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Box Office

This week our Box Office phone lines are open 12noon – 5pm Tuesday to Friday. The building itself will remain closed until further notice.

☎️ 0191 443 4661
📧 [email protected]

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Young Sinfonia

Young Sinfonia

  • Age 13-19
  • Annual Fee: c.£850 (20/21 fee £450)
  • Bursaries are available
  • Recommended for intermediate to advanced players
  • Audition required

Young Sinfonia is a high quality youth orchestra with strong links to Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS). They have worked with many exciting conductors in the past few years, most recently being directed by Karin Hendrickson, the former Assistant Conductor of RNS. Karin has a vast experience conducting professional and youth ensembles, and also opera. In 20/21 they will be working with Mark Edwards.  Young Sinfonia play a broad range of music, including works by young composers, performing in Sage One and across the region. They have engaged young audiences and communities, through RNS’ Classics4Kids concerts (providing instrument demonstrations and interacting with young audiences), creating their own OrKIDStra event, and performing at Age UK Gateshead.

Young Sinfonia currently meet on a project basis beginning with a residential weekend in September. There is usually a residential in February and performances throughout the spring and summer terms.

Application and Audition

Due to the necessary closure of Sage Gateshead in March 2020, our audition process was managed remotely and auditions were digital.  

The audition process for 21/22 isn’t yet confirmed.  You can see a video on our standard audition process by visiting our Ask Us Anything page.

Candidates will be asked to:

  • prepare two contrasting pieces to perform
  • perform exercises to test sight reading ability. One of these will be a prepared sight reading and the links to the music are at the bottom of this page listed by instrument.

Young Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra and doesn’t usually require trombones, tubas, harps or other traditional symphonic instruments. However we may occasionally perform repertoire that does require them. If you would like to be considered on these occasions and for any other information about the programme please email [email protected]

Prepared sight reading:

 

Bursaries

Our Young Musicians Programme is open to all children and young people, whatever their circumstances. We are keen to encourage applicants from the widest possible range of backgrounds and access a bursary where needed.

Here’s some more information about bursaries. If you’d like to speak to someone, please email us at [email protected]