Building on the success and partnerships established in 2023, SYO will once again travel across the state performing and collaborating with regional communities and artists.
Seeking to build a dynamic musical conversation the talented young musicians of Sydney Youth Orchestras will join forces with James Pensini and Benjamin Northey to perform Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Meet the Orchestra concerts for schools and extend the partnership with musicians of the far west through the orchestration of their original works.
The Big Sky Tour will celebrate the unique perspectives of Australian and First Nations voices through orchestral music.
Sunday, 29 June 2025 - Nyngan
Saturday, 5 July 2025 - Broken Hill
Monday, 30 June 2025 - Bourke
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 - Cobar
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 - Wilcannia
Thursday, 3 July 2025 - Broken Hill
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
Original singer-songwriters with new orchestral arrangements
Conductor, Benjamin Northey
Meet the Orchestra Concerts Conductor, James Pensini
Musicians from the Far West to be announced.
Sydney Youth Orchestras acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the unceded land on which we perform today, and their connections to land, water and community.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present, the original storytellers of these lands where we learn and create music
today. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and honour their continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.
Always Was, Always Will Be.