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SYO REUNION: Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra Tour to Russia 1991
20 years on, Adrian Brown, Christine Blake and John and Jacqueline Page are organizing a Reunion to commemorate the 1991 Tour to Russia, a significant event in the Orchestra's history. Never to be forgotten! A Party will take place on July 9th 2011 at St Paul's Community Centre, Inner Park Road, Wimbledon, SW19, Stoneleigh's Home. We shall start at 6.30 and to cover costs there will be a small charge of £5 to cover expenses. Please come and reminisce, bring photos and Stoneleigh Memories.
Contact Adrian on his e-mail elgarbrown@aol.com
Adrian, still MD, will be retiring from SYO in December 2012 after 40 years!!!
Concerts and festivals have always been part of the DNA of the orchestra. They are the climax of all the hard work entailed in learning and perfecting music.They are the moment when all the rehearsal time invested suddenly pays back and the orchestra rises to the occasion to delight their audience. They provide the buzz and excitement which is unique to performing at your best to a live audience.
Stoneleigh Junior Orchestra’s first concert was one year after it formed in 1945. Under Adrian Brown’s baton alone SYO has performed over 300 works by more than 120 composers in over 150 concerts both in the UK and abroad.
SYO’s record at major music festivals is also impressive. We took part in the Festival Of Britain under Edward Gough in 1951. The first competitive festival we entered was in 1976 in the Music for Youth Festival at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon which we won. Adrian remembers: “ We could not believe we had risen from rehearsing in a scout hut to performing the final movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony in a large concert hall.
The School’s Prom followed and, in 1983, in the final of the National Festival for Music, Stoneleigh performed Stravinski’s Firebird Suite to rapturous applause and a glowing review from David Cairns of The Times who wrote of his delight “ to hear Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra responding to Adrian Brown's direction and playing with the utmost poetic sensibility.”
In 1989, at the Festival of British Youth Orchestras, SYO was awarded the Novello Youth Orchestra Award.
2010 concerts & Events:
Summer Tour 2010Spain - Catalonia (Girona - Figueres) Friday 23rd July - Saturday 31st July 2010 |
Autumn TermAUDITIONS & Main Orchestra Re-auditions Sat/Sun 4th and 5th September 2010
Autumn Concert Sunday 12th December 2010 7.30 pm Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS Programme to include: Bernstein: Overture from Candide |
Past Concerts:
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| 2010 | Royal Academy of Music | The Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames | |
| 2009 |
National Festival for Music for Youth, Birmingham Symphony Hall |
Ashcroft Technology Academy | |
| 2008 | Cadogan Hall | St. Paul's, Wimbledon | |
| 2007 | BBC Broadcasting House Radio Theatre | St. John's, Smith Square | St. Paul's, Wimbledon |