| Biography | The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) has provided music education and performance experience for young musicians throughout Scotland since its formation in 1979.
NYOS runs eight national youth ensembles: The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, The National Childrens Orchestra of Scotland (NCOS), The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland (NYJOS), Camerata Scotland, NYOS Strings, contemporary music ensemble NYOS Futures, NYJOS Collective, and NYJOS Access.
As well as organising training, intensive rehearsals and national and international concert tours for these orchestras, NYOS is committed to introducing musical experiences to all of Scotlands young people through workshops in nursery, primary and secondary schools.
NYOS has also a policy of operating a world-wide international student exchange scheme for orchestra members, of commissioning new work particularly from Scottish composers and of producing CDs of selected repertoire. |