Created in 2017 by maestro Jamil Maluf (titular conductor of the Experimental Orchestra of Repertoire), the Integrated System of Qualification Orchestras (SIORF, from the Portuguese “Sistema Integrado de Orquestras de Formação”) is responsible for building a bridge between the educational activities held by the Experimental Orchestra of Repertoir (OER) and the Municipal Youth Symphony Orchestra. Through the SIORF, the Youth Symphony Orchestra members can benefit from the technical-musical assistance provided by the tutors at the OER, who started directing their suit rehearsals.

Ever since its inauguration, in 1990, the Experimental Orchestra of Repertoire (OER, the Portuguese abbreviation for Orquestra Experimental de Repertório) has been engaged in the education of highly qualified orchestra professionals. Hundreds of young musicians whose paths have crossed the OER integrate now the ensemble of prestigious Brazilian and international orchestras. Made up of 87 pre-professional instrumentalists and 13 suit heads, the OER represents the last step a youngster needs to take before they complete their training.

As an initiative of the conductor and composer Olivier Toni, the Orquestra Sinfônica Jovem Municipal (Municipal Youth Symphony Orchestra) was birthed in 1968 wishing to open new perspectives of musical practice for young instrumentalists and, at the same time, promote their artistic refinement by means of an intense and regular orchestral actuation. From 2012 on, the group has been under the artistic and pedagogical direction of Érica Hindrikson.