The Orchestras
Hampshire County Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Tom Seligman
Time: 10.30-15.30 on alternate Saturdays during term time. Five to seven concerts a year.
Standard: Woodwind and Brass grade 8 or above. Strings, Harp and Percussion grade 7 or above.
Hampshire County Youth Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Tom Seligman
Time: typically 15:50-17.00 on up to 12 alternate Saturdays during term time plus some Sunday rehearsals. Two or three concerts a year.
Standard: All players grade 8 or above.
Hampshire County Youth String Orchestra
Conductor: Spike Wilson
Time: 10.30-15.10 on alternate Saturdays during term time. Five concerts a year.
Standard: Grade 4-8
Hampshire County Youth Wind Orchestra
Conductor: David Woodgates
Time: 10.30-15.10 on alternate Saturdays during term time. Five concerts a year.
Standard: Grade 5-8
Rehearsals: All groups rehearse at Thornden School, Chandler's Ford.
Courses: Every Easter at Bryanston Arts Centre, Dorset.
(HCYSO and HCYWO have a residential weekend at Avon Tyrrell in the New Forest each Autumn)
Workshops: Each year the HCY Chamber Orchestra has workshops with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Southern Sinfonia.
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