In its 46th year the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation boasts a whole series of Nationals courses and programmes for young orchestral musicians between the ages of 13 and 25.
Recorded auditions for all Nationals events will be held in April in main centres across the country by the traveling audition team. Young musicians wishing to apply will need to prepare a study and a piece of their choice, of minimum grade 6 music standard (Unisa, ABRSM or Trinity College), not exceeding five minutes in total. For more comprehensive audition …

A scintillating programme of South African works by Mokale Koapeng, Robert Fokkens and Peter Klatzow, as well as the Russian masterpiece, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, will showcase the talent of the top youth orchestra in the country as they share their love for South African music with the audience.

The National Youth Orchestra is coming to Stellenbosch in December to perform a fantastic programme of South African works by Mokale Koapeng, Robert Fokkens and Peter Klatzow, as well as the Russian masterpiece, Scheherazade, by Rimsky-Korsakov.

NewMusicSA-SA National Youth Orchestra Foundation Collaboration 2009: MEET THE ORCHESTRA
NewMusicSA and the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation invite you to the first Meet the Orchestra workshop for emerging composers, to be held at the University of  Pretoria on 25 and 26 June 2009.
 Meet the Orchestra is a new opportunity which aims to introduce writing for orchestra and large ensembles to a new generation of South African composers. Meet the Orchestra will consist of:

Presentations and discussions co-ordinated and led by Dr Cameron Harris (composer, lecturer at UNISA and President of NewMusicSA), …

Continue reading this thread for all the course details of the 2009 Sasol National Youth Orchestra Course, held at the University of Pretoria: Thursday 25 June – Friday 3 July 2009.

International Tour: Tuesday 1 – Thursday 10 December 2009
Applications: Please apply by Friday 20 March.
Conductor: Stefan Solyom from Sweden will conduct the SA NYO
Auditions: 1st round recorded, 2nd round live behind screen.
Cost: Only R1000 (full) or R700 (course and lunch)
Repertoire: Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Weber Clarinet Concerto no. 2, Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade and a South African work.

Watch this space for further announcements of concerts, repertoire and faculty.
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