Current News

Spitalfields Festival Tuesday 10th June, 7.00pm

The CYM Intermediate Orchestra will take part in a concert in the Spitalfields Festival at Shoreditch Church on Tuesday 10th June. They will give the first performance of a specially commissioned work by the Japanese composer Shu Wang entitled "Clouds". Tickets are free and available on the door.

National Festival of Music for Youth 

The Percussion Ensemble will travel to Birmingham on Tuesday 8th July, and the Wind Sextet on Friday 11th. Unfortunately the CYMSO's invitation was for Saturday 12th July, the last day of the CYM term and are therefore not able to take up the offer. The players can nonetheless be very proud of their achievement and will  have the opportunity to show off their talents at the End of Term Concert that day in St Peter's Church, Vauxhall. More details to follow on this!  

South Bank Activities

A group of Students went to a workshop at the South Bank Centre with Borlotti-Buitoni Trust winners - clarinettist Martin Frost, violinist Soovin Kim, and cellist Christian Poltera. These young professional musicians did a workshop on Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, a piece they will be performing with Mitsuoko Uchida in November at the South Bank Centre. If anyone wants to know more about these musicians please see this website - www.bbtrust.com  

Congratulations!  

Sarah Davies, Adam Gray, and Hannah Sutcliffe won their group in the Croydon Festival this weekend

 CYMSO, Wind Sextet and the Percussion Ensemble have been selected to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth in July (more details to follow).

The Jack Petchey Award for April was presented to Hannah Sutcliffe for stunning playing at the Annual Concert, and continual contribution to CYM.

Many congratulations to the LSSO who did a terrific performance of an all English Programme on the 22nd April.  

Annual Concert

This year's annual concert was held at St Alfege Church in Greenwich. Congratulations to all the students involved in such a successfull and vibrant evening of music.

Congratulations also go to Peter Croser who won the Jack Petchey Leader Award, and the twelve recipients of the monthly awards.

We also said goodbye to Katie Sudlow and welcomed Helen Edwards as the new CYM Administrator.  

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Upbeat Spring 2008

The Spring edition of the magazine published by the Friends of CYM is now out - collect your copy today! 

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