Sydney Youth Orchestras always have a concert to look forward to – from our Meet The Orchestra Concert Series for 2-8 year olds and families to The Sydney Youth Orchestra Concert Series at Verbrugghen Hall, fill your year with wonderful music, energy, and joy!

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Kids Music Café 2
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 1st March 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
Buy TicketsOur introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!
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Briger Conducts Janáček and Brahms
Verbrugghen Hall
Sun, 24th March 2019
2:00PM
Buy TicketsChief 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.
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Autumn Showcase
Santa Sabina College
Sat, 30th March 2019
Buy TicketsJoin 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.
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Kids Music Café 3
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 5th April 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
Buy TicketsOur introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!
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International Tour Concert - Cardiff
BBC Hoddinott Hall
Sat, 13th April 2019
19:30
featuring ‘Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Youth Orchestra
The Sydney Youth Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2
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International Tour Concert - London
LSO St Luke's
Thu, 18th April 2019
19:30
Buy TicketsThe 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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International Tour Concert - Cambridge
West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge
Sat, 20th April 2019
14:00
Buy TicketsThe 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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International Tour Concert - Blenheim Palace Chapel
Blenheim Palace Chapel
Sun, 21st April 2019
14:30
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 -
International Tour Concert - Oxford
Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford
Tue, 23rd April 2019
19:30
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Kids Music Café 4
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 3rd May 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Meet The Orchestra - Mosman
Mosman Art Callery
Sun, 12th May 2019
9:30 & 11:00
Buy TicketsPerformed 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.
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Meet The Orchestra - Castle Hill
Pioneer Theatre, Castle Hill
Sat, 25th May 2019
9:30 & 11:00
Buy TicketsPerformed 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.
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2019 SWO Mosman Music Series Concert
Blessed Sacrament Church
Sun, 16th June 2019
2:00PM - 4:00PM
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Winter Showcase
Mont Sant'Angelo College
Sat, 22nd June 2019
Buy TicketsJoin 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.
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Kids Music Café 5
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 28th June 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Beethoven's Fifth
City Recital Hall
Sun, 7th July 2019
2:00PM-4:00PM
Buy TicketsIs 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. -
Summer Showcase
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Fri, 12th July 2019
Buy TicketsJoin 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.
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Kids Music Café 6
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 2nd August 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Kids Music Café 7
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 30th August 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Spring Showcase
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sat, 14th September 2019
Buy TicketsJoin 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.
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Kids Music Café 8
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 20th September 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Dvořák's Requiem
Sydney Opera House
Fri, 20th September 2019
8:00PM
Buy TicketsExperience 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.
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2019 The Big Busk
Thu, 10th October 2019
Buy TicketsFor 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. -
2019 SYO Philharmonic Mosman Music Series Concert
Blessed Sacrament Church
Tue, 15th October 2019
2:00PM - 4:00PM
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Kids Music Café 9
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 1st November 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Kids Music Café 10
Western Foyers, Sydney Opera House
Fri, 29th November 2019
10:00am, 11:30am
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Classical Discovery Peter Seymour Orchestra
Santa Sabina College
Sat, 30th November 2019
2:00PM-3:00PM
Buy TicketsThe 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.
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Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sun, 8th December 2019
2:00PM-3:00PM
Buy TicketsOne 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