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national youth orchestra of wales wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 organisation toggle organisation subsection 1 1 conductors 1 2 courses 1 3 auditions 2 history 3 repertoire 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents national youth orchestra of wales 3 languages čeština cymraeg slovenčina edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia welsh youth orchestra this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources national youth orchestra of wales news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2020 learn how and when to remove this message national youth orchestra of wales youth orchestra native name cerddorfa genedlaethol ieuenctid cymru short name nyow founded 1945 1945 location cardiff website www nyaw org uk national youth orchestra of wales the national youth orchestra of wales nyow welsh cerddorfa genedlaethol ieuenctid cymru is the national youth orchestra of wales based in cardiff founded in 1945 it is the longest standing national youth orchestra in the world organisation edit the orchestra numbers around 115 young players aged between 13 and 22 years who are auditioned and drawn from all over wales and who represent some of wales most talented young musicians the nyow has performed in st david s hall cardiff the bridgewater hall manchester the national concert hall dublin waterfront hall belfast town hall birmingham sage gateshead beethovensaal stuttgart the salle erasme strasbourg the konzerthaus am gendarmenmarkt berlin and la mortella on the island of ischia many welsh composers have been commissioned to write new works for the orchestra such as grace williams david wynne daniel jones arwel hughes former member karl jenkins and founder member of the orchestra alun hoddinott two dozen pairs of clogs were needed for the orchestra s premiere of karl jenkins scenes from wales in 2000 1 conductors edit the nyow has traditionally appointed a resident principal conductor and musical director these have included clarence raybould 1945 1966 arthur davison 1967 1990 elgar howarth 1991 1995 christopher adey 1996 2002 and owain arwel hughes 2003 2010 2011 s concert series was conducted by takuo yuasa carlo rizzi 2012 grant llewellyn 2013 jac van steen 2014 and paul daniel 2015 carlo rizzi returned for the 2016 2018 season american conductor andrew litton conducted the 2019 concert series courses edit a residential course is normally held in the summer followed by a short tour comprising four or five concerts known to its members as the nash the annual residency offers a valuable opportunity for talented musicians to work together with top professionals in an intensive environment culminating in a series of concerts since 2013 a young composers course has run alongside the orchestra s summer residency giving composers the opportunity to have their music played by members of the orchestra works are composed during each residency which are then given their first performances at venues including the royal welsh college of music and drama aberystwyth university and in 2015 in the performing foyer spaces at sage gateshead and st david s hall cardiff since 2001 the national youth orchestra of wales and the bbc national orchestra of wales have worked together on projects culminating in joint concerts or recordings giving young players the opportunity to play alongside some of the best orchestral players in britain auditions edit candidates are accepted for audition on the approval of their county head of music service and are expected to support music activity at school college and county level the minimum standard for all instruments except harp is grade viii harpists may play at grade vi auditions take place throughout the autumn around wales and at selected centres in england for those studying away from home history edit 1945 orchestra founded by irwyn walters 1946 first concert at the rolls hall monmouth 1948 first appearance at the national eisteddfod where the first recordings were made for future broadcasting 1953 first broadcast to the commonwealth to mark the coronation of queen elizabeth 1955 the nyow appeared at the edinburgh festival 1956 first record launched by qualiton records 1957 first concert tour abroad repertoire edit vaughan williams a london symphony featured in an all british programme in 2008 alongside the celtic dances of welsh composer william mathias a former member of the national youth theatre of wales hollywood actor matthew rhys narrated the first ever welsh translation of britten s young person s guide to the orchestra in a nyow concert at st david s hall on 7 august 2 as part of the national eisteddfod in cardiff the 2009 programme included arwel hughes prelude for orchestra tchaikovsky swan lake ballet suite and mahler symphony no 1 with the orchestra performing at aberystwyth arts centre prichard jones hall bangor adrian boult hall birmingham sage gateshead three choirs festival hereford cathedral and st david s hall cardiff the 2010 programme included brian hughes s troad claude debussy s la mer and rachmaninoff s symphony no 2 the orchestra performed at st david s cathedral aberystwyth arts centre st david s hall cardiff st asaph s cathedral and rncm concert hall manchester 2011 s repertoire included hilary tann s from the feather to the mountain liszt s tasso lamento e trionfo and prokofiev s symphony no 5 concerts were held at william aston hall glyndŵr university wrexham sage gateshead rncm concert hall manchester and st david s hall cardiff 2014 s repertoire included berlioz symphonie fantastique with performances at st david s hall cardiff sage gateshead st asaph cathedral and at the fishguard music festival at st david s cathedral 2015 s repertoire included dukas la péri schmitt la tragedie de salome and stravinsky s the rite of spring with performances at the three choirs festival in hereford cathedral as well as bangor university and st david s hall cardiff the 2016 season included bartók s concerto for orchestra and strauss ein heldenleben as well as a new commission fanfare for our youth by gareth wood commissioned especially for the orchestra on their 70th anniversary in the summer of 2017 the orchestra performed richard strauss der rosenkavalier suite till eulenspiegel s merry pranks benjamin britten s four sea interludes from peter grimes and debussy s la mer the 2018 season opened with richard strauss serenade for 13 wind instruments this was followed by a first time collaboration with the national youth choir of wales performing leonard bernstein s chichester psalms to commemorate bernstein s 100th birthday the final item of the program was gustav mahler s 5th symphony the 2019 concert season conducted by andrew litton opened with grace williams much loved fantasia on welsh nursery tunes this was followed by an orchestral suite based on aaron copland s only opera the tender land the final piece was dmitri shostakovich s 10th symphony 2024 s repertoire included stravinsky s the firebird prokofiev s romeo and juliet suites 1 and 2 and shostakovich s festive overture the orchesrta was conducted by tianyi lu see also edit national youth orchestra of great britain national youth orchestra of scotland references edit http www nyaw co uk e_about html national youth arts wales turner robin 13 july 2008 orchestral role for screen star matthew rhys western mail retrieved 3 august 2008 external links edit national youth orchestra of wales v t e culture and recreation in cardiff performing arts cardiff singer of the world welsh singers competition bbc national orchestra of wales welsh national opera wales millennium centre motorpoint arena cardiff new cardiff bay arena proposed st david s hall cardiff city hall new theatre sherman theatre chapter arts centre royal welsh college of music drama national youth orchestra of wales cardiff philharmonic orchestra nofit state circus music venues and acts music of cardiff tramshed clwb ifor bach spillers records cardiff university students union bute park catatonia the automatic jem funeral for a friend the globe lostprophets bullet for my valentine stereophonics manic street preachers super furry 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