Student Concerts

Our Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra students would love to see you at one of their upcoming performances!

Youth Orchestra’s Winter Concert

Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 5:00pm

Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville State University

Free Admission

Performances From:

FSYO String Orchestra
FSYO Concert Band
FSYO Chamber Strings
FSYO Cello Choir
String Sinfonietta

Youth Orchestra’s Spring Concert

Sunday, May 18, 2025 | 5:00pm

Location: Fayetteville State University

Free Admission

Performances From:

FSYO String Orchestra
FSYO Concert Band
FSYO Chamber Strings
FSYO Cello Choir
String Sinfonietta

Featured Musician

Alison Mossey – Third Flute, Piccolo

After earning her bachelors degree from the Hartt School of Music, Alison Mossey relocated to NC to study at East Carolina University, where she earned her masters degree in flute performance. A former winner of the Music Teachers’ National Association Woodwind Competition, Alison has also performed with the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, the Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Greenville Pops Orchestra. Her teachers include Christine Gustafson, John Wion, Julius Baker, and Timothy Hutchins. Alison currently performs as principal flutist of the Barton-Wilson Symphony Orchestra and as piccoloist the Tar River Symphony Wind Ensemble as well as the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. She also teaches at the Music Academy of Eastern Carolina and at The Oakwood School in Greenville, NC.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.