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Grampian Youth Orchestra which started as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival has since gone on to give performances at all of the major local venues including the Music Hall, the Beach Ballroom, Mitchell Hall, Queen's Cross Church, and St Andrew's Cathedral as well as performances in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. A large number of former GYO players have gone on to study music at conservatoires and many now enjoy successful performing careers.
Past Performances
June 2019
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Conductor: Susannah Wapshott
Soloist: Murray McLachlan
Vaughan-Williams, English Folksong Suite
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Brahms, Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 73
July 2018
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen
Conductor: Ciaran McAuley
Soloist: Chris Gough
Sibelius, Finlandia, Op. 26
Dvorak, The Noon Witch, Op. 108
Strauss, Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op. 11
Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op. 36
June 2017
St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
Conductor: Jonathan Hargreaves
Soloist: Amy Birse
Wagner, Die Meistersinger Prelude
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op. 64
July 2016
European Tour
Conductor: Andrey Rubtsov
MacCunn, Overture to the Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3
Borodin, In The Steppes of Central Asia
Sibelius, Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 43
June 2015
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Conductor: Chris Swaffer
Soloist: Lauren Steel
Walton, Crown Imperial
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Dvorak, Symphony No 9 in E Minor, "New World", Op.95
July 2014
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Conductor: Ciaran McAuley
Soloist: Murray McLachlan
Wagner, Rienzi Overture
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23
Franck, Symphony in D minor
July 2014
Music Hall, Aberdeen
As part of Aberdeen International Youth Festival
Conductor: Scott Matheson
Choir: Madison Youth Boy Choir, Wisconsin, USA
GYO performed the National Anthems at the AIYF Opening Ceremony
June 2013
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Conductor: Oliver Rundell
Soloist: Jessica Coleman
Dvorak Slavonic Dances No. 1, 2 & 8, Op. 46
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
April 2011
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Conductor: Jessica Cottis
Soloist: Joe Boyd
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3
Sibelius Symphony No 1 in E minor
April 2010
Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen
Conductor/Violin: Alexander Janichek
Oboe Soloist: Cheryl Bell
Bach Bradenburg Concerto No 3
Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor
Bartok Romanian Dances
Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G major
April 2008
Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen
Conductor: Julian Clayton
Suppe Poet and Peasant Overture
Works also by Vaughn Williams, Gordon Jacob and Massnet
August 2007
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen
Conductor: Randal Swiggum
Soloist: Ian Watt
Dvorak Slavonic Dance, op. 46, no. 8 in G minor
Lutoslawski Mala Suita
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (with soloist Ian Watt)
Leighton Dance Suite No. 2
Copland Hoedown
May 2007
Mitchell Hall, Marischal College, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra & Grampian Youth Orchestra
Leighton Dance Suite No. 2
Rossini Overture to the Barber of Seville
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Cellos in F minor
McGuire Scottish Dances on Original Themes
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