Saturday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 24, 2026

LAYO’s performance at Carnegie Hall is on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 and free to the public.

All students in both the Ruth Borun Concert Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra are eligible to participate in the tour.

Registration opens August 1, 2025.

To register, we require a $100 non-refundable deposit and completed registration form. 
Please note: REGISTRATION IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY

Yes. Additional rehearsals for the Carnegie Hall tour are scheduled on May 31, June 7, and June 14 as well as a preview concert (after the rehearsal) on Sunday, June 14. 

Students must attend at least 2 of the 3 pre-tour rehearsals as well as participate in the concert on June 14.

No

$3078.00  ALL-INCLUSIVE TOUR COST WITH AIRFARE

$???  LAND ONLY TOUR COST (parent will make own flight arrangements)

All payments must be made directly to LAYO via check or online via Paypal on the LAYO website. Checks should be made out ‘Los Angeles Youth Orchestra’ and mailed to:

Los Angeles Youth Orchestra – please include student’s name on check
4924 Balboa Blvd. #409
Encino, CA 91316

The initial registration deposit of $100 is non-refundable. Cancellation deadlines and amounts are as follows:

Absolutely. However, LAYO must make regular payments to the tour company, so if you do not plan to pay the entire amount up front, we must ask that you keep current with the payment schedule.

• Round-trip airfare LAX to NYC
• Hotel accommodations for three nights at a Manhattan hotel (quad occupancy)
• Ground transportation
• All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) while on tour
• All performance costs at Carnegie Hall including:

1. 1. Rental of concert venue: CARNEGIE HALL
   2. Stage crew
   3. House management and ushers
   4. Box office ticket service
   5. Publicity
   6. Concert programs

• Rental of rehearsal space at DiMenna Center for Classical Music
• Ticket to observation deck of Rockefeller Center (“Top of the Rock”)
• Entrance to all museums Tour of Juilliard School
• Ticket to classical music concert or opera performance

Everyone will need to stay together in the same hotel. The tour company does not segment out hotel costs. In order to participate in the tour, all students/chaperones must stay in the assigned hotel.

Four students will be placed in each room. Rooming assignments will be created by LAYO and provided to the tour company.

LAYO does not have an assistance fund for this trip as money currently being raised will help support the fall and spring sessions for the Orchestras. However, LAYO will be providing fundraising tools that will assist in each family’s efforts to raise funds for this trip. This will include providing materials and assistance to students to create personal fundraising pages that can be emailed to friends, family and colleagues. Previous tour participants have been extremely creative in raising money through hosting student chamber music concerts, garage sales and even busking on the Santa Monica Promenade!

Yes, based on availability. We will notify all parents as soon as the hotel and airfare are secured. It will be up to you to book your flight and hotel accordingly if you are not chaperoning.

Fantastic! We will need several parent chaperones, and the cost for chaperones is the same as the Land Only price. We will be holding informational meetings for potential chaperones once the Fall semester has commenced.

We will make arrangements for your family to meet us when we arrive in Manhattan so the student can join the group or make arrangements for you to pick up your student at the end of the tour before the group departs NYC.

No. The students must remain with the group for the entire trip, for both logistical and liability reasons. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the concerts.

Only students, chaperones, and LAYO staff will be permitted to ride on the buses and participate in the planned tour activities.

Yes, with the exception of percussion instruments and other large instruments including cellos, basses and tubas. Larger instruments will be rented by the tour company and available to students upon arrival at the hotel or rehearsal venue.

The chaperone assigned to your child will have detailed information, provided by you, and will take care of your child accordingly. The tour company will be informed of all special dietary needs.

Please direct all questions concerning the tour to: Elise Dewsberry at layolist@gmail.com