Huge congratulations to the following pupils who have taken up their places in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for 2017.Cherry Ge – harp
Daniel Swani – flute
Steffan Dawe – percussion
Ilai Avni – violin 
Olivia Ziani – violin 
Evie Rodgers – violin 
Alex Ross – bass
Estella Browne – horn
Joseph Longstaff – horn
Lucy Patterson – trombone
Lauren Marshall – composer

Their Winter Residency performances will be under the baton of John Wilson in early January, at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, Symphony Hall in Birmingham, and London’s Royal Festival Hall.  The programme will be Komarov’s Fall by Brett Dean, Szymanowski‘s Symphony No. 4 Symphonie Concertante, and Rachmaninov‘s Symphony No. 2.  See nyo.org.uk for more details.