The Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra debuts its Young Composers Program and Chamber Music Extension at the BOP STOP with premiere performances of student compositions and chamber music ensembles. An exciting new initiative, the Young Composers Program provides students with year-long composition instruction at Oberlin Conservatory under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Composition, Aaron Helgeson with support from Oberlin Conservatory student composers, Torrin Hallett and Justin Weiss. Over the course of the year, students learn the fundamentals of music composition—including counterpoint, notation, and instrumentation— while writing works to be premiered by Oberlin Conservatory musicians. The concert will additionally feature NOYO chamber music ensembles as part of the Chamber Music Extension. Students in this program rehearse from April to May, learning how to play in small ensembles under the guidance of Oberlin Conservatory students.

Founded in 1969, the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra is a regional orchestral training program for gifted young musicians ages 8-22. NOYO provides students from Lorain and its neighboring counties with instrumental instruction from professional musicians in both small and large ensemble settings at Oberlin Conservatory.