Junior String Ensemble (JSE)
Conductor Chen Yang
Watch QYO’s Junior String Ensemble play conductor Chen Yang’s arrangement of the Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute:
Watch QYO’s Junior String Ensemble play conductor Chen Yang’s arrangement of Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia:
The Junior String Ensemble (JSE) is the youngest of the Queensland Youth Orchestras but is renowned for the high quality of its performances. In 2011, the ensemble has 65 players aged 8 to 15 years. JSE regularly performs joint concerts with other QYO, youth and school ensembles. In 2011, JSE is performing in combined concerts with the Western Suburbs String Orchestra, the Pine Rivers Area String Orchestra, St. Hilda’s School String Ensemble and the Gold Coast Youth Orchestra String Ensemble.
In 2009, JSE toured to Dalby, Roma and Toowoomba, performing three school concerts and two public concerts at Roma State College and Westhaven RSL Care Community Hall, Toowoomba. In September 2009, JSE performed as part of Deep Blue orchestra’s Young Blue performance at Brisbane’s 150th birthday celebrations at the Riverstage.
JSE performs a wide range of repertoire, much of which is skillfully arranged by conductor Chen Yang.


Upcoming Concerts
JSE is playing regularly in Concerts at Twilight at the Old Museum Concert Hall. Please find all dates here


JSE repertoire
In 2011, JSE performed:
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 |
| Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 6 |
| Graeme Wright Denniss | Pastor Raoul from Uncommon Denominator |
| Antonin Dvorak | Song of the Moon from the Opera Rusalka |
| Alberto Ginastera | Danza Final |
| Edvard Grieg | Wedding at Troldhaugen |
| Charles Gounod | Nubian Dance, Ballet Music from the Opera Faust |
| George F Handel | Hallelujah from the Oratorio The Messiah |
| Giacomo Puccini | Intermezzo from the opera Manon Lescaut |
| Piotr Tchaikovsky | Pas de Deux from the ballet The Nutcracker |
| Richard Wagner | Siegfried’s Funeral Music from the opera Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) |
In 2010, JSE performed:
| Bizet arr Yang | Habanera from Carmen |
| Borodin arr. Yang | In the Steppes of Central Asia |
| de Falla arr. Yang | Ritual Fire Dance |
| Dvorak arr. Sieving | Symphony No 8 - Allegretto Grazioso |
| Grieg | In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite |
| Jarvela | Storm Rider |
| Mozart arr. Yang | Queen of the Night Aria, from the Magic Flute |
| Saint-Saens arr. Yang | Danse Macabre |
| Sharp | Til the Work is Done |
| Tchaikovsky arr Yang | Walz from The sleeping beauty |
| Traditional arr. Del Borgo | The Irish Suite- Irish Washerwoman |
| Vivaldi arr Yang | Concerto fro Strings in A major RV 158 (1st mvt.) |
| Vivaldi arr Yang | Gloria in Excelsis |
| Vivaldi arr. Yang | Concerto for String in D Minor |
| Vivaldi arr. Yang | The Four Seasons: Summer |
In 2009, JSE performed:
| Bach arr Isaac | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major (Mvt 1) |
| Bach arr Yang | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
| Bernstein arr Mason | West Side Story: Selections for Orchestra |
| Bill Reddie | Channel One Suite |
| Borodin | Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances |
| Chin | The Bells of Ghengis Khan |
| Delius arr C Yang | “La Calinda” from the opera Koanga |
| Dvorak arr Yang | Serenade in D minor |
| Foster & Shuur | You Can Have It |
| Gershwin arr Brubaker | An American in Paris |
| Handel arr Yang | “For Unto Us a Child is Born” from “The Messiah” |
| Jarvela | Ancient Odyssey |
| Maslanka | Give Us This Day |
| Mozart arr. Hoffman | Amadeus |
| Nolck arr Chin | Flight of the Furies |
| Puccini arr Yang | Nessun Dorma |
| Rotar | Tilt Train - World Premiere |
| Saint-Saens arr Yang | “Danse Bacchanale” from “Samson & Delilah” |
| Sharp | La Llorona |
| Strauss | Radetzky March, op. 228 |
| Stravinsky | Selections from “The Firebird” |
| Tchaikovsky arr Dackow | 1812 Overture |
| Tchaikovsky arr Yang | “Scene” and “Dance of the Cygnets” from Swan Lake |
| Trad. arr Maddick | The Minstrel Boy |
| Trad. arr Yang | Irish Air & Reel |
| Traditional arr. Yang | English Garden Tea Party |
| Vivaldi arr C Yang | Sinfonia Al Rustica |