Schaumburg Youth Concert Orchestra (SYCO)

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Rehearsals off-site at 1000 E. Woodfield Rd (11/9)

Schaumburg Youth Concert Orchestra
Ron Polomchak, Director

Our intermediate orchestra.

NEWS: This season will be a Season of Collaboration between the Schaumburg Youth Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) and the Schaumburg Youth Concert Orchestra (SYCO)! This collaboration will give our students the benefit of:

Playing exciting and challenging repertoire in a larger ensemble
Learning from two directors
Building connections across both orchestras

Each orchestra will still have its own material as well as some shared repertoire.

Rehearsals: Sundays, 4:30 - 6pm beginning September 7
(5:15 - 6pm with Symphony Orchestra)

2025-26 Concerts:
Choral Masterworks Concert - Sunday, October 26 at 7pm
Presto! Holiday Concert - Saturday, December 20 at 1pm & 5pm
Spring Concert - Saturday, May 3 at 7pm

TO AUDITION

SYCO is currently accepting video auditions with rolling admissions.

Audition Details Here.

PLEASE NOTE:

All SYO members participate in their school orchestra or band programs where available.
Orchestra placement is at the discretion of the directors.

SYCO Tuition for 2025-26 Season
$475

Tuition includes a $25 family donation to the Prairie Center Arts Foundation.
Installment plans, Financial Assistance, and Scholarships available.
Families with more than one child enrolled in the program receive a $25 discount for each additional child after one child is paid in full.
Each member receives an SYO t-shirt.

DIRECTOR RON POLOMCHAK

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Ron Polomchak has been directing orchestras in the Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 since 1995. Currently Mr. Polomchak directs the orchestra program at Lake Zurich Middle School South which includes the Chamber Orchestra, the Intermezzo Orchestra, the South Silly Strings and pit for the annual musical production. In Lake Zurich, Mr. Polomchak implemented a middle school strolling string program as well as the district summer orchestra program.

Mr. Polomchak has also served as an orchestra conductor at the Blue Lake International Fine Arts Camp in Michigan and directed the Lake Zurich Community Band. Mr. Polomchak received his Master of Music Education degree with an emphasis in Orchestral Conducting from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. There, he studied conducting with Stanley DeRusha. At Illinois Wesleyan University, Mr. Polomchak received a Bachelor of Music, cum Laude in Double Bass Performance. He studied double bass with Bill Koehler and conducting with Steve Eggleston. Mr. Polomchak has served as the IMEA District 7 Junior Orchestra Representative.

He is a member of the Conductors Guild, the National Association for Music Education, the Illinois Music Education Association, and the American String Teachers Association. Mr. Polomchak is an active performer on Double Bass performing locally throughout Chicagoland.

He was the recipient of the CUSD 95 Teachers Make a Difference Award in 1998.