DYO proudly presents their first concert for 2016! Conductor: Peter Adams Soloist: Jacinda Kumar (Violin) Join us in exploring Brahms‘ ‘Academic Festival Overture’, combining the dignification of university academia with student drinking songs. Float through the stars in New Zealand composer Salina Fisher‘s stunning piece … Continue readingSemester 1 Concert: “Tradition Reinvented”
It’s that time of year! Time to clean that dust off your violin, retune your viola (or attempt to because violas don’t know how to tune), clean out that spit valve, and polish those keys! It’s audition time! Audition music is now available here: DYO … Continue reading2016 Audition Music is now available!
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Dunedin Youth Orchestra is getting back into the swing of things, and getting prepared for the 2016 year! What are we missing? Our orchestra of course! All players aged 25 and under (both new and existing members) who are interested in a place in the … Continue readingRegister for the 2016 Orchestra Today!
DYO proudly presents their final concert for 2015! Conductor: David Burchell Soloist: Matthew Scadden Premiering Composer: Merlin Callister Collaborating Choir: City Choir Dunedin Join us in exploring Douglas Lilburn’s depiction of the New Zealand landscape in his ‘Drysdale Overture’. Marvel at the young talent of … Continue readingDYO Presents: “These Lands are Ours”
A fantastic concert put on by our wonderful and talented young musicians! A review by Marian Poole can be found below, offering a great description of the concert. Anthony Ritchie did a great job of directing the group for our first concert, but what lies … Continue readingDYO ‘Programme delivers best’
Only one week to go before the Dunedin Youth Orchestra delivers their first concert of 2015, ‘Night Ringing with Unseen Larks’. The group is hard at work finishing up their pieces and polishing all they can. With only two more rehearsals, we can be sure … Continue readingOne week to go: DYO Presents ‘Night Ringing with Unseen Larks’
The Dunedin Youth Orchestra has resumed rehearsing for our upcoming concert ‘Night Ringing with Unseen Larks’ after a couple of weeks off for Easter and school holidays. We are working hard towards our next concert, which will take place on Wednesday 27th May, at Knox … Continue readingDYO prepares for “Night Ringing with Unseen Larks” concert
Audition music is now available online for the Dunedin Youth Orchestra’s 2015 auditions and can be downloaded from the links at the bottom of this page. If you have arranged to audition, you should have been sent an audition time by now. If you have … Continue reading2015 audition music available now
The Dunedin Youth Orchestra has finished its programmes for 2014 and will return in 2015, featuring concerts conducted by Anthony Ritchie and David Burchell in May and September. Both concerts will feature a winner of the 2014 Young Musician’s Awards, Olive Butler and Matthew Scadden, … Continue readingDYO 2015 – New Members Are Welcome!
