Warwickshire Direct
Youth Orchestra
Director: TBC
Age range: 14-21
Standard: Grade 6+ (Strings & Brass) Grade 7+ (Wind)
3 Provisional courses for 2011-12:
29-30 October 2011 (Concert 8 November - Royal Albert Hall)
2 - 4 March 2012 (Concert 11 March)
14, 15, 21 & 22 July 2012 (Concert TBC)
Venues and more details will be available nearer the time.
The County Youth Orchestra is a symphonic orchestra of players aged between 14 and 21 which represents youth music making at the highest level in the county.
The Youth Orchestra gives regular concerts throughout Warwickshire and in the last four years has toured Germany, Spain, Cornwall, Austria and recently in summer 2011 to Belgium. In addition to giving its own concerts, it has shared performances with local community groups like the Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir and the Leamington & Warwick Academy of Dance. The orchestra offers chamber music courses on a regular basis and concerto opportunities to its more advanced members.
Membership and joining information
Admission is by audition. Candidates should be between the ages of 14 and 21 (applications from younger, able children will be considered if appropriate) and of a standard equivalent to Grade 6 (strings and brass) and Grade 7 (wind).
