The Cannon Valley Youth Orchestra has served young string musicians from Northfield MN and surrounding communities for more than twenty years. CVYO has three orchestras who rehearse for 10 weeks at Emmaus Baptist Church, culminating in a final concert. We will meet IN PERSON this fall for our regularly scheduled programming.
Our first session of the 2022-23 Season will begin Tuesday, September 13, 2022 for ten weeks of rehearsals. If students would like to be a part of our orchestras, we ask that they play for our music director on one of our Audition Days for proper orchestra placement. (A video audition can be sent if necessary.) See below for dates/times. Expect to play great music and advance your student’s string playing skills. Also, plan for some social time to get to know each other better. Our final fall concert will be Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Emmaus Baptist Church. We would love for your student to join us!
For more information about joining, please email us at: info@cvyomn.org
OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMING…

Our Music Director

CVYO Music Director
Max Vitullo is a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota where he earned degrees in Violin Performance and Music Education. He is proud to be the first member of his family to earn an advanced degree as a first-generation college student and is now teaching music classes and orchestra at St. Peter Catholic School in St. Paul. He has performed in a wide variety of settings and venues, regularly found as a featured performer and soloist with the St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra in River Falls, WI. He has collaborated with Layton “Skip” James, former harpsichordist for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, in many performances and has performed in musicals at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI, The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company in Minneapolis, and other venues in the greater Twin-Cities. His private violin instructors include well-known pedagogue Young-Nam Kim, Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, and Peter McGuire, Principal Second Violinist with the Minnesota Orchestra. Max has a deep passion for music and believes it provides a special opportunity for anyone to hear the world in new and imaginative ways, connect with deep feelings and emotions, learn and experience a unique form of communication and community, and participate in a valuable human experience that brings joy, belonging, and wonder to our lives.
PAST PROGRAMMING







CVYO’s first Virtual Orchestra June 2020!