December 2008
Christmas Concert
Held at the United Reformed church in Sutton Coldfield, also announced charity concert for St Giles on 7th March.

July 2008
Summer Concert Success
Our stage and screen concert featured as part of the Sutton Arts Festival programme

April 2008
Potential cancellations
There may be some last minute cancellations or venue changes for rehearsals this term due to staff availability at Manor.

April 2008
Wicked
We're hoping to arrange a trip to see wicked on 24th May - if you're interested in coming along let us know.

November 2007
BYV Charity Event
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Birmingham Young Volunteers charity event in Gracechurch shopping centre. We raised £157!

July 2007
Gala Concert and BBQ
We didn't let the weather spoil our fun, although this year it was more of a grill than a BBQ.

March 2007
Gala Concert
This years Gala Concert has been confirmed for Saturday 14th July at United Reformed Church, Sutton Coldfield.

December 2006
Christmas Concert
The Christmas Concert raised over £500 towards new music and equipment. Many Thanks to everyone who supported the event and our key sponsors; Mint Creative, KallKwik Sutton Coldfield and Debt Doctor.

December 2006
Fun Run Donation
The orchestra has received a donnation from the 2006 Great Midlands Fun Run on £300. Many Thanks to everyone who took part and sponsored the event.

july 2005
Gala Concert Success
The summer term came to a climax on Saturday 2nd July at United Reformed Church. Highlights included the debut performances of Van Morrison Medley and Lord Of The Rings, both arranged exclusively for NSYO!

June 2005
Orchestra completes the Great Midlands Fun Run
On Sunday 5th June the orchestra entered a 20 strong team into the Great Midlands Fun Run pulling a giant violin around the 8.5 mile course - and everyone completed it in under 2 hours!
Check out the photos

May 2005
Iain Masson launches new website
Former Principal Conductor, Iain Masson has launched his new website. This remarkable new site contains a full concert performance of his new piece written for string orchestra called SWARM. Check it out at: www.iainmasson.com

April 2005
Richard completes the London Marathon
Congratulations to Richard on completing the London Marathon.
See him in action here.

April 2005
Gala Concert date confirmed
The date of this years Gala concert has been confirmed as Saturday 2nd July at the United Reformed Church in Sutton Coldfield. The annual BBQ will be held on Sunday 3rd July.

February 2005
MAMA!
Wow, what a concert! On Sunday 27th February we played to a full house at the Sutton Coldfield Town Hall. The concert, MAMA! A Tribte to Mothers in Words and Music, was organised by Soroptimist International Sutton Coldfield in aid of St. Giles Hospice and the Embo Project, South Africa.

The concert also featured performances from "No Strings" and "West Midlands Police Male Voice Choir" and special guest appearences from Don Barnard (Birmingham Poet Laureate), Shefali Oza and Ashley Blake from BBC Midlands Today.
Money is still being counted but is expected to have raised in excess of £5,000.

February 2005
Ironbridge Weekend 18th-20th February
Hope everyone enjoyed the ironbridge weekend... roll on the next one! Photos should be in the gallery soon.

December 2004
Latest Newsletter
If you missed the rehearsal on Wednesday 1st December, click here for the newsletter with details about the concert and forthcoming social activities.

Hope everyone enjoyed our December line up - much fun was had by all... from bowling to dancing, and concerts to carols...

November 2004
Kids Like Danny success
The orchestra received huge applause as it headlined the Kids Like Danny concert at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham.

November 2004
Christmas 2004 line up announced
The orchestra is in for a busy finale to 2004. The lineup for November/December is as follows:
Saturday November 20th - Kids Like Danny - Crescent Theatre
Reheasal 3-4.30pm, Concert 7pm-10.30pm

Saturday December 4th - Chrsitmas Concert - United Reformed Church
Rehearsal 2pm - 6pm, Concert 7.30pm - 10pm

Sunday December 5th - Christmas Party - The Newsons

Wednesday December 8th - Bowling Night
See Caroline for more details

Friday 10th December - Carol Concert
Featuring a small selection of musicians, see Jen for details

Friday 17th December - Carol Concert - Holy Name Church
Featuring a small selection of musicians, see Jen for details

October 2004
Ironbridge 2005 - dates announced
The dates have been announced for the 2005 residential weekend, this year to be held at Ironbridge YHA 18th - 20th Febraury.

Febraury 2004
Ingestre Hall
Thank you to all the tutors, parents and members who helped make the Ingestre Hall weekend successful. Photos are now in the gallery

January 2004
Kidzlikedanny Concert
The orchestra has been asked to perform in the 7th Kidzlikedanny concert. More information at the Kidzlikedanny website

December 2003
Christmas Concert Success
Thank you to everyone who hlped make the Christmas concert a huge success. We raised £314 towards the cost of Ingestre Hall.

