The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO), formerly Youth Music Australia, is a training organisation for young musicians. It originitated in the music camps founded by John Bishop and Ruth Alexander in 1948. AYO offers tailored training and performance programs yearly for aspiring musicians, composers, arts administrators and music journalists, aged between 12 and 30.
Structure
The Australian Youth Orchestra is one of eight "national elite training organisations" of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence (ARTS8), partially funded by the Australian Government via the Office for the Arts.
AYO offers several programs:
- Orchestra and chamber programs
- Young Symphonists, residential program for musician of high school age
- Australian Youth Orchestra, flagship orchestra
- National Music Camp, two weeks' orchestral program
- Chamber players, one week program
- Professional immersion
- Momentum Ensemble, by invitation
- Arts administration and production
- Media and communication
- Orchestral management
- Sound production
- Professional immersion
- Composition
Awards and nominations
APRA Classical Music Awards
The APRA Classical Music Awards are presented annually by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Music Centre (AMC).
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
References
External links
- Official website
