Performances
Symphony Orchestra Spring Concerts 2023
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Soloist
Sean Shibe, guitar
Programme
NYOS Symphony Orchestra is joined by Sensational young Scottish guitarist and multiple Gramophone Award-winner Sean Shibe.

Symphony Orchestra Summer Concerts
Aberdeen Music Hall
Caird Hall, Dundee
Conductor
Jac van Steen
Soloist
Timothy Ridout
Programme
NYOS Symphony Orchestra presents a dazzling concert of 20th Century masterpieces, opening with excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet Cinderella, a masterpiece of musical storytelling.

Conductor
Jamie Phillips
Soloist
Ryan Corbett
Programme
This year, NYOS Senior Orchestra is configured as a chamber orchestra, providing opportunities for solo playing and a more intimate, conversational style of musicmaking.

Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist
Iona McDonald
Programme
NYOS Junior Orchestra, our youngest ensemble of classical players aged 8 upwards, visits Perth Concert Hall with a dynamic programme of 19th Century repertoire.

NYOS Jazz 30th Anniversary Summer Tour
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
Nairn Community & Arts Centre
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Tolbooth, Stirling
Conductor
Andrew Bain
Soloist
Julian Joseph
Programme
In 2022 NYOS celebrates 30 years of jazz and acknowledges a long history of prestigious national and international performances.

Soloist
Kathleen MacInnes & Ainsley Hamill
Programme
For this unique event nyos:futures will appear with two phenomenal Gaelic vocalists.

Symphony Orchestra Spring Concerts 2022
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Kerem Hasan
Soloist
Jess Gillam
Programme
NYOS Symphony Orchestra returns to the concert stage to showcase the incredible talents of Scotland’s most promising young musicians.

Senior Orchestra Spring Concert 2022
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Alice Farnham
Soloist
Aaron Akugbo
Programme
NYOS Senior Orchestra adopts a new form in 2022, reimagined as a chamber-sized orchestra.

Junior Orchestra Spring Concert 2022
The Albert Halls, Stirling
Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Programme
NYOS Junior Orchestra is back with a bang! Making its long-awaited return to the concert platform in a vibrant musical celebration of works from across the globe.

Programme
Music video for Philip Glass' Symphony No.3, Movements III and IV Featuring Scottish Ensemble and senior members of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland. To watch the film click here

White Christmasby Irving Berlin arr. Moss Taylor
Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
Programme
We were delighted to still be able to share a little bit of festive joy with everyone in the form of this Christmas classic lovingly arranged by NYOS Jazz pianist Moss Taylor. To watch the film click here

Dance from a DistanceDigital Collaboration with C Duncan & BBC SSO
Online
Conductor
C Duncan
Programme
Dance from a Distance by C Duncan, perfromed by the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. To watch the film click here

NYOS Symphony OrchestraSummer Tour | 4-6 August 2020
Perth Concert Hall
Music Hall, Aberdeen
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Jamie Phillips
Programme
This August NYOS Symphony Orchestra is delighted to welcome conductor Jamie Phillips to the podium for the first time.

Conductor
Alice Farnham
Programme
NYOS Senior Orchestra ends its exciting year with a complete performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer Concert 2020
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Soloist
Iona McDonald (Violin)
Programme
This exciting year culminates with a performance of the complete Alexander Borodin’s Second Symphony, marking only the second time that NYOS Junior Orchestra has performed an entire symphony.

NYOS Jazz OrchestraSummer Tour | 23-25 July 2020
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld
Conductor
Andrew Bain (Director)
Soloist
Paul Booth
Programme
This summer NYOS Jazz Orchestra continue its recent explorations of world-music with award-winning saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader Paul Booth.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Spring Concert 2020
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Alice Farnham
Programme
Guiding the Orchestra through this wonderful programme is conductor Alice Farnham, one of Classic FM’s Ten Best Women Conductors 2019.

