Coming up . . .

17 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Junior String Ensemble and QYO3.

18 March 2012 3.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Ensemble and Glennie School, Toowoomba.

24 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO2.

25 March 2012 4.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Symphony and Big Band. Please note: the concert starts at 4.00pm.

Sat 31 March 2012 7pm
QYS - Don Juan
QPAC Concert Hall
The first concert of QYS in 2012, featuring Strauss’ famous tone poem Don Juan, Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto (Soloist Oliver Scott) and Symphony No. 12 by Shostakovich.

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The Old Museum

Brisbane’s youth performing arts centre and home of QYO.

2012 NYCC

QYO’s National Youth Concerto Competition, Australia’s leading competition for string players aged 17 and under. Applications are now open for 2012.

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Queensland Youth Symphony

2011 CONCERT SERIES

 

The Queensland Youth Symphony Concert Series includes three symphony concerts at the QPAC Concert Hall, the Strings Sensations Concert at the Old Museum Concert Hall and the popular QYO Finale Concert.

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Concerts

 

Organ Symphony

Saturday 26 March 2011 7pm QPAC Concert Hall

Serge Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Symphonic Suite  
Allan Zavod: Oboe Concerto - World Premiere, Soloist: Diana Doherty
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 - Organ Symphony


Romantic Impressions

Saturday 28 May 7pm QPAC Concert Hall

Joseph Twist: Pop Culture Parody– World Premiere
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Soloist: Kristian Winther
Claude Debussy: Images from Iberia
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe - Suite No. 2

 

Rite of Spring

Saturday 20 August 2011 7pm QPAC Concert Hall

Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No. 3
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Soloist: Dan Curro
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


String Sensations

Sunday 23 October 2011 3pm Old Museum Concert Hall

String Sensations is the finals concert of the National Youth Competition (NYCC), Australia’s leading competition for string players up to 17. The three finalists play some of the most popular and challenging string concertos with the Queensland Youth Symphony.

The program and Soloists will be announced in September 2011.

 

QYO Finale

Saturday 29 October 2011 7pm QPAC Concert Hall

The QYO Finale Concert showcases the seven orchestras of QYO, more than 480 enthusiastic musicians aged 9 to 25: Queensland Youth Symphony, 2nd and 3rd Queensland Youth Orchestra, Big Band, Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble and Junior String Ensemble join in for this great concert at the QPAC Concert Hall.

The program will be announced in October 2011.

 

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3 Concerts $80 $63 $30
Organ Symphony - Romantic Impressions - Rite of Spring

 

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