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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.

2010 Under 13 Orchestra Members:

Violin  
   
Alexander Barker Katie Jankinson
Lucie Biek Geng To Law
Conor Carleton Charlie Lovell Jones
Harry Castle Katherine Lund
Fionn Connolly Freddie McGee
Monica Corliss Jessica Meakin
Bulak Dale Gaspalinao Alexander Meikle Briggs
Joseph Edwards Zoe Mountford
Theodore Elwell Liam Noonan
Robert Gittings Nell Norman
Althea Goldsbrough Christina Schoonakker
Olivia Gomes Briony Seden
Annabel Hancock Junbo Shim
Susannah Hardwick Oscar Sinfield
Emily Hart Charlotte Strivens
Peter Hartley Jacob Thorn
Caroline Heard Daichi Yoshimura
   
Viola  
   
Takeo Broadhurst Katrina Miller
Amy Green Niamh O’Shea
Arran Hope Daniel Pett
Megan Mather Anna Semple
Sophie McCafferty Stephen Smithers
   
Cello  
   
Hera Bradly Alice Luddington
Joe Davies Laura MacDonald
Ruth Friedlander Alice McGee
Malcolm Goodare Jasper Severn
Harriet Green Tom Sherwood
Henry Hargreaves Andrew Snell
Kai Konishi Dukes Saskia Wong
   
Double bass  
   
Charlie Green Alistair Ryall
Patrick Philip Dafydd Thomas
Elen Roberts Joshua Warren
   
Flute  
   
Lydia Baines Erica Flint
Georgia Brown Madeleine Jewell
Louis Dunham Lucy Pond
   
Oboe  
   
Polly Bartlett Fayruz Megdiche
Hannah Condliffe Natalie Pound
   
Clarinet  
   
Peter De Souza Miranda Layton
Matthew Glendening Alexander Wood
Edward Holmes David Wringe
   
Bassoon  
   
Osian Hughes Mollie Stallard
Annabel Lawrence Stanley Walker
   
French horn  
   
Emma Bain Ben Fourie
Joshua Bartram Rachel McVeigh
Michael Clesham Ella Wheeler
   
Trumpet  
   
Jonathan Bell Alexander Toal
Christopher Bowman Alice Woffenden
William Mead  
   
Trombone  
   
James Bluff Raddon Stephenson
Max McLeish Samuel Turner
Edward Percival  
   
Tuba  
   
William Druiett  
   
Percussion  
   
Jake Baum Verity Lloyd
Molly Ehrenberg-Peters Harry Lovell Jones
Emily Glassberg  
   
Harp  
   
Hannah Allaway Noa Gabay
Verity Foster Aoife Miralles


 

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