The 2023 membership of the Dunedin Youth Orchestra consists of the following players in seating order.
| Concertmaster | *Skyla Murray |
| Violin 1 | Michelle Brown |
| Romero Suggate | |
| Yuiko Yoshimura | |
| Clara Satherley | |
| Gion Sin | |
| Violin 2 | *Cindy Chou |
| Savarna Yang | |
| Grace Hill | |
| Jenny Petegem Thach | |
| India Gupta | |
| Lucas Tio | |
| Matthew Petegem Thach | |
| Kal-El Gupta | |
| Viola | Eve Gabor |
| Cello | *Lucy Porter |
| Lucy Park | |
| Aidan Blakie | |
| Flute | *Maddie Carter (1st) |
| Ava van Asten (2nd) | |
| Karuna Yang (2nd) | |
| Oboe | Callum Fotheringham |
| Clarinet | Ayla Biner-McGrath (shared position) |
| Oscar Robertson (shared position) | |
| Bassoon | * James Hurley (1st) |
| Delta Cox (2nd) | |
| French Horn | *Emily Swasbruck (1st) |
| Damian Dyke (2nd) | |
| Samuel Burr (3rd but 1st when only two parts) | |
| Adair Clark (4th but 2nd when only two parts) | |
| Trumpet | Serenity Hook (1st and 2nd shared) |
| Mei Admiraal (1st and 2nd shared) | |
| Trombone | *Ben Walker (1st) |
| Benjamin Pickering (Bass / 2nd) | |
| Percussion | Hazel Simes |
| Ozan Biner-McGrath |
Asterisks (*) indicate section principal. ‘+’ indicates guest players.