Sydney Youth Orchestra
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The Sydney Youth Orchestra (or SYO), is one of Sydney
's premier youth orchestra
s and is the flagship orchestra of the Sydney Youth Orchestras family. The SYO consists of around 100 skilled young musicians residing around Sydney.
Sydney Youth Orchestras consists of eleven different ensembles of varying standards. Many of the members of the SYO (the most senior orchestra) have progressed through the various lower level ensembles within the association, although it is not a requirement for entry.
In Sydney Youth Orchestras there are four junior ensembles with only strings:
Two more senior ensembles introduce wind and brass:
There is also an ensemble specifically for a wide range of wind and brass instruments: the Symphonic Wind Orchestra (40 instruments including flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba and percussion); a Percussion ensemble training with Synergy Percussion and TangoOz. Led by Tango specialist Maggie Ferguson, TangoOz was established in 2009 as Australia's first authentic Tango Orchestra to give young musicians the unique opportunity to learn and play authentic Argentine tango music.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's premier youth orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s and is the flagship orchestra of the Sydney Youth Orchestras family. The SYO consists of around 100 skilled young musicians residing around Sydney.
Sydney Youth Orchestras consists of eleven different ensembles of varying standards. Many of the members of the SYO (the most senior orchestra) have progressed through the various lower level ensembles within the association, although it is not a requirement for entry.
In Sydney Youth Orchestras there are four junior ensembles with only strings:
- Speer Orchestra (40 stringed instruments)
- Camerata (40 stringed instruments, commenced 2008)
- Chamber Orchestra (40 stringed instruments)
- Sinfonietta (40 stringed instruments)
Two more senior ensembles introduce wind and brass:
- Peter Seymour Orchestra (30 stringed instruments and 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 french horns)
- Sydney Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (symphony orchestra with 75 total instruments)
There is also an ensemble specifically for a wide range of wind and brass instruments: the Symphonic Wind Orchestra (40 instruments including flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba and percussion); a Percussion ensemble training with Synergy Percussion and TangoOz. Led by Tango specialist Maggie Ferguson, TangoOz was established in 2009 as Australia's first authentic Tango Orchestra to give young musicians the unique opportunity to learn and play authentic Argentine tango music.