From the author of Lemony Snicket. There’s dreadful news from the concert hall-the composer is dead! In a perplexing orchestral whodunit, the Sydney Youth Orchestra invites you to join Guy Noble as he interrogates the entire symphonic arrangement regarding their whereabouts at the time of the crime. Starting with the strings and working all the [...]
A prodigiously talented and fresh orchestra. 4.5 stars out of 5 – Arts Hub, August 2012 Sydney Youth Orchestras presents a concert series for everyone. Subscribe to the 2013 season and be a part of our city’s musical future. Wednesday 6 March, 7.30pm Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Conductor: Max McBride Soloist: Tamara Anna [...]
SYO Toddlers Proms are designed to educate, engage and inspire young children, as they are introduced to classical music and experience live performance in a fun and interactive environment. Brian Buggy leads our SYO Philharmonic in this energetic performance filled with nursery rhymes and songs your child will know and love. This will be a [...]
Our Junior Strings Coordinator Nick Tester has written a fantastic article advising the best way to go about purchasing a new instrument. When looking for full size violin I would recommend not looking based on brand but instead go to reputable violin vendors and seeing what they’ve got within your price range. Thus before you [...]
Toby Thatcher grew up in Sydney where he graduated with honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2011. Prior to that he was a student at the Conservatorium High School and it was during this time that he first joined the Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004 he was accepted into the Sydney Youth Orchestra with [...]
Who inspired you to join SYO? I was inspired to join SYO by my trumpet teacher, James Pensini. In 2010 when I joined SYO, James was a part time conductor of the SYO Symphonic Wind Ensemble and recommended that I audition for the SYO ensembles. I trusted James’ judgement and went for the audition, and [...]
