Kuringai Youth Orchestra in Pymble, New South Wales, Australia | Community organisation

Kuringai Youth Orchestra

Locality: Pymble, New South Wales, Australia

Address: Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, 1186 Pacific Highway, Pymble 2073 Pymble, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.kyo.org.au

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25.01.2022 We hope everyone has been well during these uncertain times. Although KYO is currently out of action, our musicians have been keeping busy! Concertmaster Timothy de Solom and principal violist Steve Koroknay perform the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia.

24.01.2022 Hi everyone! We hope you are all looking forward to a stellar concert program for 2020 - our 10 year anniversary! If you want to check out the entire program for the year, you can visit our website: https://kyo.org.au//10/kyos-10th-anniversary-concert-ser/ Highlights include Dvorak's ever popular 'New World' Symphony, Stravinsky's Firebird, and Carmina Burana! Get excited and lock in all of those dates on the website!

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22.01.2022 Last year, we mailed several copies of our 10 Years of KYO DVD to aged care homes as part of the grant provided by Ku-ring-gai Council. We would love to share you the positive feedback received by Maria, the lifestyle coordinator at the Wahroonga Place Care Community, part of the Opal HealthCare group: I hope you and the group are having a great start of the year. I am very happy to inform you that the orchestra show of the youth on the big screen was a blast! and has brou...ght a smile to our residents here in Wahroonga Place. Your show has now become a part of our music therapy and we continue to play it once or twice a week. A few of my residents would be delighted to attend and watch your live performances when restrictions change. Your support has been highly appreciated. We look forward to see more of the youth’s performance. We have a limited quantity of CDs & DVDs still available for purchase on our website: https://kyo.org.au/10-years-of-kyo/

21.01.2022 10 Years of KYO now available + Far From Home premiering this Saturday 26th December! We are happy to announce the 10 Years of KYO playlist is now available on our website: https://kyo.org.au/10-years-of-kyo/. We hope you enjoy watching or listening to KYO’s hits from the past ten years, available as high-quality audio and video recordings! If you are still interested in purchasing a physical 10 Years of KYO CD/DVD, we have limited stock of CDs/DVDs available for ordering... on the website. Please contact [email protected] if you have any queries. We are also excited to announce KYO’s Far From Home virtual concert will be premiering this Saturday 26th December on YouTube. Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 will premiere at 3pm AEDT followed by Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice at 4pm. Visit our website to watch the concert https://kyo.org.au and subscribe to the KYO YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss anything: https://www.youtube.com/user/MediaatKYO

19.01.2022 Watch a replay of the Ku-ring-gai Council Citizenship Ceremony featuring KYO musicians Timothy de Solom, Justin de Solom, Steve Koroknay and Harry Wagstaff!

14.01.2022 We are happy to announce the limited edition "10 Years of KYO" CD/DVD is now available for purchase, ready just in time for Christmas! (We will not be producing a BluRay due to low demand). If you would like to order a copy, please head to our website https://kyo.org.au. CDs/DVDs must be ordered from our website, we will not accept any walk-in orders. Please place your order by Tuesday 8th December 11:59pm. The final cost of the CD and DVD are $13 and $18 (+ processing fees) ...respectively. Please note these prices only allow us to meet costs and KYO is not profiting from these sales. To ensure you are able to receive your copy by Christmas, CD/DVD collection will be on 23rd December, 7-9pm at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, or otherwise at the first rehearsal next year. If you have any queries please send us a message on Facebook or contact [email protected].

12.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who tuned into our "Far From Home" virtual concert. All audio and video recordings are now available on our website for viewing in your own time at https://kyo.org.au/recordings/far-from-home/. Also a reminder the "10 Years of KYO" online playlist is now available at https://kyo.org.au/10-years-of-kyo/. We still have a few limited edition CDs/DVDs available for purchase on the website for those who’d like a physical momento of the orchestra. We've had great feedback on the artwork & graphic design, as well as the audio & video quality from those who have made purchases - see the photos below!

10.01.2022 Last year, KYO commissioned Christine Pan to write "Adventures of Nezha", a work inspired by Chinese traditional music. She has been interviewed by Musica Viva Australia who have linked the recording from last year's Wanderlust concert - go check it out! Download a free sample of the composition, purchase the score and find out more at https://kyo.org.au/commissioned-works/.

10.01.2022 Just a reminder today is the last day to order a "10 Years of KYO" CD/DVD. Head to our website https://kyo.org.au/ if you'd like to purchase a copy!

07.01.2022 Merry Christmas everyone! Just a reminder tomorrow at 3pm is the premiere of KYO's Far From Home virtual concert.

07.01.2022 We hope you are all well and safe during these uncertain times. Wishing you a day of remembrance and commemoration for all of those brave Australians who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Our talented musicians, despite not being able to rehearse, are still practicing hard so we can come back stronger! Here is our principal Trumpet Natasha Williams playing the last post. Lest We Forget

05.01.2022 KYO Update, 2nd October 2020 Considering the recent announcements from NSW Health, we are excited to announce rehearsals will be resuming in Term 4 from Thursday 15th October. Musicians please check Facebook & your emails for more details, including important updates to the COVID-19 Safety Plan. Unfortunately due to COVID-19, we have been unable to share our planned 10-year anniversary concert series with you. However, we will be releasing a Best of KYO 10-year playlist, ...containing highlights from past concerts as chosen by current musicians & KYO alumni. The playlist will be made available online, but we are planning a special limited run of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays for those who would prefer a physical memento. Stay tuned for more info! In the meantime, check out KYO's YouTube channel to listen to some recently uploaded concerts! https://m.youtube.com/user/MediaatKYO

05.01.2022 COVID-19 Update, 18 March 2020 In line with NSW Health advice and to act in the best interests of our musicians, their families and the community, KYO’s activities are suspended until further notice. This includes the Far From Home concert which was scheduled for Sunday, 29 March. As soon as we are able to recommence activities we will reschedule the concert and update our website and Facebook page with new details.... In the meantime please enjoy our audio and video recordings of previous concerts, accessible via the Recordings tab of our website at https://kyo.org.au

04.01.2022 Tomorrow four of our musicians - Timothy de Solom, Justin de Solom, Steve Koroknay and Harry Wagstaff - will be representing KYO as a string quartet at the Ku-ring-gai Council's Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony. Listen live from 8:30-9am!

03.01.2022 Celebrating 10 years of KYO

01.01.2022 COVID-19 Update, 29th April 2020 In line with the NSW’s COVID-19 restrictions, KYO’s activities remain suspended until further notice. As soon as we are able to recommence activities we will update our website and Facebook page with details of our next performance. In the meantime please enjoy our audio and video recordings of previous concerts, accessible via the Recordings tab of our website at https://kyo.org.au, including the below performance of Elgar’s cello concerto featuring Harry Wagstaff, performed at our Wanderlust concert in September 2019.