Make Music This Summer with Suzuki Private Lessons & Group Classes!
- Lauren Arie
- 1 day ago
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Looking for a way to keep your student engaged this summer? Join us at Orchestra Hall for FWYO’s Suzuki Summer offerings—tailored to meet your family’s schedule while keeping students motivated, progressing, and having fun.
Whether you’re traveling or staying local, our flexible private lesson scheduling and engaging group classes help students stay connected to their instrument and community during the summer months.
🎻 Summer Private Lessons
Students can register for as many lessons as they like, based on teacher availability. It’s easy to add more as needed—perfect for keeping momentum while allowing for vacation time and other activities.
Lesson Rates:
30 min – $38
45 min – $55
60 min – $70
🎶 Suzuki Group Classes
Our summer group classes offer a chance to review Suzuki repertoire in a supportive, social setting. For Book 3 and above, students may also explore supplemental ensemble pieces to strengthen their ensemble playing and musicality.
Group Class Schedule (Tuesdays, 5:30–6:15 PM):
June 11, 18, 25
July 16, 23, 30
Tuition: $100 flat rate
About FWYO:
Celebrating 60 years of extraordinary music education during the 2024-2025 season, the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra has won local, national, and international recognition as one of the finest youth orchestra programs in the United States. Through ten programs - including four major orchestras, two wind ensembles, a jazz band, Early Childhood Music, FWYO Suzuki School, and chamber programs - the FWYO delivers high quality musical instruction to nearly 500 students ranging in age from four to eighteen years, and represents communities throughout North Texas.
Founded by a community group headed by Betty Utter and under the direction of conductors Ezra Rachlin and John Giordano, the FWYO was founded to promote and inspire the continuing development of musical talent in qualified area youth through intensive education in classical orchestral rooted music and performance. The programs offers students the opportunity to further develop their talent as well as their leadership skills, self-discipline, confidence, and pride in personal achievement. Many of the nearly 20,000 alumni of the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra program have gone on to become members of major symphony orchestras, music educators, or leaders in their fields.
The Orchestra's accomplishments include international concert tours in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the Far East; music festivals in Switzerland and Washington, D.C.; and numerous other concert appearances across Texas and the Southwest. Its most recent tour in 2024 was to Spain with performances in Barcelona, Valencia, and Cullera. The Youth Orchestra has also been honored to perform with artists such as Van Cliburn, Jose Feghali, Yakov Kasman, Tamàs Ungàr, and John Owings, and composers Morton Gould and Samuel Adler. In 2021, the FWYO also received 2nd in the Youth Orchestra Division of the prestigious American Prize and 3rd place in the 2024 American Prize. The Wind Ensemble also won 1st place in the American Prize Youth Band division in 2024.
Under the leadership of Music Director Dr. Germán Gutiérrez since 2000 and Executive Director Andrew Reynolds since 2021, the FWYO has become one of North Texas’ most prestigious performing arts organizations. In addition to its educational programs, the FWYO owns and operates historic Orchestra Hall in Foster Park that has been home to numerous performing arts organizations since 1975.
Press Inquiries: Lauren Arie - larie@fwyo.org / 817-923-3121 x18
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