Australian Youth Orchestra

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Australian Youth Orchestra
Youth orchestra training organisation
Short nameAYO
Former nameYouth Music Australia
Founded1948 (1948)
LocationCollingwood, Melbourne
Chippendale, Sydney
Website www.ayo.com.au
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The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO), formerly Youth Music Australia, is a training organisation for young musicians. It originitated in the music camps founded by John Bishop and Ruth Alexander in 1948. [1] AYO offers tailored training and performance programs yearly for aspiring musicians, composers, arts administrators and music journalists, aged between 12 and 30.

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Structure

The Australian Youth Orchestra is one of eight "national elite training organisations" of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence (ARTS8), partially funded by the Australian Government via the Office for the Arts. [2]

AYO offers several programs: [3]

Awards and nominations

APRA Classical Music Awards

The APRA Classical Music Awards are presented annually by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Music Centre (AMC). [4]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2007 Body Torque – The Australian Ballet, Australian Youth Orchestra, Sonic Art EnsembleOutstanding Contribution by an Organisation [5] Nominated
2006 National Music Camp Composition Program, Body Torque – Australian Youth Orchestra, The Australian BalletOutstanding Contribution to Australian Music in Education [6] Won

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
1989 Australia Day / Child of Australia (with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joan Carden & John Howard) Best Classical Album Nominated [7]
1990 Works of Koehne, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ravel Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "About Us", Australian Youth Orchestra
  2. ↑ "National training organisations in the performing arts". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office for the Arts . Australian Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "AYO Programs", Australian Youth Orchestra
  4. ↑ "Classical Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "2007 Finalists – Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "2007 Winners – Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  7. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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