BPO Youth Concerts               Kleinhans Music Hall - Western New York BPO harpist Suzanne Thomas with a trio of admirers backstage at Kleinhans From its inception in the fall of 1935, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has performed well over a thousand Youth Concerts at Kleinhans Music Hall and throughout Western New York. Student attendance from K through 12 is estimated to be at least 1,200,000 students. A documented history of BPO Youth Concerts (programs, photographs, etc.) is currently underway via the efforts of BPO Archive volunteers.   First BPO Youth Concerts:         Buffalo Public Schools - December 17, 1935 (cover)         Buffalo Public Schools - December 17, 1935 (program)         Young Peoples Concert - December 21, 1935 (program)   BPO Youth Concerts at WNY Schools         List of Public and Private Schools with First Performance Dates   BPO Youth Concert Photographs         North Tonawanda High School, 28 May 1970   Student Letters to the BPO:         St. Leo the Great School, Amherst, N.Y., April, 2008             Letter 1    Letter 2    Letter 3    Letter 4                  Send e-mail to the BPO Archive                  Return to the BPO Archive home page