# Event Details - **Event Name**: FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Free Concert by the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio, USA opening by an ensemble of London Philharmonia Instrumental Fellows.About this EventYouth Orchestra of San Antonio (YOSA) changes kids’ lives through music, with more than 600 young musicians working together in 11 orchestras. The touring orchestra features the best young musicians from south Texas on the orchestra’s 15th major concert tour. A resident company of San Antonio’s Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, YOSA has been recognized with critical acclaim and an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Frequent collaborations with internationally renowned soloists and composers have included appearances by Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), and Edgar Meyer (double bass), among many others. Previous concert tours have included visits to Australia, Austria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Wales.Hailed by the San Antonio Current as “consistently brilliant and impossibly cool,” conductor Troy Peters has been Music Director of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) since 2009. Formerly Resident Conductor of the San Antonio Symphony and Music Director of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, Peters has guest conducted many orchestras, including the Oregon Symphony, San Antonio Philharmonic, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Round Rock Symphony. Musical America featured him in their 2016 special issue, The MA30 Professionals of the Year: The Innovators. He was previously Music Director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra and conducted college orchestras at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas State University, and Middlebury College. He has also gained international attention for his orchestral collaborations with rock musicians, including Blind Pilot, Jon Anderson (of the band Yes), and Trey Anastasio (of the band Phish), with whom he recorded two albums on Elektra Records. Awarded a Vermont Arts Council Citation of Merit in 2009, he has been honored with eight ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music and has conducted more than three-dozen world premieres. Also active as a composer, Peters holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Pennsylvania, where his primary compositional mentors were Ned Rorem and George Crumb. Born in 1969 in Greenock, Scotland (of American parents), Peters grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and lives in San Antonio, Texas.The Philharmonia Instrumental Fellowship Programme (formerly the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund) has supported young musicians since 1968. Over the years, donors and supporters have provided funding to enable exceptionally talented instrumentalists to bridge the difficult gap between their studies and entering the profession. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/free-concert-london-youth-orchestra-of-san-antonio-opening-by-philarmonia/100001984189585463 - **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Music, Concerts, Art, Kids, performances - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Sinfonia Smith Square - **lat**: 51.4959978 - **long**: -0.1270108 - **full address**: Sinfonia Smith Square, Smith Square, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/db19ede670ade3ece82ab8adb24a626758a1a5371ec62e761d867d697e4f7791-rimg-w1200-h801-dc151619-gmir.jpg?v=1772884925 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia being held? - **A:** FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia takes place on Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Sinfonia Smith Square, Smith Square, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia? - **A:** FREE CONCERT LONDON - Youth Orchestra of San Antonio opening by Philarmonia is organized by Perform International. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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