Please note: 2024 program dates, lengths, and locations subject to change due to extenuating circumstances.
The Young Artists Wind Ensemble (YAWE) is one of the nation’s premier summer youth programs of its kind and draws outstanding wind, brass, and percussion players from across the globe. It provides opportunities to study and perform works from the repertoire of great wind ensemble literature composed from the seventeenth century through modern day.
*The Young Artists Wind Ensemble is open to high school students who have not yet begun full-time college or conservatory study.
A Day in the Life
Daily wind ensemble rehearsals with two concert performances in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, led by conductors H. Robert Reynolds and David Martins
Two private lessons with BUTI faculty, with additional lesson opportunities with BSO members and guest artists
Chamber music rehearsals and coachings several times per week with BUTI faculty, and approximately four chamber music performances throughout the season
Master classes with some of the world’s most esteemed music professionals (past visits and classes include Mike Roylance, Robert Sheena, Tim Genis, Daniel Katzen, Ronald Barron, David Krauss, and the United States Marine Band)
Access to all Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center concerts, as many as 15 events a week
DANIELPOUR, Toward the Splendid City
HIGDON, Mysterium
SOUSA, The Fairest of the Fair STEPHENSON, Symphony No. 2, “Voices”
THOMAS, Come Sunday
Concert Cycle 2
July 30, 2023 – 1:30pm
H. Robert Reynolds & Frank Ticheli, Conductors
HAILSTORK, American Guernica LAURIDSEN, O Magnum Mysterium REED, La Fiesta Mexicana SCHUMANN, Chester Overture SHOSTAKOVICH, Festive Overture SHOSTAKOVICH, Prelude in Eb Minor TICHELI, Lux Perpetua TICHELI, Acadiana
Past Seasons
2022 Season
ADAMO arr. MARTIN Overture to Lysistrata, First Performance
BUTI encourages you to apply to every program for which you’re interested and eligible. Please also consider applying to the following related program(s):
The total cost of attending BUTI is based on the total number of weeks in attendance (even if attending more than one program). Find more detailed information here.
Scholarships are awarded based on merit and/or financial need in combination with enrollment needs. Any student applying for scholarship must complete the scholarship section of the admissions application, even if only applying for a merit-based award (the scholarship application is found within the digital admissions application). Students will be notified of any potential scholarship assistance with their admission decision. Learn more about scholarships at BUTI.
