Irish Association of Youth Orchestras

Youth Orchestra Achievement Awards

The IAYO Youth Orchestra Achievement Awards for 2011 are now open. Two awards of €1,000 each will be made to orchestras at the 17th Festival of Youth Orchestras for their activities in 2011. Application details can be downloaded here.

Folk Arrangements for Elementary Orchestra.

At the IAYO Annual General Meeting in October, students from CIT Cork School of Music performed arrangements of traditional songs orchestrated by 2nd year BMus orchestration students over the last number of years. The arrangements are for string orchestra with clarinets and flutes up to grade 3 and piano up to grade 5. The recording and performance were arranged by Alan Cutts, lecturer in orchestration at the school. Listen to the Song of Yao Zu – Chinese -  arranged by Fen Long by clicking on the player below or browse and listen to all 17 arrangements here. Scores and parts are all available for download, or we can copy a ful set of scores in the IAYO office. (If you’re browsing on an iPhone, you can download all the mp3s to listen to by following the link.)

17th Festival of Youth Orchestras

The 17th Festival of Youth Orchestras takes place on Saturday 4th February at the National Concert Hall with performances of original scores, arrangements and popular classics. Tickets are on sale from the National Concert Hall on 01 417 0000 and from www.nch.ie. Prices remain the same as last year (€15) with €7.50 tickets for children and a discount of 40% for groups of ten or more. Family tickets are available at €40.

3pm performance

Sacred Heart School, Tullamore
North Wexford Youth Orchestra
Dundalk Grammar School Orchestra
Athenry Youth Orchestra

8pm performance

Saint Canice’s NS Orchestra
Galway Youth Jazz Orchestra
Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra
Junior Cork Youth Orchestra