Rendering of new YOSA Headquarters. Image by Alta Architects, San Antonio, TX. Courtesy of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA).
In Monday’s (7/20) Texas Public Radio (San Antonio, TX), Jack Morgan writes, “Youth Orchestras of San Antonio—YOSA—is building a home for both practice and performances. YOSA is made of hundreds of students, each with different levels of playing. Troy Peters is their music director…. He says their target date for moving in is in August or September of next year. Peters said that the large facility is one where they can have multiple practices or performances in the same place at the same time … ‘We have 600 young musicians in 11 different groups,’ said Peters. Rather than having parents take musicians to several practice locations, all the YOSA students will have one place to practice: YOSA Headquarters…. Peters thinks YOSA having a dedicated building will make them [the students] a part of something larger. ‘They’re going to feel that the city of San Antonio said we believe in YOSA, we believe in you, and every time they come to rehearsal, they will be in a place where they are at the center of the agenda, and the impact that has on teenagers is huge,’ Peters said.”
