National Youth Recorder Orchestras Great Britain

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National Youth Recorder Orchestras of Great Britain

  • NYRO at Uppingham Summer 2024

    NYRO at Uppingham Summer 2024

  • Busking in Uppingham Summer 2024

    Busking in Uppingham Summer 2024

  • Student Concert Summer 2024

    Student Concert Summer 2024

National Youth Recorder Orchestras

Welcome to the website for the National Youth Recorder Orchestras (NYRO)

NYRO is an organisation dedicated to young recorder players and exists to support, develop and nurture their playing and give them opportunities to perform. As well as supporting their musical ambitions, NYRO gives them the chance to meet other young people, have new experiences and broaden their horizons. NYRO is unique in that it is the only national youth recorder orchestra in the world.

NYRO’s principal aims are to:

Be an advocate for high quality recorder playing and for the recorder orchestra model

Bring together like-minded young people to develop their recorder playing to a high level and to benefit from top professional tutors and conductors

Give young people the opportunity to make friends from all social backgrounds who share their interests and experience the satisfaction of working together

Stimulate interest in the recorder and promote it as an instrument for life, encouraging participation in an absorbing and life-enhancing hobby.

NYRO runs two residential courses and a number of Recorder Days around the country each year. We engage top professional recorder players as tutors and experienced conductors to coach and inspire young players, and give them the opportunity to try or renew the experience of playing in ensembles with professional guidance. We have all the large recorders available during our courses so players can try out bass, great bass and contrabass recorders. Recorder teachers are also very welcome to attend our Recorder Days.

For more information about our courses, please see the links below:

 

Next Concerts

  • Easter Concert 2025

    19th April 2025

    This free concert marks the end of the Easter Course 2025 and features items studied during the week by the ensembles.

  • Summer Concert 2025

    2nd August 2025

    The concert marks the end of the Summer Course 2025 and features items studied during the week by the ensembles.

Next Courses

  • Easter Course 2025

    15-19 April 2025

    Our annual 4-night Easter Course will once again take place in the beautiful setting of Rugby School.

  • Summer Course 2025

    27th July to 2nd August 2025

    Our 6-night residential course from 27th July to 2nd August 2025 at Uppingham School is open to players aged 10-25 with a playing standard of Grade 5 up to Diploma. There are no formal auditions for the course but if you are new to NYRO, we may ask you to attend a short, online "Getting to Know You" session before the course.

Next Audition

    Auditions are held at our Recorder Days around the country

    Contact us to find out about audition dates to be arranged

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