Following the shock news yesterday that the SBS Youth Orchestra was to fold in 2014, after 25 years in operation, the SBSYO and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra have released a joint statement announcing the endowment of a Fellowship position with the SSO. “The Board of the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra has today announced…
The SBS Youth Orchestra is to disband after 25 years in operation. The training ground for many of the nation’s elite musicians floundered after the death of its founding conductor Matthew Krel. As well as undertaking overseas tours, the orchestra produced three CDs and over two dozen television programmes which continue to be seen today. The…
The SBS Youth Orchestra with soprano Jenny Liu, conducted by Carolyn Watson performs Mahler’s Symphony No 4 in its concert A Heavenly Pleasure at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music in late August. Founded by the late Matthew Krel in 1988, the orchestra has become an institution, with dozens of musicians amongst its alumni. It ”…