The Vision Youth Band aka (VYO) is open to musicians ages 11-18.
VYO ensemble will meet weekly once it is safe to do so.  Beginning this January 2021 we will begin offering individual music mentoring sessions each week to young musicians, as well as group sessions on music history.   

CLICK HERE to Apply for the Band

VYO Member Opportunities: 

• Express your ideas in music in collaboration with peers and mentors.

• Learn to improvise with master musicians / educators
• Discover your own Musical Ideas and compositions 
• Free Access to prestigious events!

"The first day I joined VYO, I was surprised that I was in a room of people who truly loved music (unlike my school mates). What I love most about VYO is the loving and encouraging environment that's been created to foster and grow us as musicians and improvisers. VYO quite literally is responsible for making me a better and more comfortable soloist."
-VYO Student.

To learn more about the Visionary Youth Orchestra,
email Melanie at melanie@artsforart.org

Events (Postponed due to COVID-19)
March 7, 2020
Performance at Brooklyn Music Institute​
May 23, 2020
Vision Festival 25 Performance

---

Vision Band Rehearsals 
(Canceled due to COVID-19)

2020-21 Teaching Artists: William Parker, Michael TA Thompson, Daro Behroozi, Jean Carla Rodea, Ras Moshe, Miriam Parker
We are setting up individual online musical mentoring sessions plus group music listening led by our artists.  
Please Register if you are a young musician Aged 12 through 18

---

New York based drummer, percussionist and educator Michael TA Thompson and saxophonist, educator Daro Behroozi, and vocalist, artist, educator, Jean Carla Rodea and saxaphonist, educator, Ras Moshe Burnett are leading and shaping the Visionary Youth Band and mentoring program working with the world renowned William Parker 
The VYO began in 2010. to pass to budding musicians the concepts of world improvised music as they discover their unique musical voice. 

---

William Parker is a bassist/multi-instrumentalist improviser, composer, educator, and author. He studied bass with Richard Davis, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Wilbur Ware, Jimmy Garrison, and Paul West. He has recorded over 150 albums, had countless celebrated stage appearances, and helped shaped the jazz scene for both his peers and youths. In 2013, Parker received the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in recognition of his influence and impact on the creative jazz scene over the last 40 years.