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The National Youth Orchestra

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We are the UK’s leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.

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Get behind-the-scenes with NYO as they rehearse Bernstein’s West Side Story. 🥁🎺🎶 Hear it live in concert halls next week as we take To the Beat on tour: 📍14 Apr B:Music, responsible for Symphony Hall & Town Hall 📍15 Apr Roundhouse 📍16 Apr Sheffield City Hall 📍18 Apr The Bridgewater Hall nyo.org.uk/performances

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Birmingham, London, Sheffield and Manchester, are you ready for To the Beat? 🤩 The Orchestra are about to bring the drama of Petrushka and West Side Side story to life and get lost in the rhythm of Jennifer Higdon's Percussion Concert. 🎻🥁🪇🎷 nyo.org.uk/performances

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To the Beat percussion practice 🪘🌟 .....inside the practice room with NYO percussionist, Lily and To the Beat soloist, Jordan Ashman. 🥁 Are you ready to experience the electrifying energy of To the Beat? The tour kicks off on Monday! 🤩 nyo.org.uk/performances

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We go on tour tomorrow! For the last week, the teenage musicians of The National Youth Orchestra have pushed themselves to reach new heights.🚀 Birmingham, London, Sheffield and Manchester. Are you ready to experience To the Beat? nyo.org.uk/performances

We go on tour tomorrow! 

For the last week, the teenage musicians of The National Youth Orchestra have pushed themselves to reach new heights.🚀

Birmingham, London, Sheffield and Manchester. Are you ready to experience To the Beat?

nyo.org.uk/performances
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We’ve arrived in Birmingham Town Hall! 🤩 Join us tonight at 7.30pm as we take to the stage with To the Beat, together with conductor Paolo Bortolameolli and percussion soloist Jordan Ashman. 🎶🥁🎺 Don’t miss a beat. Grab your last minute tickets now: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…

We’ve arrived in Birmingham Town Hall! 🤩

Join us tonight at 7.30pm as we take to the stage with To the Beat, together with conductor Paolo Bortolameolli and percussion soloist Jordan Ashman. 🎶🥁🎺

Don’t miss a beat. Grab your last minute tickets now: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…
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To the Beat at Roundhouse TONIGHT at 7.30pm!! 🤩🥁🎶 Just a couple of hours until you join us at Roundhouse for an evening of electrifying orchestral music powered by the limitless energy of a new generation. Last few tickets available: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…

To the Beat at Roundhouse TONIGHT at 7.30pm!! 🤩🥁🎶

Just a couple of hours until you join us at <a href="/RoundhouseLDN/">Roundhouse</a>  for an evening of electrifying orchestral music powered by the limitless energy of a new generation. 

Last few tickets available: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…
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Sheffield, we're HERE! 💥🎶 Tonight, Sheffield City Hall will bounce To the Beat of The National Youth Orchestra. Join us at 7pm for a massive celebration of rhythm, as the Orchestra bring the stories of Petrushka and West Side Story to life through music. nyo.org.uk/performances/t…

Sheffield, we're HERE! 💥🎶

Tonight, <a href="/SheffCityHall/">Sheffield City Hall</a> will bounce To the Beat of The National Youth Orchestra.

Join us at 7pm for a massive celebration of rhythm, as the Orchestra bring the stories of Petrushka and West Side Story to life through music.

nyo.org.uk/performances/t…
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To the Beat has gone way beyond the stage! Musicians have taken music into hospitals, schools, youth centres and more, across Birmingham, Wolverhampton, London, Sheffield, Wigan... we're not finished yet. Join us at The Bridgewater Hall tomorrow night! 👇 nyo.org.uk/performances/t…

To the Beat has gone way beyond the stage!

Musicians have taken music into hospitals, schools, youth centres and more, across Birmingham, Wolverhampton, London, Sheffield, Wigan... we're not finished yet. 

