Dear Friends,

It is my great pleasure to invite you to join us for An Overture Abroad, a journey to support and celebrate the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra as our musicians take the stage across the Netherlands and France. Each performance is a chance for our young artists to grow as musicians and as ambassadors of Oakland and the greater East Bay’s musical community.

Our journey begins in Amsterdam, where we’ll explore the city’s canals and history and attend OSYO’s opening concert of the tour. From there, we travel to the Loire Valley, where our musicians will perform in the historic town of Blois, surrounded by Renaissance châteaux and storybook countryside. Our tour closes in Paris with OSYO’s farewell concert and the opportunity to experience the city’s Bastille Day celebrations.

Traveling as patrons alongside these young musicians is one of the great joys of this work. Your presence on this trip is more than a vacation. It is a vote of confidence in the next generation of performers and in the belief that music education opens doors that last a lifetime. Along the way, we’ll connect with fellow patrons who share that same commitment to OSYO’s future.

I hope you will join us for this special journey, where every stop has been thoughtfully designed to celebrate our young musicians and the cultural exchange that will stay with them for years to come. I look forward to sharing this unforgettable occasion with you.

With warm regards,
Dr. Mieko Hatano
Chief Executive Officer, Oakland Symphony