Concerts
There’s nothing the Orchestra love more than to perform in front of an appreciative audience. Here you can find information on upcoming concerts and past performances.
Upcoming Concerts
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Stockport Town Hall
This is a joint concert with SMS groups. SYO players should arrive by 6.30pm for a quick rehearsal. Please bring your own music stand
Book concert tickets here
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Stockport Songbook at Stockport Academy - part of Stockport Town of Culture
The Stockport Songbook - Part of Stockport Town of Culture. Brand new songs for primary schools with orchestra. Featuring Nicole Battick Youtube@Stockport Songbook
Rehearsal 6pm There are two short performances featuring all performers.
7pm - Book tickets here
7.45 pm - Book tickets here
Past Concerts
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60th Birthday Concert, RNCM
This was a fantastic concert to celebrate the 60th birthday of SYO. Making this extra special we were able to welcome back Jennifer Pike, a huge international star virtuoso violinist, her roots are here and she was once the leader of the Stockport Youth Orchestra.
Jennifer played the amazingly difficult Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto to great ovation.
Prior to this the Orchestra started off with Ay Caray! by Carlos Agreda who won the inaugural composition composition promoted by SYO.
The second half of the concert was filled with a great performance of Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma (opus 36)
A great review can be found at SYO Review
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Martin Harris Centre
The first half featured the Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens
Second Half:
- Elgar - Imperial March
- Berlioz - Hungarian March & March to Scaffold
- Gounod - Faust Ballet music
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St. Mary’s Church, Stockport
a festive selection of Carols and Christmas Music were played
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Stockport Town Hall
- Howard Skempton - Lento
- Sibelius - Spring Song & Finlandia
- Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
- Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto (Soloist - Sam Ball)
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St Mary's in the Market Place
Christmas Concert
Symphony Orchestra
Rimsky Korsakov – Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden Strauss II – The Blue Danube Congregational Carol Trad. Arr. Willcocks - O Come, All Ye Faithful Strauss II - Thunder & Lightning Polka
INTERVAL
Sinfonia and Symphony
Rimsky Korsakov – Polonaise from Christmas Eve Tchaikovsky – movements from Swan Lake Congregational Carol Trad. Arr. Willcocks - Hark! The Herald Angel Sing Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
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Stoller Hall, Mancheter
FROM DOWN UNDER: NSW PS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR
This Australian orchestra and choir are two of the best ensembles administered by The Arts Unit of the New South Wales Department of Education. The orchestra is currently comprised of 69 musicians and the choir of 42 singers. Students are generally of high school age (with an average age of 16) and represent a range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
The orchestra and choir will perform both separately and together on stage. Their repertoire includes works from Beethoven, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Whitacre, Whitwell and Riebl.
SYO will be joining our friends from Australia performing some of our current repertoir
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Stockport Town Hall
Joint concert with Manchester Youth String Orchestra
Tickets available on the door or in advance from SYO Box Office
Symphony Orchestra
- Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No.1
- Jonathan Dove – The Crocodiamond or Rita and the Wolf - Narrator: Alistair McColl
INTERVAL
Manchester Youth String Orchestra
- William Boyce – Symphony no. 4 in F, 1st movement.
- Arturo Piazzolla arr. Geth Griffith – 2 Tangos: Libertango and Oblivion
- Doug Spata – Storm Trail
Symphony Orchestra & Manchester Youth String Orchestra
- Jean Sibelius – Spring Song
- Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
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Martin Harris Center
Featuring former SYO leader Emma Oldfield playing the Havanaise by Saint-Saens
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Stockport Town HAll
Joint concert with Manchester Youth String Orchestra
Tickets available on the door or in advance from SYO Box Office
Symphony Orchestra
- Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No.1
- Jonathan Dove – The Crocodiamond or Rita and the Wolf - Narrator: Alistair McColl
INTERVAL
Manchester Youth String Orchestra
- William Boyce – Symphony no. 4 in F, 1st movement.
- Arturo Piazzolla arr. Geth Griffith – 2 Tangos: Libertango and Oblivion
- Doug Spata – Storm Trail
Symphony Orchestra & Manchester Youth String Orchestra
- Jean Sibelius – Spring Song
- Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
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Christ Church, West Didsbury - Darley Ave, Manchester M20 2ZD.
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SYO Christmas Concert
SYO Christmas Concert
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We are looking forward to welcome Kate de Campos back (ex leader) for the Telemann - Concerto for Viola in G along with the rest of our programme
Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.100 ‘Military’ Adagio - Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto for Viola in G Viola - Kate de Campos
Interval
Sinfonia and Symphony
Kenneth Leighton - Festive Overture
Georges Bizet - L’Arlésienne Suite No.1
Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
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Martin Harris Centre
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Christ Church, Didsbury
We welcomed Manchester Youth String Orchestra to join our Summer Concert
Stockport Youth Orchestra Gioachino Antonio Rossini - Overture: The Thieving Magpie Manchester Youth String Orchestra Trad. arr Plohman & Phillips - Tam Lyn Leonard Bernstein arr. Robert Longfield - Simple Song (from Mass) Solo Flute - Katie Wharton Edvard Grieg - Letzter Früling (from Elegiac Melodies op.34) Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz no.2 (from Suite for Variety stage orchestra) MYSO and SYO Strings Béla Bartók - Roumanian Folk Dances Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance) Brâul (Sash Dance) Pe loc (In One Spot) Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum) Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka) Mărunțel (Fast Dance) INTERVAL Zoltán Kodály - Háry János Suite Ed Cervenka - Cimbalom Igor Stravinsky - Suite: The Firebird (1919) Berceuse & Finale
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St Mary's in the Marketplace
“I have been in Stockport Youth Orchestra for around seven years and it’s been a wonderful way to further my musical abilities.”
Jamie Wilson