In 2004, Nicholas Collon, Robin Ticciati and fellow members of the National Youth Orchestra established Aurora, which gave its first public performance in 2005.[5] In March 2011, the Arts Council of England included Aurora Orchestra in its new "national portfolio" scheme.[6] Aurora, which had not been a "regularly funded organisation" under the council's previous funding scheme, was awarded this support as one of the "smaller adventurous music ensembles".
Aurora Orchestra first appeared at The Proms in family-themed concerts in 2011 and 2012. The orchestra subsequently returned for late-night Proms in 2013[7] and in 2014,[8] the latter of which featured the premiere of Meld by Benedict Mason. In this and subsequent appearances at The Proms, the orchestra featured major classical works performed entirely from memory:
In June 2011, the Aurora Orchestra's debut album of Nico Muhly's Seeing Is Believing was released.[18] The orchestra has also made commercial albums for Warner Classics,[19][20] and other albums including:
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