Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Chief Conductor Alexander Briger AO turbocharges the 2019 SYO season opener with music of unstoppable force. Czech composer Janáček’s rhapsody Taras Bulba depicts the violent Cossack wars against Poland in the 16th century, while the ruthlessly self-critical Brahms deemed his Third Symphony to be ‘nearly perfect’. These powerhouse spectaculars are preceded by Verdi’s most impetuous operatic overture, The Force of Destiny, performed by the SYO Philharmonic under conductor Brian Buggy OAM. 

Join us as our students showcase the new skills they have learned each term. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about.

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

featuring ‘Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Youth Orchestra

The Sydney Youth Orchestra

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2

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The Sydney Youth Orchestra

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

Katy Woolley, French Horn

TANNHAUSER Overture and Ballet Music

STRAUSS 2nd Horn Concerto

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

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The Sydney Youth Orchestra

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

Katy Woolley, French Horn

TANNHAUSER Overture and Ballet Music

STRAUSS 2nd Horn Concerto

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

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The Sydney Youth Orchestra

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

GRAINGER Walking Tune
FINZI Bagatelles for Clarinet and Strings (a selection)
SCULTHORPE Little Suite for Strings
HAYDN Symphony No 6, Hob.I:6

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The Sydney Youth Orchestra

Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

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Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Performed by the SYO’s Peter Seymour Orchestra, this relaxed and informal concert has been specially designed to be interactive, informative and most importantly, lots of fun! The SYO conductor, John Ockwell and SYO musicians will help guide children through the different wind instruments and their individual sounds.

Performed by the SYO’s Western Sydney Youth Orchestra, this relaxed and informal concert has been specially designed to be interactive, informative and most importantly, lots of fun! The SYO conductor, James Pensini and SYO musicians will help guide children through the different wind instruments and their individual sounds.

Join us as our students showcase the new skills they have learned each term. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about.

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Is there a better-known moment in classical music than the opening of this symphony? Sydney Youth Orchestra and its Chief, Alexander Briger take on the most famous work from thirty-something Ludwig van’s crisis-ridden decade in a breakthrough experience for every young orchestral player.
Before Beethoven’s tempest, the suite from Copland’s 1944 ballet Appalachian Spring brings peace and a hymn to simplicity in a classic of musical Americana.

Join us as our students showcase the new skills they have learned each term. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about.

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Join us as our students showcase the new skills they have learned each term. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about.

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

 Experience the moving drama of Dvořák’s finest choral creation. Dvořák’s Requiem is generally regarded as his finest creation for voices and orchestra and over the course of an hour-and-a-half it takes musicians and listeners on a deeply moving journey of drama and reflection. This performance is a collaboration with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, conducted by Brett Weymark and features Australia’s top vocal soloists Taryn Fiebig, David Greco, Andrew Goodwin and Fiona Campbell. 

For one day, hundreds of SYO musicians and alumni take over the city in a massive celebration of youth music. Stroll around the city and enjoy performances by the orchestras and ensembles of SYO at iconic locations including Martin Place, Pitt Street, and Circular Quay. These performances are not just background music –
this is genuine busking. Come along and join the fun, and if you like what you hear, drop a coin into the bucket! All funds raised builds a stronger and a more enterprising SYO, by supporting our instrument bank, music library, critical business infrastructure, and helping SYO to find a permanent home.

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!

The Peter Seymour Orchestra, under the direction of leading music educator and conductor John Ockwell, performs works from the canon of Classical period repertoire. This concert is a great way to introduce people, young and old, to classical music with conductor John Ockwell giving audiences a hands-on experience of the orchestra.

One of the most universally-popular adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedy of young love, Prokofiev’s 1938 ballet score has it all: thrilling virtuosity from a huge orchestra, dazzling swordfights in the streets of Verona, and a Balcony Scene of pure sound that transcends the Bard’s immortal words.
The 2019 season’s breathtaking finale also includes Elgar’s sublime Enigma Variations and a toast to the end of the school year from the SYO Philharmonic and conductor Brian Buggy with Brahms’ rollicking Academic Festival Overture