Galway Youth Orchestra

Galway Youth Orchestra

Galway Youth Orchestra is the longest established community orchestra in the West of Ireland and is also amongst the longest running orchestras in the country. It has grown and flourished since 1982 and now looks forward to a year of celebration of 25 years of young people playing together.

The idea of creating an ensemble which would perform under the banner of the Galway Youth Orchestra started with a young Cork graduate, Maire Ni Dhuibhir in Spiddal and developed initially by gathering players from school orchestras in Galway City, Loughrea and Tuam. Very quickly this orchestra developed an identity of its own and since then the G.Y.O. has been shaped and developed by a number of conductors and hundreds of young players.

Junior Orchestra

Players, nine years and upwards, who are at a playing level equivalent to Grade 1 Associated Boards or Primary R.I.A.M. can audition for Junior Orchestra. They are usually ready to move to the Intermediate Orchestra when they are Grade 3 standard.In Junior Orchestra they are taught the basics of looking at the conductor and taking and interpreting his/her directions. They learn to listen to each other and become aware of intonation and learn the necessity of counting and keeping rhythm.These early years are also about honing their sight-reading skills because an orchestra player has a personal responsibility for reading their music.

Intermediate Orchestra

Players in this orchestra need to be at a good Grade 3 or 4 standard and the average age of entry if 12. The instrumental skills are markedly more advanced than the average Junior and consequently the difficulty level of the music is higher requiring more developed technique. At this level the players are being trained to notice the dynamics and to be aware of the colour and texture of the written music. The classical repertoire is more extensive for this orchestra.

enior Orchestra

Members of this orchestra need to be able to play at a grade 6-7 standard as this is the basic level that the conductors aim for if they wish to include symphonic works in their yearly programme. Works by the great composers are played in their original form and the Senior Orchestra needs to complete two full concert programmes in a year.

Alouette Wind Band

To address the cyclical surplus of flute and clarinet players in Junior and Intermediate Orchestra this ensemble was founded under the directorship of Joanne Cater in 2005. It proved to be so successful that it has now become established as a G.Y.O. ensemble and is open to both Junior and Intermediate members and players who are not attached to an orchestra.

Galway Youth Jazz Orchestra

Founded in 2006 this 21 strong orchestra is under the direction of Bertrand Huvé,John Fleming and Rick Harris. It comprises saxophone, trumpet, trombone, double bass, guitar,bass guitar, piano/keyboard, drums at intermediate to advanced level. Competent music reading is important.

External links

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References

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