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Home About Donate Calendar Tickets Auditions Resources Scholarships Board and Staff Contact Blog More fargo moorhead area youth symphonies Our MISSIOn statement FMAYS provides a rigorous orchestral experience which challenges dedicated youth to reach their full potential musically and personally and emerge as dynamic members of the community. donate today About us The Fargo Moorhead Area Youth Symphony as it was originally named was founded in 1967 by Loris Tjknavorian a composer and conductor at Moorhead State University now Minnesota State University Moorhead. FMAYS was organized to give musically talented senior and junior high school students from the Fargo Moorhead area an opportunity to expand their musical experiences. In the mid1970s Dewey Possehl Eunice Pitmon Jack Harris and Bruce Houglum reorganized FMAYS.