NYOS Symphony OrchestraSpring Concerts 2020
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Christian Kluxen
Programme
We are delighted to continue our partnership with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and we welcome to the podium former RSNO Assistant Conductor Christian Kluxen.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring Concert 2020
The Albert Halls, Stirling
Conductor
Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Programme
The spring concert opens with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, composed for Heinrich Joseph Collin’s 1804 interpretation of the famous Greek tragedy.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Summer Tour | 6-9 AugustNYOS 40th Anniversary
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
Caird Hall, Dundee
The Albert Halls, Stirling
Conductor
Jessica Cottis
Soloist
Daishin Kashimoto
Programme
Grażyna Bacewicz, Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No.1
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra

NYOS Senior Orchestra Summer Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Dionysis Grammenos
Soloist
Alexey Stadler
Programme
Andrzej Panufnik, Concerto Festivo
Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Symphony No.2

NYOS Jazz Orchestra – Summer Tour 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye (Skye Festival)
Birnam Arts Centre
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The MAC, Belfast
Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo Jazz Festival
Conductor
Andrew Bain & Malcolm Edmonstone
Soloist
Yazz Ahmed
Programme
Yazz is composer who seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage. Her music has been described as ‘psychedelic Arabic jazz, intoxicating and compelling’.
To complement Yazz’s music, Malcolm has also arranged a set inspired by other incredible female artists including Nikki Iles among others.

NYOS Jazz Access Summer Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
An Talla Mhòr, Skye (Skye Festival)
Conductor
Jules Jackson
Programme
NYOS Jazz Access presents ‘Rush Hour Jazz’ in a place where the rush hour consists of the 20 vehicles recently disembarked from the Mallaig to Armadale ferry.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist
Mark James
Programme
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dance No.5
Alexander Arutiunian, Trumpet Concerto
William Walton, Crown Imperial
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No.8

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Spring Tour 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Elim Chan
Soloist
Steven Osborne
Programme
We are delighted that this spring’s NYOS Symphony Orchestra concerts mark the beginning of our new partnership with the RSNO.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Spring Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Dionysis Grammenos
Programme
“An evening of fine music making, showing the remarkable musicianship these young players are capable of. Mixing a grand sweep with abundant spirit and passion” The Scotsman

NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring Concert 2019NYOS 40th Anniversary
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Jon Hargreaves
Programme
We are thrilled to welcome conductor Jon Hargreaves to the podium this spring to lead our youngest members through an array of pieces chosen to introduce our players to some of the very best of the orchestral repertoire at this early stage in their musical lives as they perform as part of NYOS Junior Orchestra.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra with Guest Artist Jason SinghStirling
Tolbooth, Stirling
BBC Quay, Glasgow
Conductor
Andrew Bain & Malcolm Edmonstone
Soloist
Jason Singh
Programme
NYOS Jazz Orchestra presents a profusion of cool jazz in two parts.

Cumnock Tryst Festival ClubNYOS Jazz Ambassadors
Dumfries Arms Hotel, 54 Glaisnock Street, KA18 1BY
Programme
The Cumnock Tryst Festival host a special Festival Club each evening from 21.30 on Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th of October 2018. The event is free and open to all. All they ask is to ‘pay what you like’ as a donation on the night. The NYOS Jazz Ambassadors perform on Saturday 6th October and will be joined by performers from Drake Music Scotland’s Digital Orchestra at the Festival Club.

Same River ThriceNYOS Futures with Drake Music Scotland Digital Orchestra
Boswell Centre, Cumnock
Programme
SAME RIVER THRICE is a creative collaboration between Drake Music Scotland and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, written by Malcolm Edmnostone and performed live at this year’s Cumnock Tryst Festival by Drake Music Scotland's Digital Orchestra alongside NYOS Futures.

Glasgow Doors Open Days FestivalNational Youth Orchestras of Scotland Offices and Event Space
13 Somerset Place, G3 7JT
Programme
The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland is delighted to announce its first ever involvement in Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival 2018.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Summer TourEdinburgh International Festival
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Paul Daniel
Programme
After 30 years, NYOS Symphony Orchestra makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh International Festival 2018.

