Led by the acclaimed Allen Tinkham, CYSO’s flagship Orchestra program provides middle and high school students with rigorous training that pushes the boundaries of personal and musical excellence. This much-anticipated performance will feature Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 in E minor (1953), Samuel Barber’s vibrant The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 (1931), and Jessie Montgomery’s stirring Hymn for Everyone (2021). Audiences will be treated to a powerful, emotionally charged performance by some of Chicago’s most promising young musicians.