The Pinellas Youth Symphony
2025-2026 Season
Concert Dress Attire
Pinellas Youth Symphony and Serenade Strings: For All Formal Concerts
Female students: black Concert Dress attire purchased from several pre-selected styles (go to www.concertblack.com for preview of styles). Opportunites to purchase concert dress attire through PYS will be offered to students in the fall. Female musicians wear black nylons and black dress shoes with low heels. No colored accessories.
Male students: Black tux jacket, black tux pants, white tux shirt, black bow tie, black socks and black dress shoes.
Pinellas Youth Symphony & Serenade Strings: Casual Performance Concert Dress Only
[NOTE: This is changed beginning with the 2018-2019 from khaki to black slacks/skirts]Female and Male Students: green PYS polo shirts with black pants (or black calf-length skirts for females). Black socks or black nylons (for females), black shoes (No flip-flops). PYS musicians will wear their polo shirts in the Side-by-Side concert with The Florida Orchestra, and will order/purchase their polo shirts through PYS in the fall.
PYS Chamber Ensembles:
Male students: Same formal tux dress as PYS or Serenade Strings
Male students Alternate Attire: black, long sleeve, button down shirts with collar.
Chamber Ensemble (Casual Performance Dress):
Female and Male students wear the same casual dress attire as noted for PYS; i.e., PYS polo shirts with black color pants or skirts, etc.
Pinellas Youth Philharmonic: For All Concerts
Female students: Solid black top with any length sleeves…NO sleeveless tops, bare shoulders, or bare backs are allowed. Mid-calf to ankle-length black skirts (NO short skirts or slit skirts) OR black full-length dress pants (NO Capri pants or Jeans). Black hose and black dress shoes with low heels. NO colored accessories.
Male students: Black jacket and black pants (tux or regular), white long sleeve shirt (tux style or regular, white collar) black bow tie, black socks and black dress shoes.
Symphonic Strings & String Consorts & Beginning Strings: For All Concerts
Female students: White blouse with any length sleeves, black skirt or full-length dress pants, and black dress shoes. Skirt must cover the knees when student is seated.
Male students: White long-sleeve dress shirt, long black tie, black dress slacks, black socks and black dress shoes..