Australian Youth Orchestra

In conversation with Anna Goldsworthy. Many aspiring musicians make more than music. Anna Goldsworthy, one of the artists-in-residence at National Music Camp in 2019, manages many simultaneous career...

22 Jan 201925min

Two tremendous Australian trumpet players took part in National Music Camp 2019 – David Elton, principal trumpet in the London Symphony Orchestra, was Artist-in-Residence, and Brent Grapes, his counte...

22 Jan 201927min

Adam Weitzer in conversation with camp participants Kate Mostert (oboe) and Jason Henery (double bass), and tutor Sharon Grigoryan (cello). Performance anxiety affects performers of all ages, both st...

22 Jan 201915min

Ahead of her performance of Max Richter’s Recomposed with Momentum Ensemble, violinist Miki Tsunoda joined us to discuss the growing art of reworking classical greats into modern masterpieces. We'd l...

13 Des 20188min

AYO Chamber Players Artistic Director Piers Lane joined us to talk about what's in store at our upcoming chamber music concerts at Elder Hall. We'd like to acknowledge we’ve recorded this podcast on ...

26 Sep 201810min

Conductor Courtney Lewis will lead the Australian Youth Orchestra as they perform works by Britten, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Ahead of the concerts, we caught up with Courtney to find out a little ...

13 Jul 20189min

Benjamin Britten's 'Sinfonia da requiem' and Rachmaninov's 'Symphonic Dances' have one thing in common – they both feature a saxophonist! Alice Morgan joins AYO's woodwind section to perform these pie...

11 Jul 20186min

AYO violinists James Chen and Emily Beauchamp took part in a masterclass with Anne Harvey-Nagl from the Australian World Orchestra. Hear them chat about their experience in our AYO podcast. We'd like...

15 Jun 20187min