Tell Us Who We AreNational Youth Performing Arts Companies of Scotland
The Old Fruitmarket
The Old Fruitmarket
The Old Fruitmarket
The Old Fruitmarket
Programme
In Tell Us Who We Are, the young people question and explore who they are as millennials within society. Through the prism of war, they contrast their lives to all of the young people who have lived in the century following the end of World War One.
They have all the world’s information they could ever need at the touch of a button but now, in the Year of Young People, they want to know what the world thinks of them and if they’re voice is being heard.

Glasgow Meets Berlin - a gala celebrationGlasgow Festival 2018 Concert
George Square, Glasgow
Conductor
Paul Daniel
Programme
A celebratory gala concert with the NYOS Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow and the Universität der Künste in Berlin.
Through a live link, audiences in George Square Glasgow and on the European Mile in Berlin can experience the excitement and atmosphere of the concerts in both cities on the stage and big screen.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Summer TourCaird Hall, Dundee
Caird Hall, Dundee
Conductor
Paul Daniel
Programme
This extraordinary tour opens in Dundee at the glorious Caird Hall, where NYOS Symphony Orchestra perform a selection of pieces from its full summer programme.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Summer Concert Th Power of Nature
Ayr Town Hall
Conductor
Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Programme
This summer NYOS Senior Orchestra, conducted by Catherine Larsen-Maguire, presents a programme designed to challenge and inspire its members.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra Summer Tour with Jason SinghEdinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Teviot Row Debating Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Andrew Bain & Malcolm Edmonstone
Soloist
Jason Singh
Programme
This summer NYOS Jazz Orchestra presents a profusion of cool jazz over four concerts, in two parts.
NYOS Jazz Orchestra Summer Tour with Jason SinghAberdeen
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Conductor
Andrew Bain & Malcolm Edmonstone
Soloist
Jason Singh
Programme
This summer NYOS Jazz Orchestra presents a profusion of cool jazz over four concerts, in two parts.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer ConcertThe Power of Nature
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Soloist
Ben Burnley
Programme
This summer in Glasgow NYOS Junior Orchestra, conducted by Holly Mathieson present a programme sure to delight audiences of all ages.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra Summer TourThe Power of Nature
Sabhal Mór Ostaig, Isle of Skye
Ironworks, Inverness
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Teviot Row Debating Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Andrew Bain
Soloist
Jason Singh
Programme
This summer NYOS Jazz Orchestra presents a profusion of cool jazz over four concerts, in two parts.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Spring TourThe Power of Nature
Perth Concert Hall
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Rebecca Miller
Soloist
James Willshire
Programme
This spring in Perth and Glasgow, NYOS Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the compelling and insightful Rebecca Miller, present a programme full of natural wonder.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Spring Concert The Power of Nature
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Programme
This spring NYOS Senior Orchestra, conducted for the first time by Catherine Larsen-Maguire present a programme designed to challenge and inspire its members with repertoire influenced by nature, sure to captivate its audience. Arrive early for a special pre-concert performance.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring ConcertThe Power of Nature
The Albert Halls, Stirling
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Programme
This spring in Stirling NYOS Junior Orchestra, conducted by Holly Mathieson present a programme full of natural wonder sure to delight audiences of all ages.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra – Spring ConcertMiles Ahead
Milton Court Concert Hall, The Barbican Centre
Programme
Some of the finest young bands in the world come together in a showcase of what could well be the future of Jazz. Hear Miles Davis and Gil Evans’s Miles Ahead and more played by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra, NYOS Jazz Orchestra and the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra.

Melody QuestNYOS Camerata with Children’s Classic Concerts
New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Programme
The musical crew of the good ship Camerata and Children’s Classic Concerts favourites Olly and Owen are enlisting the help of adventurous children everywhere - solve the cryptic clues that will take you around the globe, collecting tunes and finding rhythms that will have you dancing on the deck.

