Traveling families

One Saturday, one building, one trip.

Most COS students come from Long Island and New York City. A few travel from New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut, and further upstate. Orchestra, chamber music, and musicianship all happen on the same day in the same building, so a family makes one trip and keeps the rest of the week.

Why one day

Everything is stacked into Saturday on purpose.

A program spread across three weeknights is impossible for a family an hour away and hard for a family twenty minutes away. COS puts the ensembles, the chamber groups, and the musicianship classes into a single Saturday at the Community Church of Syosset. Your child only attends what they’re enrolled in, so most families are in the building for two or three hours.

Siblings together

Brothers and sisters can be enrolled in different ensembles on the same morning, so it’s one drop-off instead of two.

One trip

Orchestra, chamber music, and musicianship all run the same day instead of spread across the week.

Private lessons alongside

Lessons are arranged with your teacher and can sit either side of the class block.

Where families come from

A few families come a very long way.

I drive my son 3 hours each way from Upstate NY every Saturday because my son is able to have opportunities and education he cannot get anywhere else. He decided this for himself after seeing what the environment is like.

COS parent

Traveling from Upstate New York

Before your first Saturday

Before your first Saturday.

The questions families ask first, answered.

Where

Community Church of Syosset, 36 Church Street, Syosset, NY 11791. Everything happens in this one building, so there is nothing to drive between once you arrive.

When

Classes run from 12:00pm to 7:30pm. Your child attends only the ones they are enrolled in, so most families are in the building for two or three hours rather than the whole day.

The Season

The first Saturday is September 19, 2026 and the last is June 12, 2027. Breaks follow the school calendar, and the full season calendar is on the Parent Portal.