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Celebrate 60 Years of Music with MYSP!
Join us for the Memphis Youth Symphony Program's 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala on Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 7-10pm at the Children's Museum of Memphis!
Celebrate six decades of music education with an unforgettable evening featuring live music, food, drinks, and a silent auction filled with incredible experiences, gifts, and more.
Our Silent Auction is LIVE NOW!
You don't have to attend the Gala to participate! Browse and bid on exciting auction items while supporting music education for young musicians across the Mid-South.
Bidding closes Saturday, November 14 at 9:30pm.
Gala Tickets: $75 General Admission | $60 Alumni | $30 Current MYSP Students
21c Museum Hotel Bentonville
AHEAD / Big Bang Distribution
American Museum of Natural History
Amro Music
Archer Recording Studio
Ballet Memphis
BAM Cases
Being:Art / Sean Murphy
Belltower Coffee
Black Swamp Percussion
Blue Strawberry
Blueshift Ensemble
Brent Hopper
Brittany Cooper d’Orsay
Buckman Performing Arts Center
Carolyn McCormick Pottery
Central Park Boutique Tours
Char Restaurant
Collierville Arts Academy
Crêpes Paulette Bentonville
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Daniel Brier
Die Hard Dice
Edera St. Louis
Evergreen Yoga
FedEx
Thank You to Our Silent Auction Donors!
Flamme Vintage
Folk’s Folly
Germantown Community Theatre
Go Ape Zipline & Treetop Park
Goner Records
Harmonic Vision
Innovative Percussion
Jane Fulmer
Jeff Hulett
Jenny Davis
Jill Montanez
Like A Local Tours NYC
Local Escape Rooms Memphis
Malletech
Mark Cellini
Mednikow Jewelers
Mempho Fest
Memphis Botanic Garden
Memphis Fencers
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Midtown Nursery
Modacity
New York Philharmonic
Nostalgic Tea Rooms
Novel
Odisei Music
Old Dominick Distillery
Old Soul Floral Co.
Organized Advantage
Orion Financial
Paint a Piece
Pappy’s Smokehouse
Peabody Hotel
Penn Home & Design
Pickleball Kingdom
Playhouse on the Square
Red Kite Coffee
Rotolo’s Craft & Crust
Seiko Instruments Inc.
Shangri-La Records
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Susan Davis
The Bearded Beekeeper
The Empire Hotel NYC
The Lucerne Hotel NYC
The Olfaction Lab
The Orpheum Memphis
The Truffle Pig
Theatre Memphis
Tomplay
Untapped New York
Upper Story
Warburton Trumpet Mouthpieces
WYXR
MYSP is recognized as one of the most inclusive year-round creative youth development programs in the Mid-South. MYSP instills lifelong values of discipline, teamwork, creative problem-solving, and musical appreciation in students from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
Our high-quality, innovative music programming connects aspiring student musicians with professional mentors, empowers alumni, engages generous donors, and enriches local communities.
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