NYOS Camerata with Comedian Vikki StoneConcerto for Comedian and Orchestra
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
Conductor
Ben Glassberg
Soloist
Vikki Stone
Programme
"For one night only, award-winning comedian/composer Vikki Stone will perform her brand-new orchestral work Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra, alongside one of Scotland's finest youth chamber ensembles: NYOS Camerata."

NYOS Futures & Drake Music Scotland's Digital OrchestraMicroscopic Dances
The Tom Fleming Centre, Stewart’s Melville College, Edinburgh
Conductor
Oliver Searle
Programme
Following the huge success of Drake Music Scotland and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland collaboration "Same River Twice" in 2015 with composer Malcolm Edmonstone, musicians from these two organisations are coming together again to collaborate with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Composer, Oliver Searle.
NYOS Symphony Orchestra – Summer Tour
Perth Concert Hall
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Michael Francis
Soloist
Colin Currie
Programme
The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) are delighted to announce world-famous percussionist, Colin Currie as soloist this summer visiting Aberdeen, Perth and Glasgow.

NYOS Senior Orchestra – Summer Concert
The Albert Halls, Stirling
Conductor
Maxime Tortelier
Soloist
Sarah Ayoub (piano)
Programme
We are delighted to welcome conductor Maxime Tortelier to work with NYOS Senior Orchestra again this summer.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra – Summer Tour 2017Road Trip Across the Americas
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Tolbooth, Stirling
Rose Theatre, Edinburgh
Soloist
Malcolm MacFarlane
Programme
NYOS Jazz Orchestra present a programme that takes them on a 'Road Trip Across America'. The orchestra is led, as always by Music director Malcolm Edmonstone and Principal Conductor Andrew Bain and the featured guest artist this summer is the amazing Scottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane.

NYOS Junior Orchestra – Summer Concert
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Soloist
Findlay Spence (cello)
Programme
Conductor Holly Mathieson once again takes charge of NYOS Junior Orchestra for its concert this summer at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh.

NYOS Jazz Collective Spring Concert UNESCO International Jazz Day
City of Music Studio, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Programme
Each year UNESCO International Jazz Day recognizes Jazz as an art form capable of “promoting peace and dialogue among cultures, diversity and respect for human rights while reinforcing the role of youth in enacting social change.”

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Spring ConcertsThe Americas
Perth Concert Hall
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Tecwyn Evans
Soloist
Chloë Hanslip
Programme
The Americas is the theme for all National Youth Orchestras of Scotland ensembles throughout 2017. During its spring tour NYOS Symphony Orchestra will perform a blend of well known standards together with rarely heard gems directly linked to, or inspired by, the Americas.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Spring Concert The Americas
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Maxime Tortelier
Programme
NYOS Senior Orchestra perform an array of exhilarating and horizon broadening compositions inspired by the Americas under the baton of conductor Maxime Tortelier.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring ConcertThe Americas
Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Programme
This spring, under the baton of conductor Holly Mathieson, NYOS Junior Orchestra presents a broad spectrum of music from North and South American composers – with music rarely heard in the UK or European concert halls – together with works by more prominent European composers inspired to celebrate the remarkable diversity of the Americas.

Ascent: Concerts by CandlelightScottish Ensemble featuring players from NYOS Symphony Orchestra
St John’s Kirk, Perth
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Wellington Church, Glasgow
St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen
Caird Hall, Dundee
Inverness Cathedral, Inverness
Conductor
Jonathan Morton
Programme
Escape the festive flurry and join the UK’s leading string orchestra for an atmospheric evening of radiant light and shimmering music.

Ellington in AnticipationNYOS Futures with Mark Lockheart
Queens Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Directed by by Malcolm Edmonstone
Soloist
Mark Lockheart
Programme
This concert marks a new collaboration between NYOS Futures and Mark Lockheart, directed by Malcolm Edmonstone performing music from Mark’s latest album ‘Ellington in Anticipation’.

