Christopher Lawrence, ABC ClassicFM broadcaster, author and arts administrator, has joined Sydney Youth Orchestras (SYO) as its Chief Artistic Advisor. Mr Lawrence said he was honoured to join the team alongside Alexander Briger AO, who now resides in Paris to better pursue his international conducting career. Mr Briger remains the orchestra’s Chief Conductor and will…
Marcus Michelsen This April Sydney Youth Orchestras’ most talented young musicians from the greater Sydney region, aged between sixteen and twenty will be led by their youngest Concertmaster ever, 15-year-old Marcus Michelsen under the baton of Alexander Briger AO. On the programme are Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, which celebrate heroes of 20th century…
Way back in 1995, a young violinist won a double academic and music scholarship to Sydney’s Ravenswood School for Girls which she attended till 1998. She went on to St Andrew’s Cathedral School on a full music scholarship in Years 11 and 12. Whilst still at school, she won both the junior and senior sections of…