SEYSO

South Essex Youth Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Youth Orchestra

SEYSO provides orchestral training for young musicians aged 11 upwards through a series of courses, workshop days and concerts featuring the great classics as well as modern and baroque pieces.

Our programme for 2007 includes Sunday orchestral workshops, courses and 3 formal concerts, exploring a variety of different styles under the direction of a team of experienced conductors and guided by specialist tutors.


Training Orchestra

Focussed training in smaller groups is currently being organised for players from pre-grade 1 up to Grade 5 standard. (or at least one year's playing experience)

SEYTO Wind and SEYTO Strings.

More information on SEYTO.


If you need further details not on the website, please call the SEYSO message line.

Message line: 01702 207912
seyso_team@hotmail.com

Registered Charity
Number : 1057748


 

 

Join SEYSO


History

Tour pictures
About SEYSO
Training Orchestra
Compton Organ
Musical links

Concerts and photos

Previous Concerts:
11th July 2004
Sutton Hall
5th September 2004
Ford Family Day
11th September 2004
Holy Trinity Church
20th November 2004
Salvation Army
30th April 2005
Kings Concert Hall
23rd July 2005 concert
Sutton Hall Farm
23rd December 2005
Reunion Concert

Message line: 01702 521788
seyso_team@hotmail.com

Essex Societies
Essex Concerts
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Spring 2007


 


 

SEYSO / SEYTO Spring Course and Concert

Sunday 13th April 2008 - 3 pm Performance

  • Wagner - Meistersingers Overture
  • Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
  • Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
  • Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony - Movements 1 and 3.

The concert will be conducted by the internationally-acclaimed Hungarian-born Moshe Atzmon, who has been the Orchestra's principal guest conductor for a number of years.

Tickets are priced £6 and £4, and these are available on the door or in advance.

Information/tickets: 01702 207912.

Southend High School for Boys Music Centre - map


Thursday 10/04/08 10am -1pm 2pm - 5pm SEYSO only
Friday 11/04/08 10am -1pm 2pm - 5pm SEYSO only
Saturday 12/04/08 10am - 1pm 2pm - 5pm with SEYTO
Sunday 13/04/08 10am - 1pm with SEYTO


Book a place

Places must be booked in advance as music needs to be hired and additional players arranged if needed to cover absence.

Please email details to seyso_team@hotmail.com or to call 01702 207912.

stating Name, Instrument, Address and Telephone Number to confirm.

Download application form.
(Word format - 60 seconds on dialup).
Won't work ? Forms will be available on the day. Please be early.


Join SEYSO

Key features of SEYSO membership

- Monthly workshop and concert sessions.
- Three courses annually with major public performances.
- Team of experienced conductors including, as Principal Guest Conductor, the internationally acclaimed Hungarian conductor, Moshe Atzmon.
- Large staff of specialist tutors.
- Rehearsal and performance experience alongside professional musicians.
- Ensemble playing opportunities in all styles from baroque to modern.
- Coaching in theory and composition for GCSE and A-Level.
- Advice clinics on instrument care and maintenance, careers in music, practice techniques, tuning and intonation, posture and deportment.


Previous Dates

Spring course 2007 and concert

Sun 25/03/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm
Sun 15/04/2007 10.00am - 5.00pm
Fri 20/04/2007 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sat 21/04/2007 10.00am - 9.30pm ; 7.30pm Concert

with Moshe Atzmon SEYSO's Principal Guest Conductor.
See photos of the concert.

Orchestral workshops

Sun 20/05/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm ; 4.30pm Performance
Sun 24/06/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm ; 4.30pm Performance

Summer course and concert

Fri 31/08/2007 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sat 01/09/2007 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sat 01/09/2007 7.00pm - 9.30pm ; Evening social function
Sun 02/09/2007 10.00am - 5.00pm
Fri 07/09/2007 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sat 08/09/2007 10.00am - 9.30pm ; 7.30pm Concert

Orchestral workshops

Sun 30/09/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm ; 4.30pm Performance
Sun 28/10/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm ; 4.30pm Performance
Sun 25/11/2007 1.15pm - 5.15pm ; 4.30pm Performance

Christmas course and concert

Fri 21/12/2007 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sat 22/12/2007 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sun 23/12/2007 10.00am - 9.30pm ; 7.30pm Concert


Come and play

SEYSO is inviting orchestral musicians to come and play.
Alot of new players have joined as a result and all will be made welcome and introduced to new friends.

Orchestral training workshops

SEYSO has held a series of monthly orchestral training workshops in 2006, on the last Sunday of the month.

These events are designed to train young musicians in the art of ensemble and orchestral playing, to help them develop an awareness of the music and to show how skilled interpretation can transform a performance. Workshops continue throughout 2008.

Rehearsals were followed by a short concert to family and friends.

Previous workshops included :

Spanish Music Workshop
Sunday 25th February 2007
Rodrigo, Manuel de Falla, Rimsky-Korsakov and of course Bizet’s Carmen.

Show Music Workshop
Sunday 28th January 2007
An orchestral workshop led by experienced players, to rehearse and then perform show music such as :
Weber's Overture from Der Freischutz
An Oklahoma Selection
An Sullivan Opera Selection

Mozart Requiem Workshop
Sunday 26th November, 1.15pm – 5.15pm
An orchestral workshop led by experienced players, to rehearse and then perform music from Mozart Requiem - with guest singers fron Southend Bach Choir..

Film Music Workshop
Sunday 29th October 2006

An orchestral workshop led by experienced players, to rehearse and then perform orchestral film music.

" An Orchestral Masterclass "
Sunday 26th March 2006
with Moshe Atzmon a world famous conductor

" A level music set works "
Sunday 30th April 2006
Rehearse and perform.
What better way to learn ?

" Choral Music day "
Full orchestra and vocalists.
Sunday 25th June 2006


Membership and Fee Structure

Membership of SEYSO is open to orchestral instrumentalists from about grade 4 on their instrument. For beginners up to about grade 5, an associated group, the South Essex Youth Training Orchestra (SEYTO), meets at approximately the same times and on the same premises.

Annual Membership of SEYSO is £10, with a charge of just £5 then made for each event day attended. A Season Ticket is available at £50 covering Membership and all events in 2007.

There is a 20% discount granted to siblings.

There is no annual fee associated with SEYTO, just a charge of £5 for
each event day attended. A Season Ticket is available at £45 covering all SEYTO events in 2007.

 

For further details, photos, the new training programme and more info about joining SEYSO, click here and here for SEYTO.

 

 

 

 

Whats on www.seyso.org.uk

Photos

Spring 2007 photos.

Christmas concert 2006 photos

SEYTO photos

Pictures of Christmas Concert 2005

pictures of July 2005 concert

More pictures of the Gala 2004 concert and link to the Evening Echo story.

April 2005 Concert pictures.

Pictures of 2004 Christmas concert rehearsal, concert and party.

Pictures of the Nov 2004 Salvation Army Concert.

Pictures of the Rayleigh concert Sept 2004.

Pictures of the Ford Family Day Sept 2004.

Some tour pictures.

About SEYSO

SEYSO Training Orchestra

Principal Guest Conductor
Moshe Atzmon

SEYSO recruiting
new training programme

Join SEYSO page.

History

There are some links to previous tour locations on the history page and details of the orchestra from 1968 to present. Some tour pictures.

scanned programmes from around 1988

People links .

SYO Song opens in a new page - switch to background.

Compton Organ page.