Conductor
Eamonn Dougan
Soloist
Leigh Melrose
Programme
We are delighted to announce that NYOS Camerata will perform at the Cumnock Tryst 2016 alongside a wealth of musical riches at the newest Tryst venue, Auchinleck Parish Church, also known as Barony Church.

NYOS Camertawith Hebrides Ensemble in association with EFNYO
The Church of the Holy Rude
Glasgow Cathedral
Conductor
Will Conway
Programme
This wonderful new collaborative project is a continuation of an exchange programme combining the talents of students from NYOS Camerata, the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest (NJO) in the Netherlands and players from Hebrides Ensemble. Rehearsals will take place in Glasgow in early August under the direction of conductor Will Conway in preparation for two unique chamber concert performances.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra 2016 Summer TourSecond Leg
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-upon-Avon
The Royal Albert Hall, London
Conductor
Malcolm Edmonstone & Andrew Bain
Soloist
Iain Ballamy & Liane Carroll
Programme
This summer we are excited to welcome back previous collaborators – saxophonist Iain Ballamy performing some of his compositions such as All Men Amen and Floater along with pianist/vocalist Liane Carroll – to perform a series of arrangements by Malcolm Edmonstone, including songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Carole King and others.

NYOS Symphony OrchestraSummer Tour
City Halls, Glasgow
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
The Royal Albert Hall, London
Conductor
Ilan Volkov
Soloist
Pavel Kolesnikov
Programme
The Invitation to the Dance extends into the summer as NYOS Symphony Orchestra (The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland) performs a sumptuous selection of ballet music, which includes Stravinsky’s wonderfully rhythmic composition The Firebird.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Summer Concert
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Conductor
James Lowe
Programme
This summer, NYOS Senior Orchestra will make a welcome return to the stunning Greyfriars Kirk for an afternoon performance in Edinburgh. Before that however, the young musicians have the honour of performing at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference 2016 at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
NYOS Senior Orchestra ISME Performance
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
James Lowe
Programme
This summer, NYOS Senior Orchestra have the honour of performing at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference 2016 at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer Concert 2016
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Soloist
Calum Tonner
Programme
This year we are delighted to welcome back Holly Mathieson for her second season as conductor of the Junior Orchestra and we look forward to another year of inspired performances.

NYOS Jazz Access 2016 Summer TourWith NYOS Jazz Orchestra
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
RSNO Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Jules Jackson
Programme
This year, NYOS Jazz Access performs on tour with NYOS Jazz Orchestra. Under the direction of Jules Jackson, its repertoire includes an array of big band classics and arrangements of familiar recent hits.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra 2016 Summer TourFirst Leg with NYOS Jazz Access
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
RSNO Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor
Malcolm Edmonstone & Andrew Bain
Soloist
Iain Ballamy & Liane Carroll
Programme
This summer we are excited to welcome back previous collaborators – saxophonist Iain Ballamy performing some of his compositions such as All Men Amen and Floater along with pianist/vocalist Liane Carroll – to perform a series of arrangements by Malcolm Edmonstone, including songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Carole King and others.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra Spring Concertwith Ian Dixon and Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra
Hallé St. Peter’s, Manchester
Conductor
Ian Dixon
Programme
This spring, NYOS Jazz Orchestra joins Iain Dixon, in collaboration with equally talented young musicians from the vibrant Greater Manchester jazz scene. Iain boasts an illustrious career, which began with the BBC Radio Orchestra and the BBC Big Band, and we eagerly anticipate this unique project arranged for double big band.

