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Book the Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra for your next private or corporate event! The orchestra is also available for school and camp workshops/presentations.
The Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra (PVYSO) has been sharing its melodies nationally and internationally since 1996. The orchestra was started in the suburban basement of founder Lorna Green with 14 students and some steel pans. At the end of two weeks the group had completed the “Star Spangled Banner” and performed the piece for the Olympic torch ceremony passing through Largo, MD. Within a year the group relocated to Hyattsville, MD and the rest is history.
This group of energetic young performers has toured nationally and internationally, including performances in Dakar, Senegal; Trinidad and Tobago; Ontario, Canada; Chicago, IL; and New Haven, CT.
Notable venues include the Kennedy Center, Strathmore Music Center, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Zora Neale Hurston Festival, The Virginia Beach International PANfest (grand champions 2006, 2007, 2018) and countless other public and private performances. The young entertainers have performed with world renowned musicians including steelpan virtuosos Liam Teague, Robert Greenidge, Andy Narell, saxophonist Arturo Tappin, and Grammy nominated trumpeter, Etienne Charles.
The orchestra is comprised of approximately 15 students, ranging in age from 11-18, who attend the Saturday Academy hosted by the Cultural Academy for Excellence. Members of the orchestra study music theory, steelpan, as well as learn a wide variety of music.
Over the years PVYSO has had the pleasure of having over 500 students grace its instruments. Arguably one of the best steel orchestra’s in the Mid-Atlantic region, they also proudly state that their parent organization, CAFE is “one of the best charities of the Greater Washington region” – Catalogue for Philanthropy 2007-2008.