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    • WYO Childhood concert
      • WYO’s next concert will be on Sunday 31 July at 7.30 pm in St Andrew’s on the Terrace. The programme comprises Anthony Ritchie’s Symphony No 5, Childhood (North Island premiere), and Richard Strauss Symphony No 2. The guest conductor will be Donald Maurice. Entry $20 waged (at the door); koha for students and unwaged. The […]

    • Next WYO concert Sunday 10 October 3.30 pm
      • Our final concert of the year will take place on Sunday 10 October, St Andrew’s on the Terrace, at 3.30 pm – subject to Level 2 restrictions. (Please scan in and wear a mask.) We are delighted to present our Concerto Competition winner, Peter Gjelsten, playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto – despite some programme changes […]

    • What the critics said about our last concert
      • From the Middle C review of our Leonore concert, Saturday 31 July 2021 ‘Conductor Andrew Joyce drew real exuberance from his players… ‘Nowhere in this work is Dvořák more “Bohemian” than with the Scherzo, whose main body is a Furiant, an exciting, quick-moving dance-form seeming to move between two-four and three-four rhythm. Joyce kept his players on […]

    • WYO Transatlantic concert on Saturday 15 May
      • WYO presents its first concert of 2021: Transatlantic. It features Gershwin’s popular work, An American in Paris, along with works by Vaughan Williams and Britten. The heart of the concert is the performance of Barber’s Violin Concerto by Concertmaster Lucas Baker, joint winner of the Concerto Competition in 2020. Hear Lucas talking to David Moriss on RNZ Concert (92.5 FM) at 12.30 on Thursday 13 May.

    • WYOs alumna Gemma New is the 2021 Solti Fellow
      • Former WYO and WYS violinist Gemma New has been named the Solti Fellow 2021. This is the biggest grant given to US conductors. Gemma has been based in the US since she went there to study conducting at the Peabody Institute, after graduating from Canterbury in music and mathematics. She was back in New Zealand late in 2020 to conduct the NZSO: https://www.nzso.co.nz/new-zealands-orchestra/news-and-media/gemma-new-conducts-the-nzso-again-with-four-streamed-performances-this-month/ The full story of the award is here: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2103/S00087/new-zealand-born-conductor-gemma-new-recipient-of-2021-solti-fellow.htm

    • WYO 2021 Season announced
      • The programme for the 2021 season is here. Auditions are now open – audition form under the Auditions tab. Project 1, Transatlantic, includes Barber’s Violin Concerto, Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Concert Saturday 15 May. WYO-2021-Programme-ƒDownload

    • WYO audition in person day Sunday 21 February
      • It’s not too late to send in your audition form for WYO 2021. You have two options: 1 send us a video of you playing the audition excerpts (details under Auditions tab); or 2 audition in person on Sunday 21 February. Either way you’ll need to send us an application form first. If you want to audition in person,  Admin will email you with a slot.

    • WYO Masterworks!
      • WYO-Masterworks A4 Poster-2 WYO will play the Masterworks concert twice in October, under the baton of Music Director Mark Carter. Concert 1: Sunday 6 October, 3.30 pm, St Andrews on the Terrace Concert 2: Saturday 12 October, 3.30 pm, St James Church, Lower Hutt The concert features the Bruch Violin Concerto with soloist Asaki Watanabe (winner of the Concerto Competition), as well as Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony and Glazunov ‘Autumn’.   Tickets $20.00 (students and unwaged – gold coin), available at the door  

    • Lex French, WYS alumnus, headlines Jazz Festival
      • Lex French is bringing his quartet from Canada, Code Quartet, to headline the Jazz Festival.  Top of the bill is the great Herbie Hancock. Code Quartet is just a little further down… Lex is the guy on the far left(trumpet not visible). https://www.jazzfestival.nz/events/code-quartet/

    • It’s not too late to join us!
      • Both our orchestras have started rehearsing, but it’s not too late to join us for 2019. If you’re interested, complete the application form on this site, and email admin@wyos.org.nz for more information. The 2019 programme for WYO is here: WYO-2019-ƒ  

    • WYS to use audio auditions in 2019 – what do you think?
      • We’ve been thinking about how to take the stress out of the audition process for prospective WYS players (approx Grade IV-VII or Suzuki Book 5 upwards). We would like to trial audio-only auditions for 2019. It will work like this. Send us a recording – an MP3 file will be fine – of you playing about 3 minutes of music. Choose a work or works you like. We will do the rest. Do you think that would work? No need to turn up to play in front of a panel. Just you and the music. If that would work for you, tell us! Feedback, please, to admin@wyos.org.nz Put WYS audio auditions feedback in the subject line. Thanks Simon Brew, MD WYS

    • Dynamic kiwi conductor, Gemma New, returns home!
      • NEWSFLASH! Gemma New is a WYOs alumna, playing with the orchestra from the age of 12. She has gone on to build a wonderful reputation as one of the top female conductors in the world. According to Radio New Zealand: Gemma New would have to be one of the most exciting young conductors in the world today. The New Zealand-born musician has assisted Gustavo Dudamel, and studied the music of Mendelssohn in Leipzig with Kurt Masur. Gemma is music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada, and Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony in the USA. Gemma New is back in New Zealand for concerts with the Auckland Philharmonia and Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and talks to Upbeat about her growing career. Listen to her talk to Radio New Zealand about her growing career. She is conducting Sin City, Golden City at the Charles Luney Auditorium, Christchurch  on Saturday 26th May at 7:30 pm. The concert includes: DAVIES Mavis in Las Vegas, CRESSWELL Piano Concerto No. 2, and MOZART Symphony No. 38 “Prague” with New Zealand’s own Michael Houstoun on piano.  

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