Next Concert: Wednesday 11th February 2026 | Auditions: Apply Now
YMSO was privileged to perform once again at the EU Delegation’s Europe Day celebrations, with this year’s event taking place on Wednesday 7th May at Smith Square Hall. The orchestra performed a fanfare, followed by the anthems of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Finally, we were joined by dancers from the Royal Ballet School for two pieces of ballet music by Léo Delibes & Meyerbeer. Thank you to the brilliant team at the EU delegation and our friends at The Royal Ballet School for their collaboration and hard work putting the event together! #EuropeDay2025
The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra is Britain’s leading orchestra for young musicians on the threshold of their professional careers. It provides invaluable experience to those who are studying or have recently completed their training, but are not yet established in the profession.
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Unlike many similar organisations in Europe and the USA, this orchestra does not benefit from any government subsidy. We receive no public funding of any sort and are therefore entirely dependent on the generosity of individuals, charitable foundations and corporate sponsors.
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There is not an orchestra in the British Isles that doesn’t contain alumni of the YMSO. As a testament to how influential they feel their time at YMSO was, many of them return to the orchestra to tutor at rehearsals and also advise.
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"these students represent the next generation of orchestral musicians who will continue our great classical tradition into the new millennium. The orchestra needs all your encouragement and support."
Lord Menuhin
President 1993-1999
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We are pleased to announce that applications for the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra 2026-2028 are now open! 🎉
Head over to ymso.org.uk/audition to apply. Applications are open for: Woodwind, Brass, Strings, Harp, Percussion, and Keyboard 🎹
Application deadline: Sunday 15th February 2026 ❗️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Best training orchestra from 18+ in the world. There is nothing else like it on the planet. There are www.ymso.org.uk/alumni/ alumni in virtually every professional orchestra in the U.K. and they appear in other ensembles too, including abroad.
It’s tonight! We’re so happy to be back in Cadogan Hall rehearsing with Salome Jordania ahead of our concert tonight 🎹
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A fabulous and enduring British institution. There can be very few professional musicians form the UK that have not played with this orchestra
The cavalry are coming! 🏇
We’ve had a great couple of evenings rehearsing here at @bishopsgateinstitute ✨
There are still some tickets available for tomorrow’s concert at Cadogan Hall, so get yours at the link below 🎶🎼
TICKETS 🎟️: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-suppe-tchaikovsky-and-berlioz/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Rehearsals are underway for our second concert of the 2025/26 season at Cadogan Hall this Wednesday! 🎶
The orchestra is sounding fantastic rehearsing Berlioz’s exhilarating Symphonie Fantastique this evening at Guildhall School of Music and Drama! 🪇
There are still tickets available for Wednesday’s concert - get yours now and don’t miss out on a thrilling evening of music from our exceptional group of young musicians 🧙♀️
TICKETS: 🎟️ cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-suppe-tchaikovsky-and-berlioz/ ... See MoreSee Less
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