PLAYATHON

Playathon is one of our most beloved traditions at New Jersey Youth Symphony. After two virtual Playathons, we look forward to performing in person at The Mills at Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth.  Playathon is also one of our largest fundraisers, raising $90,000 annually! 

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Because NJYS tuition only covers 75% of our program costs, we need each musician to help us fundraise $295 to help us maintain our high-quality programming! Fundraising supports safety measures for live performances, livestreaming for audiences near and far, and of course our scholarship/financial aid program to ensure that every talented youth musician can participate. 

Fundraising is easy! Set up your individual fundraising page and share with your contacts to support everything we do. 

Practice Minutes Challenge
We invite all NJYS musicians to participate in our annual Virtual Practice Minutes Challenge. Our goal is to log 70,000 minutes. That means that each musician needs to log 155 minutes from March 1 through Friday March 24, 2023 at noon. Leaders will receive prizes each week! 

Fabulous Prizes
Playathon season also means prizes! We have even more prize categories this year:

·         Top individual fundraiser will win the honor of conducting Can-Can at Playathon. Runners up will also receive prizes (to be announced)! Deadline for fundraising is Friday, March 24, 2023 at noon.

·         The ensemble with highest participation in Playathon fundraising will win a pizza party!

·         For the Practice Minutes Challenge, we will announce weekly prizes and an overall winner Friday March 24, 2023.