Join us at <a href="/BridgewaterHall/">The Bridgewater Hall</a> tomorrow night! 👇

nyo.org.uk/performances/t…
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Manchester, are you ready for To the Beat? 🥁 It’s the last stop on our nationwide tour. 🙌 Today, we've taken orchestral music to the people of Manchester in some surprising spaces and places! 😯 Join us at The Bridgewater Hall tonight: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…

Manchester, are you ready for To the Beat? 🥁

It’s the last stop on our nationwide tour. 🙌

Today, we've taken orchestral music to the people of Manchester in some surprising spaces and places! 😯

Join us at <a href="/BridgewaterHall/">The Bridgewater Hall</a> tonight: nyo.org.uk/performances/t…
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We’re still pinching ourselves… To the Beat was completely ELECTRIFYING!⚡️ "Standards are still astonishingly high at NYO, which was here as impressive in Stravinsky as it was in a modern percussion concerto." 4* The Telegraph "Great national cultural asset" 4* The Times and The Sunday Times

We’re still pinching ourselves… To the Beat was completely ELECTRIFYING!⚡️

"Standards are still astonishingly high at NYO, which was here as impressive in Stravinsky as it was in a modern percussion concerto." 4* <a href="/Telegraph/">The Telegraph</a>

"Great national cultural asset" 4* <a href="/thetimes/">The Times and The Sunday Times</a>
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Apply now to join the Orchestra of 2026! 🙌 NYO violinist Penelope tells you about how she got inspired to apply and why you shouldn’t be worried about the audition process. ☺️🎶 It’s FREE to apply. Submit your application by 19 May. nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…

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We’re back at the BBC Proms! 🤩 Get ready for a musical adventure powered by a full-force teenage orchestra, guaranteed to take you beyond Royal Albert Hall to a galaxy far, far away..... ⭐️9 August 7pm - Proms ⭐️10 August 11am - Relaxed Proms Booking opens on 17 May.

We’re back at the <a href="/bbcproms/">BBC Proms</a>! 🤩 

Get ready for a musical adventure powered by a full-force teenage orchestra, guaranteed to take you beyond <a href="/RoyalAlbertHall/">Royal Albert Hall</a> to a galaxy far, far away.....  

⭐️9 August 7pm - Proms
⭐️10 August 11am - Relaxed Proms

Booking opens on 17 May.
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Listen back to the finale of To the Beat at The Bridgewater Hall, tonight at 7.30pm on BBC Radio 3! 🔊🎶 Petrushka, Higdon's Percussion Concerto and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story + interviews with musicians and conductor, Alpesh Chauhan. 🎙️ Also available on BBC Sounds. 🎧

Listen back to the finale of To the Beat at <a href="/BridgewaterHall/">The Bridgewater Hall</a>, tonight at 7.30pm on <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a>! 🔊🎶

Petrushka, Higdon's Percussion Concerto and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story + interviews with musicians and conductor, Alpesh Chauhan. 🎙️

Also available on <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a>. 🎧
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Apply for the greatest musical adventure out there....🔭 You have until 19 May to complete your applications for the Orchestra of 2026! 🎺 Apply now: nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…

Apply for the greatest musical adventure out there....🔭

You have until 19 May to complete your applications for the Orchestra of 2026! 🎺

Apply now: nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…
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Listen back to our To the Beat performance at The Bridgewater Hall 🎶 Petrushka, West Side Story and Higdon's dazzling Percussion Concerto... + interviews with musicians and conductor, Alpesh Chauhan bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Thinking about applying for the Orchestra of 2026? Meet Prince. He discovered the double bass at school and accelerated as a musician through NYO Inspire, before securing his seat in the Orchestra. Apply for the Orchestra of 2026 by 19 May! nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…

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Are you a young Musician aged 13 to 19? Apply to audition for the National Youth Orchestra. 🗓️Deadline: 19 May Find out more: tinyurl.com/knr9fk8y The National Youth Orchestra

Are you a young Musician aged 13 to 19?

Apply to audition for the National Youth Orchestra.

🗓️Deadline: 19 May
Find out more: tinyurl.com/knr9fk8y
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Imagine a year on the greatest musical adventure of your life. 😮 There's only 2 weeks left to submit your application for the Orchestra of 2026! Complete your application by 19 May! 📥 nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…

Imagine a year on the greatest musical adventure of your life. 😮 

There's only 2 weeks left to submit your application for the Orchestra of 2026! 

Complete your application by 19 May! 📥

nyo.org.uk/get-involved/t…