History

The Western Australian Youth Music Association (Inc.) is a non-profit Association dedicated to musical excellence.  Founded in 1974 in Perth, Western Australia, the Association has grown steadily to now include the Western Australian Youth Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the WA Youth Symphonic Band, the Collegium and Sinfonietta String Orchestras, the award-winning Flute Choir and the WA Youth Chorale. Its members are aged from 8 to 23 and are drawn from all parts of Western Australia.

Conductors and tutors are drawn from the ranks of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the School of Music at The University of Western Australia, and the Classical Music Department at the WA Academy of Performing Arts.  Students audition every year in November.  Audition and application forms are available upon request from the WA Youth Music office.