YMF announces the appointment of Case Scaglione as the 20th Music Director and Conductor of the Debut Orchestra.

25 year old Case Scaglione, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music has been selected to become the new Music Director of the Debut Orchestra, beginning in the Fall of 2008. Additional details will be provided in June, 2008.

YMF appears on the 2008 Grammys alongside the Foo Fighters!

In February, 2008, YMF musicians once again appeared on the live Grammy telecast, performing alongside the Foo Fighters, in an orchestra conducted by Sir John Paul Jones. In previous years, the Foundation provided soloists and young musicians to appear alongside recording artist Kelly Clarkson.

Music Director Sean Newhouse named prizewinner in international conducting competition!

Music Director Sean Newhouse recently made his European debut, conducting the Silesian Philharmonic in Warsaw and Katowice, Poland, as a result of being named a major prizewinner at the 8th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Conductors.

YMF students appear on Disney's "Suite Life!"

Beginning in November, 2007, the Disney Channel began airing an episode of "The Suite Life with Zach and Cody" that featured 25 of YMF's young musicians from the Mentor Artists Program, the National Orchestra Camp, the Scholarship Program, and the YMF Youth Orchestra. Not only did the students appear on screen, they also recorded all of the classical music heard in the episode. To view a clip of the episode, click here.