Join York Music Boosters, and you can be a part of a decades-long tradition of providing support to the York High School music and dance programs. YMB proudly boosts students in band, orchestra, choir, music production and dance.

Join us as a member for the 2024-25 school year.

How does YMB help the Performing Arts students, teachers and programs at York?

• Grants, scholarships and private lessons for students to pursue opportunities in the performing arts

• Year-end award programs to honor exemplary students in the performing arts

• The hosting of concert receptions

• Support for York's one-of-a-kind Fine Arts Week and the York Album Project

• Help for students to offset the costs of school-sponsored travel, including by organizing fundraisers such as the traditional Holiday Greens Sale and Lou Malnati's Pizza Sale

  • During the 2023-2024 school year, for example, YMB organized three fundraisers that deposited thousands of dollars into individual student escrow accounts. It also defrayed costs for students who took part in the band trip to Orlando, including special assistance for those in need.

• Partner with District 205 on projects to improve the performing arts experience at York High School.

  • Most recently, YMB reached its "Dream Grand" goal (with Elmhurst Music Boosters), raising $22,000 to help bring a concert-worthy piano to the York auditorium.

YMB looks forward to carrying on this tradition, but these successes are only possible with your membership, donations and help.

Become a YMB member

Join the YMB "Last Chance Parking Spot Raffle"

York Music Boosters welcomes you to join our "Last Chance Parking Spot Raffle," which is now open to the entire York community. This is a “win-win” opportunity: you get the chance to win a coveted parking spot at York High School, and you help YMB support the York Performing Arts and our York students in in band, choir, dance, music production, and orchestra.

Each ticket is $100. A maximum of 150 tickets are being made available. YMB’s “Last Chance Parking Spot Raffle” will end when we hit the 150-ticket maximum or on May 5 (whichever comes first).

Learn more and purchase your raffle tickets here

If you are a current member of York Music Boosters, or join now, you also will automatically receive one "bonus ticket" when you purchase a raffle ticket. This bonus ticket is in recognition of your support this year for York Music Boosters and York Performing Arts’ students and programs.

The York parking spot is available to any current student in the class of 2026 or 2027 who will have a valid driver’s license for the entire 2025-26 school year. The spot will be registered to one family and their family vehicles. The parking spot may not be shared by multiple families. If you have questions, please contact YMB.

Funds from this raffle, as well as YMB membership, are essential to the work done by YMB. This work includes support for:

• students to take part in school-based learning and travel opportunities (including targeted assistance for students in need),

• private lessons and summer scholarships,

• year-end awards for students,

• York Fine Arts Week and York Live, and

• infrastructure upgrades to enhance student learning and experiences (for example, the donation last year for the new grand piano for the York Auditorium).

Thank you for your membership and your participation in this important fundraiser for YMB and York Performing Arts!

Learn more and purchase your raffle tickets here

Reach Out to YMB About Our Summer Scholarship Program

York Music Boosters runs a Summer Scholarship Program for students in ninth through 11th grade who currently are enrolled in band, orchestra, choir, music production, or dance. The goal of the program is to encourage York High School Performing Arts students to strengthen and enhance their skills by attending a summer camp in the performing arts. Interested in seeking a scholarship? Please contact YMB or YMB board member Isaac Yue. Note: YMB has extended the application deadline to apply for a summer 2025 scholarship. It is now Tuesday, April 29.

Learn more and link to the application

Come Out for a Spring Concert, the Last Shows for Our Talented and Hard-Working Senior Class

The spring concert season at York is in full swing. Terrific shows by dance, choir and the jazz bands kicked off the season in March and April; upcoming events include:

• Senior Choir Concert on May 6,

• Cadet and Concert Band Concert on May 7,

• Symphonic Band Concert on May 8,

• Cadet and Orchestra Concert on May 13,

• Symphony Orchestra Concert on May 15 — featuring two seniors as soloists: Adam Higgins on trumpet and Zhihanna Liu, violin.

These shows start at 7:30 p.m. Also be on the lookout soon for release of this year's York Album Project.

Highlights of York Orchestra's Spring Break Trip to Nashville

What an amazing few days that York Orchestra students had this past spring break. The "Yorkestra" trip to Nashville was filled with music enrichment, learning, and fun. The itinerary included visits to the Grand Ole Opry, the Parthenon, and the Country Music Hall of Fame, where students wrote a song about the trip. Lyrics to that song are now hanging in the orchestra room. YMB's work includes support for school-based travel for York students.

Fifty York Students Invited to Participate in ILMEA Festivals, a Huge Achievement for These Young Musicians and York Performing Arts

Just how special is the York Performing Arts program? One of the latest examples is the large number of York students — 50! — invited to participate in the Illinois Music Education Association's District 1 Senior and Jazz festivals held in November. YMB congratulates these band, choir and orchestra students for their achievements.

View the full list of students here

York Music Boosters Holds Pop-Up Pantry to Help Families in Need

YMB extends its sincere thanks to everyone in the York community who participated in our Pop-Up Pantry in November. York Music Boosters hosted the event last weekend as a way of helping local families in need and giving students and their families the opportunity to work together on a community service project. York Music Boosters much appreciates all of the donations and the student volunteers who helped at the Pop-Up Pantry. The volunteer students are pictured at the event.

Salute to the Seniors: Members of Color Guard and Marching Band honored at Sept. 13 football game

Save the dates: The York Performing Arts calendar

Click here to view the calendar for 2024-2025

Watch the 2024 York Collage Concert

A board of dedicated — and fun — individuals from the York community serve on the YMB Board, helping lead and advance the mission of York Music Boosters. Below is the list of members who served on the YMB Board during the past school year; the list of YMB members for the 2024-25 school year will be posted here soon.

We are always looking for people who are interested in helping YMB and/or joining the YMB Board.

Please contact us here.