Student Player Applications
As part of its charitable outreach work, the orchestra offers the chance for young players to attend the first rehearsal for upcoming concerts and to play through the full programme.
This is a great opportunity to experience playing in a large orchestra, with the orchestra's inspirational conductor Simon Wright.
The musicians in each section will be very welcoming and helpful, and you won't be expected to play every note!
Invitation to play
The York Guildhall Orchestra will soon be preparing for their concert on Sunday 18th May 2025, in the Barbican, York. Click here for further concert information.
The orchestra extends an invitation for young players working at Grade 8 level to join the orchestra for their first rehearsal on Tuesday 29th April 2025, when they will be playing through the entire programme.
Our May concert sees us marking the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth with three of his most famous works, including the one and only 'Bolero'. We are thrilled to be welcoming internationally renowned pianist Martin Roscoe to play Shostakovich's beautiful second Piano Concerto with us: another celebration of Shostakovich's genius in this year marking the 50th anniversary of his death. It will be an unmissable concert!
Event details
Date:
Tuesday, 29th April 2025.
Time:
7:15pm for a 7:30pm start, until 10:00pm.
Place:
Archbishop Holgate's School, Hull Road, York, YO10 5ZA.
Music:
Kabalevsky - Overture Colas Breugnon
Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus
Khachaturian - Waltz from Masquerade
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 2
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2
Ravel - Bolero
Attendance
Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit on overall numbers to maintain the balance within the orchestra. We will try to rotate places to give everyone who applies a chance to attend a first rehearsal in the course of our concert season. Clarinettists will require an A clarinet.
If you would like to attend this rehearsal, please apply by filling in the application form, before Tuesday 8th April. Please note, if you are under 16 this form should be completed by your parent/carer.
Students who are under 16 will need to be brought to the rehearsal and collected again by an adult. There is a large car park at the school. Please bring your child no earlier than 7:15, and please arrive to collect them by 9:50pm.
Confirmation
We will confirm by email that a place has been allocated. The orchestra reserve the right to select those players to whom a place will be offered. No correspondence will be entered into in respect of the allocation process.
Players who have attended this rehearsal will be entitled to a complimentary ticket for the concert on 18th May 2025.
Please note that by filling in this form you consent to YGO keeping the information you provide here for the purpose of communicating with you about our rehearsals and concerts. All information will be safely stored and will be deleted after three months from the date of the first rehearsal above.
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