Penzance Youth String Orchestra

Home		Our programme for 2010-11: Monday 21st November 2011 St Martin in the Fields Trafalgar Square London Corelli Concerto Grosso no.4 Comeau Jazz Patchwork for Piano and Strings Thursday 14^th July 2011 Lafrowda concert St Just Corelli Concerto Grosso Hindemith Trauermusik Comeau Jazz Patchwork for Piano and Strings Bach B minor Suite Britten Simple Symphony. Wednesday 6^th July 2011 Birmingham Symphony Hall (MFY National Festival) Comeau Jazz Patchwork for Piano and Strings Tuesday 21^st June 2011 Exchange Gallery Penzance Corelli Concerto Grosso no.4 Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.6 Bach B minor Suite. Monday 20^th June 2011 St Marys Church Penzance (Golowan Festival) Comeau Jazz Patchwork for Piano and Strings Britten Simple Symphony Friday March 18^th 2011 Cornwall Music Festival Truro Methodist Chapel Wednesday March 16^th2011 Concert at Kelly College, Tavistock. Programme included Corelli - Concerto Grosso Hindemith - Trauermusik Andrew Wilson - Concerto for Viola Benjamin Comeau- piece for piano and strings Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony. Saturday February 12^th 2011 Truro Methodist Church Music for Youth Regional Festival 2011 Also on Saturday February 12^th 2011 Concert at The Trinity Centre, Newlyn. (with Penzance Junior Strings) Programme included music by Britten Hindemith Tristan Schulze Rossini November 8^th to 10^th2010 PYSO and Ross Pike played at the Royal Albert Hall at the Music for Youth Schools Proms (please see the feature on our Home page)
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		Our programme for 2009-10: July 17^th 2pm Performance in St Just Square on Lafrowda Day July 15^th 7.30pm Concert at St Just Wesleyan Chapel July 11^th to 20th Visit by DalaViolinisterna. July 9^th 7.30pm Performance with Shallal dance/theatre. St John's Hall Penzance. July 7^th *Music for Youth National Festival of Music for Youth* Birmingham June 21^st Golowan Festival Concert – shared concert with Penzance Youth Wind Band May 20^th Workshop - discovering Danish Folk Music with Harald Haugaad May 13^th Concert at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Penzance Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor Vivaldi Concerto Grosso op.6 no.6 Handel Four Seasons Ross Pike solo electric guitar Vivaldi With members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra May 1^st Concert with the Dante String Quartet, St Mary’s Penzance. Programme included: Concerto on Breton Themes for Quartet and String Orchestra by Andrew Wilson Mozart G minor String Quintet performed by the Dante Quartet with Tim Boulton April 17^th 2010 - Music for Youth Regional Festival in Truro Cathedral March 12^th 2010 - 1st prize in the Youth Orchestra class at the Cornwall Music Festival we played Mozart Divertimento in D K136 February 5^th 2010 – Newlyn Art Gallery; fundraiser for Shelterbox in Haiti. December 17^th 2009 - Exchange Gallery, Penzance. December 12^th and 19^th 2009 - Fundraising for Shelterbox in Penzance.
		Our programme for 2008-9: Repertoire this season included: Grieg ‘Holberg’ Suite Elgar Serenade for Strings Mozart Adagio & Fugue Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi Four Seasons From 25^th August - 3^rd September 2009, we travelled to Sweden for the first part of our exchange with DalaViolinisterna, Borlänge. Please see the Sweden page on this website. This also has details of concerts we played during our stay. 20th August 2009 - Concert at Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Penzance, with Canadian singers Sarabande. 22nd June 2009 - Concert at St. Mary’s Church, Penzance for Golowan Festival. 25th May 2009 - Performance at the Bluebell Festival at Tremenheere Gardens, Ludgvan, near Penzance, in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. 23rd May 2009 - Concert at Paul Church, near Penzance, proceeds shared with Paul Church Windows Appeal. 14th March 2009 - Performance at Cornwall County Music Festival gala concert, Truro. 13th March 2009 - 1st prize in the Youth Orchestra class at the Cornwall County Music Festival, Truro. 27th November 2008 - ‘Pride of Cornwall’ celebration, Eden Project. 22nd November 2008 - Trereife House, Nr. Penzance, Christmas Craft Fair.
		Our programme 2007-8 included: Repertoire this season included: Corelli Concerto Grosso no 2 in F C P E Bach Symphony in C major Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Purcell Chaconny (arr. Britten) J S Bach 'Brandenburg' Concerto no 3 J S Bach 'Brandenburg' Concerto no 4 B minor Suite.... 27th June - Quay Fair Day, including entry into the Busking Competition. 24th June - St Mary's Parish Church, Penzance. 3rd June - Trelowarren, Lizard peninsula, Cornwall. 23rd May - Porthtowan Village Hall. 16th May - The Church of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, Penzance. 14th March 2008 - 1st prize in the Youth Orchestra class at the Cornwall County Music festival, Truro.
		2006-7 PYSO commenced in October 2006; our programme 2006-7 included: 20th June 2007 St Mary's Parish Church, Penzance with the Belerion Consort as part of the Golowan 2007 Festival Bartok Romanian Dances Stephen Montague Snowscape: St Poltern Skalkottas Greek Dances 18th March 2007 Telemann Concerto for Viola and strings Lutoslawski Five Silesian Melodies Mendelssohn Andante from String Symphony no. 9 Haydn/Hoffstetter Divertimento in F major