What does PYO mean in Music?

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The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) is a youth orchestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's current Music Director is Louis Scaglione. The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra is regarded as one of the best youth orchestras in the world and is often compared to many professional orchestras. The Orchestra works with a "companion ensemble", the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO), the lower version of PYO, which was established in 1996, and Bravo Brass, a brass ensemble, which was founded in 2003. In 2007, another group, Philadelphia Region Youth String Music, (PRYSM), was added to the program as a string music education ensemble. In 2016, a new companion ensemble, the (YMDO), or Young Musicians Debut Orchestra, was introduced.

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