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NSO Youth Fellows

Now in its 30th season, the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training project for high school musicians. From its inception in 1980-81 to the present, the program provides Washington metropolitan area high school students with scholarships to study privately with NSO members, as well as opportunities to observe NSO rehearsals; attend concerts; and to participate in seminars, discussions, and master classes with musicians, conductors, and NSO and Kennedy Center management. There are 20 students in the NSO Youth Fellowship Program for 2009-10.  Over the 29 years of its history, the NSO Youth Fellowship Program boasts 236 graduates, many of whom hold positions in major orchestras across the country, including the orchestras of Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston, Israel, Oregon, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Utah, and San Diego, as well as our own National Symphony.  Other graduates are involved in chamber music, the teaching of music or arts management.

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NSO Youth Fellows 6/3/10: NSO Youth Fellows

Cellists Eric Adamshick, Jordan Hamilton, and Julia Henderson, violist Michael Sinni, and bassist Nina DeCesare—participants in the 30 year-old program that gives high school–aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members—perform works by Bruch, Schubert, Elgar, and Prokofiev.

NSO Youth Fellows

Cellists Eric Adamshick, Jordan Hamilton, and Julia Henderson, violist Michael Sinni, and bassist Nina DeCesare—participants in the 30 year-old program that gives high school–aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members—perform works by Bruch, Schubert, Elgar, and Prokofiev.
NSO Youth Fellows 4/30/10: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in the 28-year-old program, which gives high school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, play classical works. Note: The NSO does not play in this performance.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in the 28-year-old program, which gives high school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, play classical works. Note: The NSO does not play in this performance.
NSO Youth Fellows 3/10/10: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/24/10: NSO Youth Fellows

Members of the prestigious program present works by Dvorak, Bach, Popper, more.

NSO Youth Fellows

Members of the prestigious program present works by Dvorak, Bach, Popper, more.
NSO Youth Fellows 1/14/10: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 4/30/09: NSO Youth Fellows

This program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members. Participants play a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

This program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members. Participants play a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 1/15/09: NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members. Participants perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members. Participants perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/13/08: NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 10/17/08: NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants perform a variety of classical works. Note: the NSO does not perform in this concert.

NSO Youth Fellows

This 27-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants perform a variety of classical works. Note: the NSO does not perform in this concert.
NSO Youth Fellows 6/12/08: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in this 26-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in this 26-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 4/1/08: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians, who are studying with NSO members, perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians, who are studying with NSO members, perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/28/08: NSO Youth Fellows

High school musicians, who are studying with NSO members, perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

High school musicians, who are studying with NSO members, perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/1/07: NSO Youth Fellows

High school students who have been given the opportunity to study with members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform a variety of classical works. Note: the NSO does not perform at this concert.

NSO Youth Fellows

High school students who have been given the opportunity to study with members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform a variety of classical works. Note: the NSO does not perform at this concert.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 6/7/07: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

Participants in this 26-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

Participants in this 26-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 4/20/07: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the NSO perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the NSO perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 1/18/07: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the NSO perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the NSO perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 12/8/06: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the National Symphony Orchestra perform a program including works by Beethoven, Bach, and Kreisler.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

High school musicians studying with the National Symphony Orchestra perform a program including works by Beethoven, Bach, and Kreisler.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 11/10/06: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

This 25-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants will perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

This 25-year-old program gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members. Participants will perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 6/8/06: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

Participants in this 25-year-old program, which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

Participants in this 25-year-old program, which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 4/27/06: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-five year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-five year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 3/24/06: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in the 25-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in the 25-year-old program—which gives high school musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/4/06: NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in a 25-year-old program—which gives high-school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

Participants in a 25-year-old program—which gives high-school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members—will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/19/05: NSO Youth Fellows

As part of a 26-year-old program that gives high school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members, the Fellows perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

As part of a 26-year-old program that gives high school-aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master classes with NSO members, the Fellows perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 6/16/05: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 6/9/05: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 5/10/05: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows 2/17/05: National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 1/13/05: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-four year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/5/04: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 6/3/04: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 3/26/04: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/11/04: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/21/03: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.
NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert 6/5/03: NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert

The NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert

The NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.
NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert 3/20/03: NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.
NSO Youth Fellowship 2/27/03: NSO Youth Fellowship

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.

NSO Youth Fellowship

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.
NSO Youth Fellows 11/21/02: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, is a twenty-two year-old program that provides high-school aged musicians with the opportunity to study privately and take master-classes with NSO members.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows, is a twenty-two year-old program that provides high-school aged musicians with the opportunity to study privately and take master-classes with NSO members.
NSO Youth Fellows 5/30/02: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellowship Program Concert features local high school students on scholarship studying with NSO members.
NSO Youth Fellows 4/10/02: NSO Youth Fellows

Local high school students perform to conclude their orchestral training program.

NSO Youth Fellows

Local high school students perform to conclude their orchestral training program.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/21/02: NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music. The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for talented high school instrumentalists administered by the National Symphony Orchestra Education Program of the Kennedy Center’s Education Department.

NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music. The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for talented high school instrumentalists administered by the National Symphony Orchestra Education Program of the Kennedy Center’s Education Department.
NSO Youth Fellows 12/6/01: NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music. The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for talented high school instrumentalists administered by the National Symphony Orch

NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music. The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for talented high school instrumentalists administered by the National Symphony Orch
NSO Youth Fellows 5/17/01: NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows 4/5/01: NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/16/01: NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows and NSO Youth Fellowship 1/11/01: NSO Youth Fellows and NSO Youth Fellowship

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows and NSO Youth Fellowship

National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows 6/1/00: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows 5/9/00: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellows 2/4/00: NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.

NSO Youth Fellows

NSO Youth Fellows present a recital of classical music.
NSO Youth Fellowship 12/9/99: NSO Youth Fellowship

NSO Youth Fellowship showcases the talents of local students with music of the holidays.

NSO Youth Fellowship

NSO Youth Fellowship showcases the talents of local students with music of the holidays.
NSO Youth Fellowship 5/13/99: NSO Youth Fellowship

The NSO Youth Fellowship showcases the talent of a variety of young artists.

NSO Youth Fellowship

The NSO Youth Fellowship showcases the talent of a variety of young artists.

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