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The Johannesburg Youth Orchestra (JYO) is a full size symphony orchestra based in Johannesburg, South Africa, made up entirely of musicians in high school and those that have recently graduated. The Orchestra is the flagship group of the Johannesburg Orchestra Company and draws its members from all over Johannesburg and Soweto. The Orchestra performs regularly in Johannesburg throughout the year and auditions new members each September. The orchestra is a section 21 company and is based in the Williams Block on the Wits Education Campus, Parktown. As of 2011 the Orchestra Company is officially patronized by Duo Zappa Mainfoli under their Soweto Project.

The Johannesburg Youth Orchestra also has strong ties with the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation (SANYO), providing them with scores, venues and musicians. The JYO has performed with local stars ranging from fusion chamber groups the Soweto String Quartet to Kwaito outfit Mafikizolo and SA Jazz legend Jonas Gwangwa to African instrument specialist Pops Mohamed. In 2011 the Orchestra formed a relationship with the South African Ballet Theatre performing in May 2011 at the Val Whyte Bursary Competition.

The orchestra plays at a wide variety of venues including the Linder Auditorium, the Johannesburg Theatre, shopping malls and markets and even at the zoo and botanical gardens.

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