It's Grammy® Day!! Watch the NBC Today Show's feature of Michael Repper and the New York Youth Symphony's historic run for a Grammy Award here!

By Maggy Donaldson: 'Repper, who will be there, noted it's his first Grammy nomination as a conductor."Many of my idols are on this list: Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams, I mean come on!" he said. "I'm beyond honored to even just be on the same list with them, and to be with the New York Youth Symphony that's been a really special part of my life for the last six years, it's wonderful."
"I'm really proud of the young musicians for taking it and running with it."'

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Michael Repper and the New York Youth Symphony have been nominated by the Recording Academy for a Grammy® Award in Best Orchestral Performance for their recording of music by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman! ​This is the first time a youth orchestra has EVER been represented in this category! The Grammy Awards will be announced on February 5, 2023.

Michael Repper is named Music Director of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, and will begin his tenure in Fall 2022. 

The Mid-Atlantic Symphony joins a roster of four other orchestras (Ashland Symphony, New York Youth Symphony, Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia, and Sinfonía por el Perú) which Michael oversees as Music Director.

Michael is thrilled to join the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, a premier arts institution in Maryland and Delaware!

Listen to "New Classical Tracks" on American Public Radio (99.5 Minneapolis, division of NPR), as Julie Amacher interviews Michael Repper about the making-of the historic NYYS Album, during the pandemic.

Podcast available now for free -- get a behind-the-scenes peek!