The Suffolk Youth Orchestra (SYO) is a symphony orchestra of over 90 players aged between 13 and 21 years. It is part of

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's programme of youth music. The orchestra gives annual performances at the

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. It provided the orchestral accompaniment for the

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's tour of ''Creation''. SYO was one of seven British youth orchestras selected to participate in the Masterprize Dearfield Education Programme, part of Masterprize 2001. The orchestra performed a 'Prom in the Park' in the Abbey Gardens,

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, in the presence of the Queen and Prince Philip on the occasion of the Royal Golden Jubilee visit to Suffolk, and performed Saint-Saëns' 'Organ' Symphony at a concert attended by the Princess Royal at St. Edmundsbury Cathedral in celebration of the completion of the new cathedral tower. In December 2007, the orchestra led the musical proceedings at

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's Children in Need Carol Concert in Snape Maltings Concert Hall, broadcast across the region on Christmas Day. Every summer, the orchestra goes on a week-long tour to

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. Locations have included

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, including a concert at

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(Auschwitz);

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;

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and the Costa Dorada,

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;

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;

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; the

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region of

;

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, Eastern Germany, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Belgium. It provided the orchestra for two

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's ''War Requiem'' performances in April 2013. It took part in the 100 performances of the Battle of the Somme by Laura Rossi in April 2017.

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Suffolk County Youth Music BBC Suffolk Carol Concert 2007
{{authority control British symphony orchestras English orchestras English youth orchestras Musical groups from Suffolk Organisations based in Suffolk

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