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Welcome to Dulwich Youth Orchestra, exciting opportunities for orchestral musicians, aged 7 - 18, grade 2 - 8+. If you live in or around South London, then you've come to the right place for holiday music courses. Our students come from N & S of the river, from Kent and Sussex and beyond. DYO, established for nearly 40 years, meets for five mornings (9.20 - 1.00) each school holiday and presents a concert on the last day.

Summer Course at Alleyn's School - applications are now open
Monday July 23 - Friday 27 Concert: 2.30 pm

We meet each day from 9.20 - 1.00

Print off an application form and send it to our administrator Philippa (see Course Information - apply)

To avoid disappointment, we encourage early applications.

Please contact Philippa Luddington (administrator) to discuss applications and for any course information

philippa_dyo_dulwich@yahoo.co.uk 020 7274 3862

Please contact Barbara Dalton (Musical Director) for musical queries and concerto opportunities

daltonb@talktalk.net 020 8761 4883

On each course, our students are divided into

String Ensemble (Juniors)
Wind Band (woodwind, brass & percussion players)
Symphony Orchestra (full strings, wind, brass & percussion)
Senior String Orchestra
The Great Orchestra (students of all ages and standards playing together)

There are opportunities for our more experienced and regular antendees to perform a concerto (please see recent music). Bursaries are available - please contact Philippa. There are no auditions - see Course Information for our recommended standards. Please use the links on the left to navigate around the site. You can print off an application form from Course Information - Apply.

2012 Dates
Easter Course at Alleyn's School
Tuesday April 10 - Saturday April 14 (Concert: 2.30 pm)
Summer Course at Alleyn's School
Monday July 23 - Friday 27 (Concert: 2.30 pm)
Christmas Course
December 27 - 31 (Concert: 2.30 pm)

2013 Dates tbc
Easter Tuesday April 2 – Saturday April 6Concert 2.30 pm
Summer Saturday July 27 – Wednesday July 31 Concert 7 pm
Christmas Friday December 27 – Tuesday December 31 Concert 2.30 pm

NEWS

Many congratulations to Chris Dunn who has reached the finals of the brass category of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2012
Congratulations to the follwing ex-DYO members who are all currently playing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: Eloise MacDonald (violin), David Young (violin), Robert Miller (violin), Chris Dunn (tuba), Jacob Rowe (horn), Charles Carey (double bass) and Ho Ting Chan (bassoon)
During the last year articles about DYO have appeared in The Dulwich Society Journal, Spire Magazine and SE21 Magazine

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