Regional Youth Orchestra
Regional Youth Orchestra NSW is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
The Regional Youth Orchestra NSW (RYO) is an audition-based youth orchestra for talented students from NSW Regional Conservatoriums.
RYO provides students opportunities to play with other regional youth musicians and learn from leading conductors, orchestras and artists from Australia and the world.
RYO holds annual auditions to assemble a cohort of talented students for a youth orchestra. Members grow, develop and extend their orchestral experience, working together as a team on a range of projects.
We established RYO in 2016, following successful orchestral projects in earlier years, collaborating with Australian and international orchestras and in partnership with the Sydney Opera House.
NSW Regional Conservatorium students have participated in orchestral projects with the following partners:
Opera Australia Orchestra 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2013
London Symphony Orchestra 2014, 2023
Australian World Orchestra 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Sydney Conservatorium 2017
Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Staatskapelle Berlin and Sydney Opera House 2018
Regional Arts NSW Artlands and Artstate Festivals 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Eligible students who wish to be considered for selection for Regional Youth Orchestra projects take part in the annual audition process, submitting a video recording. Students who were selected for previous RYO projects re-audition each year.
