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Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra

The Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra teaches orchestral craft to musicians wanting to experience performing in a full-sized symphonic orchestra.  The repertoire will be exciting and challenging, developing ensemble and rehearsal skills through a program of weekly rehearsals and regular sectionals. 

The Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra’s achievements are showcased through its own concert series, giving musicians the experience of performing concert programs in professional venues.  Members of the Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra are also eligible to participate in special projects including a Concerto Workshop and an advanced Wind Ensemble program.

PGYO REHEARSALS:
Saturdays during the school year from 9:00am - 12:30pm (Room 113)

PGYO CONCERTS:
The Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra will present three separate concerts as part of the MYM Ensembles Concerts, in three different professional venues across Melbourne.
MYM ENSEMBLES CONCERT at BMW Edge, Federation Square (Sunday 13 May)
MYM ENSEMBLES CONCERT at Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre (Sunday 19 August)
MYM GALA CONCERT at Dallas Brooks Centre (Saturday 10 November)

PGYO SPECIAL PROJECTS:
PGYO WIND ENSEMBLE

3 - Mark Shiell 150x200MARK SHIELL Conductor

From 2012, Mark Shiell will take over as conductor of the Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra.

Mark has conducted concerts in Russia, Japan and Australia with ensembles such as the West Australian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Victorian Opera, Sydney Sinfonia, Halcyon Ensemble, Canberra Symphony, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa and the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra. 

Mark is regularly sought after to work with young ensembles and in recent years has worked with the orchestras of the Australian National University School of Music, Sydney Conservatorium, University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Monash Academy and the State Music Camp.  He is currently the Principal Conductor of the Zelman Symphony Orchestra, the Macquarie Philharmonia and the Canberra Concerto Orchestra and in 2012 will join the MYM team as the conductor of the Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra. 
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