Conductor
James Lowe
Programme
This April, NYOS Senior Orchestra in association with Ayr Arts Guild, make a welcome return to the beautiful Ayr Town Hall with Conductor James Lowe.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert Series
Perth Concert Hall
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
Alpesh Chauhan
Soloist
Alec Frank-Gemmill
Programme
This spring, NYOS Symphony Orchestra will perform a wonderfully rich programme of dance-infused repertoire including Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet to commemorate 400 years since the death of Shakespeare. So loved are both the story and Sergei Prokofiev’s score that virtually every ballet company in the world has a production of Romeo and Juliet in its repertory.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring Concert 2016
Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Programme
In 2016 NYOS Junior Orchestra will perform a wonderfully rich programme of dance-infused repertoire from different countries including a range of ballet music such as Khachaturian’s Spartacus Ballet Suite No 2

The Cumnock TrystNYOS Camerata with Hebrides Ensemble, Genesis Sixteen, The Cumnock Festival Chorus
Cumnock Old Church
Conductor
Eamonn Dougan
Programme
We are delighted to announce that NYOS Camerata will perform at the Cumnock Tryst 2016 alongside a wealth of musical riches at the newest Tryst venue, Auchinleck Parish Church, also known as Barony Church.

NYOS Camerata September Performances Collaboration with Hebrides Ensemble
The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Peter Selwyn
Soloist
Wotan – Paul Carey Jones | Brünnhilde – Miriam Murphy | Siegmund – Ronald Samm | Sieglinde – Janice Watson | Fricka – Andrea Baker
Programme
This series of concerts marks the second year of an exciting collaboration between The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland and Hebrides Ensemble.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra China TourTianjin
Tianjin Grand Theatre
Conductor
Rory Macdonald
Soloist
Danny Driver
Programme
We take to China a programme full of Scottish Connections, which has been the theme for all NYOS orchestras this year. We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Erik Chisholm, the Scottish composer, by performing his first Piano Concerto – 'Pìorbaireachd'.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra China TourBeijing
Beijing Concert Hall
Conductor
Rory Macdonald
Soloist
Danny Driver
Programme
We take to China a programme full of Scottish Connections, which has been the theme for all NYOS orchestras this year. We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Erik Chisholm, the Scottish composer, by performing his first Piano Concerto – 'Pìorbaireachd'.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra China TourShanghai - Sponsored by Weir China
Shanghai Grand Theatre
Conductor
Rory Macdonald
Soloist
Danny Driver
Programme
We take to China a programme full of Scottish Connections, which has been the theme for all NYOS orchestras this year. We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Erik Chisholm, the Scottish composer, by performing his first Piano Concerto – 'Pìorbaireachd'.

NYOS Symphony OrchestraBon Voyage Concert - Perth Concert Hall
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Rory Macdonald
Soloist
Danny Driver
Programme
NYOS Symphony Orchestra performs only one date in Scotland this summer at Perth Concert Hall on 29th July 2015. Come along and wish the Orchestra 'Bon Voyage' as it sets off on its adventure to China.

NYOS Senior Orchestra Summer ConcertCity Halls, Glasgow
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor
James Lowe
Soloist
Leonard Elschenbroich
Programme
This summer, NYOS Senior Orchestra will be joined by Leonard Elschenbroich - the charming and deeply expressive cellist - to perform Bloch's Schelomo.

NYOS Jazz OrchestraSummer Tour
Sabhal Mór Ostaig, Isle of Skye
Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conductor
Malcolm Edmonstone & Andrew Bain
Soloist
Iain Ballamy
Programme
Due to circumstances out with our control the Glasgow performance venue has now changed. The concert will now take place at Cottiers Theatre in Hyndland instead of Websters Theatre on Great Western Road. The concert will still take place at 8pm on Thursday 16th July.
Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Tickets are still available through via Cottiers - Websters Box Office
NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer ConcertGreyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Soloist
Diana Sheach
Programme
This summer, conductor Holly Mathieson will once again conduct NYOS Junior Orchestra for its concert in July at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.
Following its fantastic spring concert - at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - students, tutors and audience members alike were united in their praise of Holly and how she interacted and inspired the orchestra to deliver such a mature and precise performance.
NYOS Junior OrchestraSpring Concert
Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Conductor
Holly Mathieson
Programme
This year's programme features music with a Scottish Connection, including Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances and Claude Debussy’s Marche Ecossaise. NYOS Junior Orchestra will also perform Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, which is one of the BBC’s 10 Pieces.

