The 2022 membership of the Dunedin Youth Orchestra currently consists of the following players (in seating order for the first semester).
| Concertmaster | *Skyla Murray (Semester 1) / Victoria Lee (Semester 2) |
| Violin 1 | Elliot Oh |
| Emily Davey | |
| Michelle Brown | |
| Olive Ward | |
| Romero Suggate | |
| Clara Satherley | |
| Violin 2 | *Cindy Chou |
| Yuiko Yoshimura | |
| Savarna Yang | |
| Grace Hill | |
| Isabelle Potbury | |
| Santhiya Rathan | |
| Viola | *Anjana Rathan |
| Eve Gabor | |
| Cello | *Boudewijn Keenan |
| Lucy Porter | |
| Ella George | |
| Flute | *Kim De Vantier (1st) |
| Lily Ferro (1st) | |
| Sarah Powley (2nd) | |
| Kevin Chen (2nd) | |
| Oboe | Callum Fotheringham |
| Clarinet | *Ayla Biner-McGrath (1st) |
| Kaia Holborow (1st) | |
| Laura Canton (2nd) | |
| Bassoon | Delta Cox |
| French Horn | *Samuel Burr (1st) |
| Adair Clark (2nd) | |
| Trumpet | *Serenity Hook (1st) |
| Mei Admiraal (2nd) | |
| Paxton Hall (3rd) | |
| Trombone | *Ben Walker (1st) |
| Finn McKinlay (2nd) | |
| Benjamin Pickering (3rd) | |
| Percussion | *Georgina Palmer |
| Hazel Simes |
Asterisks (*) indicate section principal. ‘+’ indicates guest players.