Australian Youth Orchestra

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

Simone Vitiello chats to AYO tutor Lucy Reeves in episode 7 of AYO’s podcast. Lucy is a harpist, and performs with many orchestras around Australia and New Zealand. She also runs a private Alexander T...

19 Apr 20186min

Sarah is in her final year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and brought along to camp her witty personality and determination to experiment with new musical ideas. The most appealing part of com...

5 Feb 201810min

For Christopher, one of the attractions of AYO National Music Camp lay in the rare chance to spend an uninterrupted block of time creating music, without the inevitable distractions that come with eve...

5 Feb 201810min

Although he hails from WA, Michael came to National Music Camp this year from Boston, where he is currently studying at the New England Conservatory. One of the attractive aspects of camp, for Michael...

5 Feb 201810min

We talked to accordionist James Crabb about his upcoming projects with AYO's Momentum Ensemble, at the State Library of Queensland, Sydney Opera House and UKARIA 24 Festival. We'd like to acknowledge...

18 Aug 201711min