Australian Youth Orchestra
Youth orchestra
Short nameAYO
LocationSydney
Websitewww.ayo.com.au

The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO), formerly Youth Music Australia, is an Australian organisation for young musicians.

History

The Australian Youth Orchestra has its origins in the music camps founded by John Bishop and Ruth Alexander in 1948. These camps saw the foundation of the National Music Camp Association (NCMA) in 1951. The Youth Orchestra itself debuted in 1957 at the Sydney Town Hall.[citation needed]

The organisation changed its name to Youth Music Australia in 1993 before adopting the name of its flagship in 2000.[citation needed]

Description

AYO operates the national youth orchestra of Australia, as well as Camerata Australia, Young Australian Concert Artists and Young Symphonists. It also runs several other activities including master classes, outreach programmes and a generous scholarship scheme.[citation needed]

The Australian Youth Orchestra is one of eight "national elite training organisations" of the "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence" (ARTS8), partially funded by the Australian Government via the Office for the Arts.[1]

Awards and nominations

APRA Classical Music Awards

The APRA Classical Music Awards are presented annually by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Music Centre (AMC).[2]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Body Torque – The Australian Ballet, Australian Youth Orchestra, Sonic Art Ensemble Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation[3] Nominated
2006 National Music Camp Composition Program, Body Torque – Australian Youth Orchestra, The Australian Ballet Outstanding Contribution to Australian Music in Education[4] Won

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1989 Australia Day / Child of Australia (with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joan Carden & John Howard) Best Classical Album Nominated [5]
1990 Works of Koehne, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ravel Nominated

References

  1. ^ "National training organisations in the performing arts". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office for the Arts. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Classical Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. ^ "2007 Finalists - Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ^ "2007 Winners - Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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