October 2003
Alton Towers Photos online
see all the action from Alton Towers here

October 2003
RNLI Concert - Friday 10th October
Directions and concert details here

July 2003
Gala Concert and Summer party

June 2003
Gracechurch Sponsored Play
Our performance at Gracechurch shopping centre was a huge success! We raised £165 in the collections buckets, with more to come through sponsorship of the event.

May 2003
Hattie, Sarah and Siobhan in the Sutton Coldfield News -
check out the article

May 2003
Gala Concert Date Announced
We can confirm that the Gala Concert will take place on Saturday 12th July at Aldridge Youth Theatre- please make sure you keep this date free in your diaries!

May 2003
St Columba's
Thanks to everyone who took part in the St Columba's concert - it went really well, and the feedback has been fantastic!

April 2003
Drayton Manor Pics online
Picutres from our trip to drayton Manor on 26th April now available
Check them out
Ironbridge Photos in the gallery
The residenial to Ironbridge was a huge success. Check out the photos in the gallery

March 2003
Ironbridge
The residenial to Ironbridge was a huge success. The John Williams piece was introduced, and actually started to sound quite good! Lots more work to do, but well done to everyone who came along, i'm sure you enjoyed it! Photos and videos coming soon!!

February 2003
Bon Voyage
Sarah Brolley has taken a break from the orchestra to study music in Vienna. We wish her the best of luck and hope she enjoyes her time over there... but not too much 'cause we want her back! Pictures of her last rehearsal

January 2003
Ironbridge Postponed
As a result of delayed construction work at YHA Ironbridge we have had to postpone our visit to 7th-9th March. Apologies for any inconvenience.

January 2003
Sutton Coldfield News Article
Make sure you check out our article in the Sutton Coldfield News, Iain Masson talks about his times with the orchestra and his enthusiasm for music within Streetly.

December 2002
Christmas Concert
A big thank you to everyone who supported and helped out with the Christmas Concert. It was a huge success

November 2002
Iain on the Beeb
Ex-Principal Conductor Iain Masson will have one of his compositions played on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 26th November.

October 2002
Orchestra welcomes new conductor.
October saw the arrival of new conductor, Matthew Beckingham. We would like to welcome Matthew to the team and look forward to benefiting from his wealth of experience and expertise.

He will debut as the conductor of The New Streetly Youth Orchestra during the Christmas Concert on Saturday 7th December.

July 2002
The orchestra says good-bye to Iain.
After two and a half years as Principal Conductor of the orchestra, Iain Masson announced his departure in July in order to make way for other a growing number of external commitments next term, including his final year at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

He announced the decision towards the end of the orchestra's Gala Concert at the Aldridge Youth Theatre, which marked the end of the tenth anniversary celebrations. He was touched to receive a golden baton and a mounted concert programme from chairman Ian Myatt, which was later signed by the whole orchestra.

Matthew Cashmore and Richard Commander will jointly conduct the orchestra until a new conductor is found later in the year.

Gracechurch Shopping Centre concert. Saturday 29th June,
Thanks to everyone who took part, we raised over £120 in the bucket and have received fantastic feedback. Don't forget to collect that sponsorship money!!!
Photos now available

Royal Sutton Fun Run 2002
It was wet, but it was fun! The orchestra team completed the 21st and final fun run in under two hours. We even managed to beat the fire engine around the 8.5 mile course!
2002 photos coming soon...
View last years gallery.

Offical NSYO T-Shirts
T-Shirts have now been ordered and will be required for our informal summer concerts. If you did not place an order, there will be a limited number available for purchase. Price: £8 each.

Enhanced links section
A selection of useful links for string and brass players are now available in the links section. Check it out now!

Brass players represent NSYO at Birmingham Conservatioire.
On Sunday 24th February, young NSYO brass players Sam Desai, Leo Miller and Todd Miller represented the orchestra at the Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Open Day. During the day they took part in the many activities on offer throughout the day, which included:

• a Celebrity Brass Workshop from the internationally acclaimed trombonist Brett Baker
• the chance to play with the Junior and Senior Brass Band
• a coaching session from the expert tutors of the Conservatoire,
• a concert of contemporary music by the Brass Quintet.

The day concluded with a spectacular (and rather loud) massed performance of Strauss' "Feierlicher Einzug", played in the Adrian Boult Hall by every single brass player at the event!

Sam (aged 12), who was at the event from start to finish, described the day as "very interesting, educational and great fun!".

We always welcome new brass players of a grade 3+ standard, so if you want to join Sam and the other brass players at NSYO, e-mail us at: members@nsyo.org.uk. Well done all those who took part!

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