History

ISYM is a comprehensive and intensive program of music instruction for student musicians. It is held on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For the past 59 years, Illinois Summer Youth Music has enrolled more than one thousand students annually. Many are now performing in major symphony orchestras and other professional ensembles. A significant number are successful teachers, engineers, scientists, lawyers, doctors and business executives.

For more information about the history of ISYM, please read the 2008 article from the School of Music’s News Magazine Sonorities.