In collaboration with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS) and their Executive Director Dr. Melissa Lesniak, extraordinarily gifted youth musicians compete in Symphony and Concert Orchestra pieces at the Instrumental Concerto Competition in the Ballroom. A winner and honorable mention is selected for each division - the Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra. The musicians are competing for the opportunity to perform a concerto with one of the orchestras at the GMYS Season Gala concert, at FIU Performing Arts Center in the spring of 2012.