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Under 13 Orchestra

“What a stunning performance they gave! Barely thinkable that children this age should perform the Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, let alone perform it so well! No trace of self-doubt among them.”

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The Under 13 Orchestra performs the third movement of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony at Leeds Town Hall on 15 August 2009.

The Under 13 Orchestra is a full symphony orchestra for children up to the age of 13. It offers children their first taste of performing in a major UK concert venue.

Members have two 9-day residential courses, one at Easter and one in the Summer, both of which end with a public concert. Previous venues have included Leeds Town Hall, Town Hall in Birmingham and The Anvil in Basingstoke. There is also a Winter non-residential weekend leading up to a concert, usually in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre.

There are occasionally other special concerts by invitation and members of the Under 13 Orchestra may be invited to join the NCO Sinfonietta.

2012 Under 13 Orchestra Members:

Violin  
   
Natasha Barton Megan McKay
Samuel Bartram Safia Merchant
Patrick Bevan Gayatri Mullaparthi
India Blackshaw-Britton Eliza Nagle
Emily Boyle Mami Nakada
Jedidiah Cheung Ciara Parker-Northeast
Leora Cohen Holly Pedlar
Daniel Cook Natasha Phang-Lee
Victoria Daramy Williams Felicity Porter
Sabrina Davis Maggie Russell-Campion
Imogen Gordon Tasmin Sarkany
Eleanor Hall Sophia Wakefield
Amelia Harding Naomi Warburton
Oscar Jakubiel Smith Emma Whitehouse
Elliott Kempton Anna Worthington
Chere Yee Law Eileen Xu
Karl Lee Olivia Ziani
   
Viola  
   
Brooke Burkhart Branwen Jones
Hanako Dickinson Sima Jovanovic
Nansi Dingle Raphaelle Kent
Isobel Doncaster Lucy Lench
Chance Freeman Ben Miller
Alys Howells India Raynes
Penny Islef Eleanor Tuckey
   
Cello  
   
Claire Biek Natalie Martin
Sasha Boult Joseph Pritchard
Celina Dembinska-Kenner Isabel Russell
Grace Dunn Rowena Taylor
Silas Edwards Christopher Wilkin
Ben Finlay Hamzah Zaidi
Lucy Little Harry Zhang
   
Double bass  
   
Hannah Godfrey-Clarke Charlotte Morris
Maya Jelf Kazuo Newcombe
Rayner Keyse Thea Sayer
   
Flute  
   
Natasha Dixon Lauren Nicholls
Hannah Gillingham Pia Rose Scattergood
Lucy Hopson Bethany Wood
   
Oboe  
   
Thomas Edmiston Saskia Patel
Jessica Patel Lydia Tsoukkas
   
Clarinet  
   
Cara Doyle May-Ling Shi
Verity Guest Joel Solomons
Juliet Lawrence  
   
Bassoon  
   
Helen Fraser Ashby Mayes
Lucy Gibson Verity Stroud
   
French horn  
   
Kiran Armanasco George Maynard
Olivia Gandee Jack Morley
Harry King James Palles Clark
   
Trumpet  
   
Agnes Chandler Michael Hain
Callum Clarke Meghan Shepherd
Isabel Davidson Francis Sinfield
   
Trombone  
   
Ffion Haffenden Chewepe Tsate
Sebastian Hill  
   
Tuba  
   
Jack Pierce  
   
Percussion  
   
Hana Broadhurst Joseph Parks
   
Harp  
   
Holly Heath Eloise Oliver
Alice Miller Ryoko Umemoto


 

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