyager Public Charter
Waiākea High
Waiākea Intermediate
Waiākea Waena Elementary