'A Northumbrian Kist'NYOS Futures at The Maltings Theatre's 25th Birthday Celebrations
Guildhall, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conductor
Chris George
Programme
A Northumbrian Kist' is inspired by an old local word for treasure chest and this concert is a rich mix of glorious string orchestral music

Conductor
James Lowe
Soloist
Daniel Rainey (violin)
Programme
The Senior Orchestra follows it's critically acclaimed 2014 season with a celebration marking the 150th anniversary of Jean Sibelius.
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NYOS Symphony OrchestraSpring Concerts - Glasgow & Dundee
City Halls, Glasgow
Dundee, Caird Hall
Conductor
Nicholas Collon
Soloist
James Wilshire
Programme
Following the spring residential course, NYOS Symphony Orchestra will continue the Scottish Connections theme, performing Strauss’ masterful tone-poem Macbeth in two of Scotland’s most renowned concert halls, the City Halls, Glasgow and the Caird Hall, Dundee.
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Aberdeen Jazz Festival
Jazz on the Green – Carmelite Hotel, Aberdeen
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Programme
For their 2015 season, the young musicians of NYOS Jazz Access ensemble look to one of the most exciting periods in jazz music - to the 1970s. After the liberalism of the 1960s and the emergence of the free and avant garde scenes, and the emergence of rock and roll, the inevitable fusion of jazz and rock came of age.
The Directors' CutNYOS Jazz workshop and audition Tour
Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Ben Nevis Hotel, Fort William
Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Programme
NYOS Jazz Artistic Directors Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain perform live as a trio with special guest Malcolm MacFarlane on guitar in selected venues across Scotland. Music will feature a mixture of funk, soul and traditional jazz guaranteed to put everyone in a festive mood.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra at London Jazz Festival 2014
Freestage, Clore Ballroom London Southbank
Conductor
Andrew Bain
Soloist
Gordon McNeil
Programme
NYOS Jazz Orchestra of Scotland is one of Scotland’s foremost youth jazz ensembles. Under the direction of Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, and featuring soloist Gordon McNeil on saxophone, will recreate the magic of Brecker, from moving ballads to upbeat fusion.

NYOS Futures with Hebrides Ensemble
Younger Hall, St Andrews
Programme
Linda Buckley fiol String trio
Mozart Piano Concerto arr for Piano quintet No 14 K449 E flat major
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57

35th Anniversary Gala ConcertUsher Hall, Edinburgh
Worcester Cathedral – 3 Choirs Festival
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor
Michael Francis
Soloist
Håkan Hardenberger
Programme
In 2014 The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) celebrates 35 years of nurturing talent by hosting a 35th Anniversary Gala Concert attended by its Patron, HRH The Earl of Wessex at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, 2nd August 2014. The main flagship orchestra of NYOS, The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, will be joined, on stage, by possibly the best trumpet player alive today, Håkan Hardenberger.
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NYOS Senior Orchestra Concert at Greyfriars Kirk
Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh
Conductor
James Lowe
Soloist
Benjamin Grosvenor
Programme
NYOS Senior Orchestra will Commemorate the First World War Centenary this July with Benjamin Grosvenor at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. Later on in the month the orchestra takes part in the biggest event during the opening weekend of the Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival.

NYOS Junior Orchestra Summer Concert, Perth Concert Hall
Perth Concert Hall
Conductor
Roland Kieft
Soloist
Jessica Coleman
Programme
NYOS Junior Orchestra celebrate the Commonwealth this summer in Perth with a programme including music by Bruch, Walton and Eric Coates.

Jazz Access at Aberdeen Jazz Festival
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Conductor
Malcolm Edmonstone & Andrew Bain
Programme
For their 2015 season, the young musicians of NYOS Jazz Access ensemble look to one of the most exciting periods in jazz music - to the 1970s. After the liberalism of the 1960s and the emergence of the free and avant garde scenes, and the emergence of rock and roll, the inevitable fusion of jazz and rock came of age.
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