Gateshead Youth Orchestra http://www.g-y-o.org.uk Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:16:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GYO Alumni wins major prize http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gyo-alumni-wins-major-prize http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gyo-alumni-wins-major-prize#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:30:37 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=2234 We are delighted to announce that The Busch Ensemble has just won the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition 2012!  The joint  Artistic Director of The Busch Ensemble is Jonathan Bloxham GYO alumni.  We would like to send Jonathan and his ensemble our very best wishes and many congratulations.

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gyo-alumni-wins-major-prize/feed 0 Great North Big Band Jazz Festival 2012 Competition http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/great-north-big-band-jazz-festival-2012-competition http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/great-north-big-band-jazz-festival-2012-competition#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:25:46 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=2173 We are delighted to announce that our Swing/Big Band ensemble Paraffernalia has won the Youth Section of the Great North Big Band Jazz Festival Competition.  We would like to send congratulations to Mr Blakey and all members of the band.

We would also like to extend our congratulations to Beth who was awarded Ajudicator’s Special Award for her fantastic drumming.

The band then was given the honour of performing with adjudicator Paul Jones of the BBC Big Band in a rendition of The Chicken.

Our award winning band are taking to the stage of Hall One at The Sage Gateshead with  Jambone, and Tees Valley Big Band on Sunday 1st April.  Tickets priced at £4.00 per person are availabe from the box office of The Sage Gateshead.  The concert begins at 7.00 p.m.

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/great-north-big-band-jazz-festival-2012-competition/feed 0 Have you met Giovanni? http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/giovann http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/giovann#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:36:54 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=2147 GYO have a mascot called Giovanni,  in honour of one of our favourite composers Giovanni da Gigondas; which has been recently added to our range of merchandise. The bear is priced at £15.00 and is available from The Friends of the Gateshead Youth Orchestra.

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/giovann/feed 0 Charity Bag Pack Event http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/charity-bag-pack-event http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/charity-bag-pack-event#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:49:42 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=2137 We would like to thank everyone who attended the event which was held on 4th December at Marks and Spencer Metrocentre store: 93-97 Cameron Walk, Metro Centre, Gateshead, NE11 9YD.  The event raised £964.33 for the Friends of Gateshead Youth Orchestra charity.  Thank you to Marks and Spencer for allowing us to hold the event and their kind customers for all your donations.

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/charity-bag-pack-event/feed 0 Gateshead Music School Fees http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gateshead-music-school-fees http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gateshead-music-school-fees#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:53:42 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=2095 Fees for this year (2011/2012) will be £50 per term.

Remissions

• The fees will be reduced to £130 for the whole year, if the sum is paid in one installment.

• Siblings are entitled to a half price reduction.

• Students eligible for free school meals receive a full remission of fees (ie free membership)

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/gateshead-music-school-fees/feed 0 Our Patron John Wilson http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/our-patron-john-wilson http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/our-patron-john-wilson#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:16:53 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=1904 Gateshead Youth Orchestra is extremely proud and delighted to announce that John Wilson is our new patron.

John Wilson is a former Gateshead Youth Orchestra student who has established an enviable reputation as a conductor, arranger and scholar, recognised internationally as an expert in the specialist fields of light music, jazz and music for screen, as well as a passionate advocate for British music.   John studied composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music and won all the major conducting prizes and the coveted Tagore Gold Medal for the most outstanding student in his year.

Further information regarding John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra may be found here

John Treherne MBE Director of the Gateshead Youth Orchestra; remembers John Wilson as a prodigiously talented pupil, whose percussion teacher George Robinson often said that  ‘He (John Wilson) would put Gateshead on the map.’ This is certainly the case – his frequent appearances at  Promenade Concerts and the Sage Gateshead, and regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 bear witness to this.
John spent a week with the Music Service on work experience at the age of 16. He joined a workshop team, and after a day’s touring primary schools sat down and created an extraordinarily effective composition for the musicians in the team.

We are really excited that John Wilson has further consolidated his Gateshead Youth Orchestra association and are delighted that he has agreed to be the Patron of the Gateshead Youth Orchestra.

]]> http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/our-patron-john-wilson/feed 0 NEW Patrons Scheme http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/in-celebration http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/in-celebration#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:06:18 +0000 dawnb http://www.g-y-o.org.uk/?p=1846 A new Patrons Scheme has been launched for Gateshead Youth Orchestra and Gateshead ensembles.  Further information can be found here

We are always in need of help at concerts and fundraising events.  If you are able to assist us at any of these events, please e – mail us at info@g-y-o.org.uk or speak to a  Friends trustee,  or Barbara Murray and provide us with your contact details.

We are also in need of  raffle prizes for events, a donation box is usually available in the entranceway of the Gateshead Schools’ Music Service area at the Dryden Centre or give your donations to a Friends trustee or ensemble leader.  Thank you.

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