The Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra will be performing a composition by recent Georgia Tech graduate Rolan Duvvury entitled "A Time of Hope" on March 25th, 2012 at Atlanta Symphony Hall.  While at Tech, Duvvury received a B.S. in Architecture, a B.S. in Civil Engineering (both with honor), and an M.S. in Civil Engineering.

Between 2007 and 2011, the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra (GTSO) has performed multiple works by Duvvury including the second and third movements (2007 and 2009, respectively) from his Symphony No. 1, A Time of Hope (2010), and Exhilaration (2011).  He was a pianist, violinist, and percussionist with the GTSO from 2005 to 2011. He was also a classical music DJ with WREK Radio, the college radio station at Georgia Tech, from 2007 to 2011.

Duvvury has been composing award-winning orchestral and chamber works since 2005. He is a seven-time winner of the Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) Original Composition Contest and a three-time finalist of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Original Composition Contest.