Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth

My kids have been a part of this program for quite a long time over 3 years and while the opportunity to play great music is there, the staff is cruel to children. Chastising them verbally and loudly in front of everyone for not having the right socks or proper shade of black on the day of the concert. The orchestra manager Linda Moore is the worst of them all belittling children for pleasure and Willa Dunleavy is no better. They are power hungry bitter people who will put on one face in front of paying parents or patrons and then be down right cruel to the children backstage even making them cry. We had to pull our children out because the experience was so bad my children didn’t want to play their instruments any longer. This is a great program if you have enough money to donate to the program. Basically it protection money and your kids will sit high in the orchestra if you donate enough, or you are on the board. I would not recommend this program for anyone

I can’t say enough about the Youth Orchestra! 50 years of service to the young musicians of the greater Fort Worth area! Last year my daughter was in the beginning orchestra there, the Junior String Orchestra, and it was an amazing experience! Two major concerts at Bass Hall! Can u imagine a 13 year old playing Ball Hall? It was glorious and inspiring for her! Ms. Musser, her conducted/​teacher is absolutely amazing. Warm, years of experience, a quality teacher and human being… we almost didn’t want to advance to the next level because we had to leave her behind! But we know the conductor of the Symphony orchestra for the older kids, Mr. Branch has been leading it for ten years! He is also superb! We can’t wait for all the great experiences our daughter is going to have this year at the FWYO!