New faces to guide SYO in 2021
Jan 4 2021 Members of the Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra met at the annual general meeting recently to hear how the Shoalhaven’s regional orchestra for young musicians had managed to continue making music during a rocky 2020.
Students transitioned to Zoom rehearsals with Musical Directors John Dunstan and Eryn Deys and the orchestra invested time into developing its long term initiatives for increasing enrolments and interest for orchestral instruments in the area.
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See Shoalhaven City Council’s arts grants recipients
July 17 2020 Five individual artists plus the Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra will benefit from Shoalhaven City Council’s Arts Board’s grants announced on Monday, June 29.
In celebrating twenty years of music education the Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra will host refreshing, vibrant and inspirational masterclasses for emerging musicians in the community at the Nowra School of Arts featuring SYO students and SYO alumni.
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SYO turns 20 with new manager
Jan 21 2020 The Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra will see a former student come full circle this year, when Ryley Gillen takes the reigns as manager.
In 2020 The Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra (SYO) enters its twentieth year of providing tuition and performance opportunities for aspiring young musicians on the South Coast.
Ryley is currently Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the ballet company Illawarra On Pointe Productions and is a board member to the Create NSW Classical Music Advisory Board, an organisation which guides multi-million dollar funding for artistic companies across the state.
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SYO shines at concert
Dec 18 2019 Saturday, December 14 saw the Nowra School of Arts bustling with patrons eager to hear what the students of the Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra had to offer for their huge end of year celebration concert, and the students did not dissapoint.
The crowd’s murmurs faded with the house lights as maestro, John Dunstan, lifted his baton to call the orchestra to a readied position.
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Freemasons boost Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra
April 1 2019
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