Today, 92 young musicians arrived in Kilkenny from all corners of Ireland to start 6 days of intense rehearsals in preparation for their concert next Monday 2nd January at 3pm in the Helix. For more info on the concert or to book tickets
click here.
In the meantime we'll give you a peek behind the scenes of the NYOI course throughout our week of rehearsals.
We'll start by introducing you to the orchestra...
A few stats on NYOI 2012
There are
92 musicians in the orchestra
The youngest is
12, the oldest is
18
20 counties are represented: Antrim, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford, Westmeath, Wicklow, Cork
There are
8 sets of brothers & sisters in the orchestra
Each year everyone must re-audition for NYOI, this year's orchestra sees the return of
48 musicians from last year and welcomes
44 new members
There are
56 girls and
36 boys
Meet the orchestra
1st violins - tutored by Brona Fitzgerald
David, Colma, William, Anna Livia, Molly, Luke, Phoebe, Claire, David, Emma, Emer, Saffron, Abbie, Rebecca, Richard & Breanainn
2nd violins - tutored by Ken Rice
Devin, Conor, Abbie, Aisling, Andrew, Mark, Abbie, Elizabeth, Chan, Hannah, Jessica, Maggie, Johanna, Molly, Jessica, Sarah
violas - tutored by Lisa Grosman
Martin, Aoife, Martha, Ciara, Harriet, Theo, Philip, Meabh, Ciara, Iseult
cellos - tutored by Bill Butt
Sinead, Rory, Patrick, Genevieve, Ellen, Jessie, Cormac, Caitriona, Jacqui, Lucy, Siobhan, Meabhdh
double basses - tutored by Aura Stone
Aisling, Niall, Sophie, Daire, Amy
flutes - tutored by Catriona Ryan
Amy, Mary-Ellen, Michéal, Cian
oboes - tutored by Ronan O'Reilly
Lukas, Hugh, Deirdre
clarinets - tutored by Paul Roe
Seamus, Cian, Fionnuala, Ciara
bassoons - tutored by Ates Kirkan
Ronan, Aisling, John
horns - tutored by Lesley Bishop
Peter, Eimear, Caoime, Louise, Donal
trumpets - tutored by David Collins
Patrick, Paul, Christian, Senan
trombones & tuba - tutored by Paul Frost
Clara, Conall, Adam, Conall
percussion - tutored by Richard O'Donnell
Clare, Conall, Seán, Siobhan
harps - tutored by Andreja Malir
Meabh and Clara
After travelling the country and meeting hundreds of young musicians at auditions and after hundreds of emails and phonecalls, it's so exciting to see NYOI together for the first time this year.
Tomorrow we're going to follow a section of the orchestra for a day to show you what a day in the life of an NYOI musician looks like. Leave us a comment here or on our
facebook page and let us know which section of the orchestra's shoes you'd like to walk in for a day?!
Over and out for day 1!
Zoe