Urban Strings Columbus Youth Orchestra

Urban Strings Columbus Youth Orchestra is a string orchestra based in Columbus, Ohio. Its mission is to support urban and minority youth who play classical string instruments. Since 2007, over a hundred mostly African-American youth have participated either in the professional-level "Premier" orchestra, or in the intermediate and beginner feeder programs, "Half Notes" and "Quarter Notes." The orchestra tours yearly in the summers across the Southern United States, playing church auditoriums and staging tours of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).