Support the chair. Champion the future.
Adelaide Youth Orchestras’ Take Your Seat program invites you to play a vital role in shaping the next generation of South Australian musicians.
By supporting a specific chair within one of our ensembles, you create a direct and meaningful connection to the music, the musicians, and the vibrant future of orchestras in our UNESCO City of Music.
Take Your Seat is more than support – it’s belonging.
It’s standing behind our young musicians as they grow, learn, and shine – on stage and beyond.
Why take your seat?
Empower young musicians across South Australia
Your support helps ensure talented young people from metropolitan and regional communities can access exceptional music education and performance opportunities.
Strengthen the artistic heart of our community
Join an ensemble of supporters who share a passion for music, creativity, and the future of collaborative music-making in South Australia.
Enjoy meaningful, personal experiences
Chair Supporters are welcomed into the AdYO family with special opportunities, insider access, and warm recognition that celebrates your role in nurturing our young musicians.
Make a lasting impact
Your support helps provide tuition, expert instruction, instruments, ensemble programs, and the many, many elements needed to sustain a thriving youth music organisation.
How it works
When you ‘take your seat,’ you become the named supporter of a specific chair within one of our ensembles – from junior players taking their first orchestral steps to advanced musicians leading a section.
Each chair has a single supporter, ensuring an exclusive, personal connection to the position you champion. Your name (or family name, group name, or chosen dedication) appears alongside that chair in concert programs, on the AdYO website, and in our annual Yearbook. You may also choose to remain anonymous.
Chairs currently supported include the Baldwin Family Symphonic Winds Conductor’s Podium, Friends of the ASO Youth Orchestra Principal Trumpet Chair and the Dr. Jula Szuster Youth Orchestra Associate Principal Cello Chair.
Click here for a full list of current Take Your Seat chair supporters
Recognition and naming rights
As a Take Your Seat Chair Supporter, you’ll enjoy:
- Recognition in all concert programs, on our website, and in our annual Yearbook
- Exclusive acknowledgment attached to your supported chair (musicians may change, but the position is yours)
- The option to dedicate your chair in your family’s name, honour someone special, or remain anonymous
Your annual supporter experience
Every Chair Supporter receives:
- A personalised letter of thanks from our Artistic and Executive Director
- Your name featured in concert programs, online, and in our Yearbook
- An invitation to an annual Chair Supporters Event
- Opportunities to attend open rehearsals and enjoy behind-the-scenes experiences
Supporters of leadership chairs (such as conductor or concertmaster positions) also enjoy VIP access to all performances throughout the season.
Renewals and availability
Chair Supporter naming rights last for 12 months, with existing supporters offered priority renewal each year.
A list of supported chairs will be maintained online and in our concert programs, ensuring clarity and exclusivity: one supporter or syndicate per chair.
Seat Syndicates: Share the seat. Support the sound.
For groups of friends, families, alumni, colleagues, or studio cohorts, the Seat Syndicate offers a way to collectively sponsor a chair. Together, your group supports one position and is recognised as a collective — for example: The Alumni Flute Cohort – Supporters of the Principal Flute Chair, AdYO Wind Ensemble.
Each member receives full recognition and benefits, and syndicates may name their group or list individual supporters. It’s a wonderful entry point for younger alumni and new networks to stay connected and give back.
When you take your seat, you help shape the sound of tomorrow. You become part of the AdYO story – and they become part of yours.
Take your seat today, and help our young musicians take theirs.
Contact us to Take Your Seat
Get in touch for a no-obligation chat to learn about our chair supporter program, discover available chairs and more here.