Alumni teaching projects

May 2019: Yangon, Myanmar

Europe meets Myanmar

In occasion of the Europe Day celebrations, the EUYO has been invited in the Far East by the Delegation of the European Union to Myanmar. A quintet of EUYO alumni, as part of their teaching programme, visited the country and played with the Orchestra for Myanmar, the New Children's Choir and the Singers from Mr Roger's Orphanage, Kachin Baptist Church, and ISY as well as with The Strand Singers.

August 2018: Birmingham, UK

Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra

Over 200 young musicians from 15 European countries came together with 6 international conductors, 50 teachers, musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and one of the world’s finest violinists, for a summer residency in Birmingham.

July/August 2017: Athens, Greece

Sistema Europe

On 1st August 2017, 343 young musicians between the ages of ten and thirty came together on stage at the mythical Odeon of Herodes Atticus theatre under the Acropolis. In a joint performance of the Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra (SEYO) they performed in front of 4.400 people to close the Hellenic Festival, a major music event held in Athens since 1955. The performance was the culmination of the 4th Sistema Europe Summer Residency held from the 19th of July to the 2nd of August in Athens, bringing together young talents and thirty teachers from twenty-eight countries that have implemented Sistema and Sistema-inspired programmes for "social action through music”.

July - August 2016: Grafenegg, Austria

European Music Campus Orchestra

Grafenegg and the European Union Youth Orchestra present the European Music Campus (EMC), a unique centre of musical dialogue and support for exceptional talents. Located in Lower Austria’s Grafenegg Castle, this programme offers musicians, performers and audience members the opportunity to experience and participate in dynamic music making and lively debate.

January 2016: La Valletta, Malta

Malta Youth Orchestra

The Malta Youth Orchestra (MYO) aims to skill Malta’s talented young orchestral musicians, while giving them opportunities to develop their ambition and aspirations. Operating in collaboration with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, the MYO nurtures a sense of professionalism in our young musicians, through regular rehearsals, workshops, masterclasses and performances with local and international music tutors.

September 2015: Thessaloniki, Greece

EUYO meets Megaron Youth Symphony Orchestra

REACT is a new audience development project in Thessaloniki that will serve as a model for developing skills amongst long-term unemployed young people and creating its own youth orchestra, the Megaron Youth Symphony Orchestra. Experienced young musicians from the EUYO worked alongside them, and also performed for diverse public in unexpected venues through the REACT programme: hospitals, schools, bars, and the seaside promenade and meat market.

August 2015: Milan, Italy

Sistema Europa Summer camp

200 musicians from 10 to 20 years, 27 countries of origin, 30 teachers, 8 days of intensive tests, 2 concerts at the Teatro alla Scala and at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi. These are the numbers of the third edition of the Summer camp of the SEYO-System Europe Youth Orchestra, which was held in Milan from 21st to 30th August.

July - August 2015: Grafenegg, Austria

European Music Campus Orchestra

Grafenegg and the European Union Youth Orchestra present the European Music Campus (EMC), a unique centre of musical dialogue and support for exceptional talents. Located in Lower Austria’s Grafenegg Castle, this programme offers musicians, performers and audience members the opportunity to experience and participate in dynamic music making and lively debate.

May 2015: Thessaloniki, Greece

REACT Thessaloniki

REACT is a new audience development project in Thessaloniki that will serve as a model for developing skills amongst long-term unemployed young people and creating its own youth orchestra, the Megaron Youth Symphony Orchestra. Experienced young musicians from the EUYO worked alongside them, and also performed for diverse public in unexpected venues through the REACT programme: hospitals, schools, bars, and the seaside promenade and meat market.

March 2015, La Valletta, Malta

Malta Youth Orchestra

The Malta Youth Orchestra (MYO) aims to skill Malta’s talented young orchestral musicians, while giving them opportunities to develop their ambition and aspirations. Operating in collaboration with the MPO Academy, the MYO nurtures a sense of professionalism in our young musicians, through regular rehearsals, workshops, masterclasses and performances with local and international music tutors.

July 2014, Grafenegg, Austria

European Music Campus Orchestra

Grafenegg and the European Union Youth Orchestra present the European Music Campus (EMC), a unique centre of musical dialogue and support for exceptional talents. Located in Lower Austria’s Grafenegg Castle, this programme offers musicians, performers and audience members the opportunity to experience and participate in dynamic music making and lively debate.