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- Next WYO concert Sunday 10 October 3.30 pm
  - 28 Sep 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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
  - 28 Sep 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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 […]
- Peter Gjelsten wins 2021 Concerto Competition
  - 7 Sep 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - WYO is proud to announce that Peter Gjelsten is the 2021 Concerto Competition winner. He will play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in the WYO’s Showcase concerts on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October. The concerts will go ahead if Wellington is in Level 1.
- WYO finalist in Wellington Community Awards 2021
  - 15 Jul 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - WYO was one of the finalists in the Wellington Community Awards 2021, announced 14 July 2021. The awards are sponsored by Wellington Airport and Wellington Community Trust.
- WYO Transatlantic concert on Saturday 15 May
  - 13 May 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - WYO presents its first concert of 2021: Transatlantic.
- WYOs alumna Gemma New is the 2021 Solti Fellow
  - 9 Mar 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - Former WYO and WYS violinist Gemma New has been named the Solti Fellow 2021.
- No WYO rehearsal in Level 2 – see you on 8 March, hopefully!
  - 28 Feb 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - Unfortunately we can’t hold rehearsals in Level 2, so no rehearsal tomorrow. Let’s hope we can meet for the first time on Monday 8 March!
- WYO 2021 Season announced
  - 8 Feb 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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
  - 8 Feb 2021
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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 2021 Season announced
  - 18 Dec 2020
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - The programme for the 2021 season is here. Auditions are now open. WYO-2021-Programme-ƒDownload
- WYO Masterworks!
  - 9 Sep 2019
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - WYO-Masterworks A4 Poster-2 WYO will play the Masterworks concert twice in October, under the baton of Music Director Mark Carter.
- The best drawn from Wellington Youth Orchestra in taxing programme under Donald Armstrong
  - 4 Aug 2019
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - Middle C reviews the WYO Dazzle! concert.
- Lex French, WYS alumnus, headlines Jazz Festival
  - 18 Apr 2019
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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/
- Gemma New, WYS alumna and conducting superstar, on the cover of MUSICIAN
  - 18 Apr 2019
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - Our famous alumna Gemma New, MD of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario, Canada, has recently appeared on the front cover of MUSICIAN, the American Federation of Musicians magazine. Here’s the cover:
- It’s not too late to join us!
  - 28 Mar 2019
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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
- Join WYO! Auditions 23 July
  - 12 Jul 2018
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - If you missed out on auditioning for WYO in March, we’d love to hear from you. We are running pick-up auditions on Monday 23 July 7-9 pm. Email admin@wyos.org.nz to get an audition time.
- WYS to use audio auditions in 2019 – what do you think?
  - 11 Jul 2018
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - 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).
- Dynamic kiwi conductor, Gemma New, returns home!
  - 24 May 2018
  - Wellington Youth Sinfonietta
  - NEWSFLASH! Gemma New is a WYOs alumna, playing with the orchestra from the age of 12.

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