YMSO is proud to have an ongoing relationship with the European Union in the UK, having performed at multiple Europe Day celebrations at the iconic Smith Square Hall. Most recently, in May 2025, the orchestra returned to Europe Day celebrations with a ceremonial fanfare, the anthems of the European Union and the United Kingdom, and a memorable collaboration with dancers from The Royal Ballet School, performing ballet music by Léo Delibes and Meyerbeer. In May 2024, YMSO marked Europe Day with a special performance featuring a new arrangement of the European anthem Ode to Joy, alongside the UK National Anthem, commemorating the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Previously, in May 2023, the orchestra presented a full Europe Day concert, performing a vibrant programme of European repertoire by composers including Chabrier, Suppè and Offenbach.
We are honoured to contribute to these prestigious events and grateful to our partners at the EU Delegation, European Union in the UK, Cultural Relations Platform, and The Royal Ballet School for their collaboration and support.
In June 2021, the YMSO returned to St. John’s Smith Square with a programme showcasing the abilities of their young musicians in repertoire for full symphony orchestra, including Elgar's In the South and Glazunov Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major.
We thought we would put together another Virtual Performance for you all to enjoy! We look forward to playing together again on October 13th.
In November we were able to meet and play together, but without an audience. As a result sharing this video of our concert with you is particularly special for us.
As the year comes to an end, all of us at the YMSO would like to wish you a very merry Christmas. We say farewell to 2020 with Offenbach's energetic Can Can, high-kicking us into a better 2021.
On October the 14th YMSO proudly returned to St John's Smith Square to perform to a live audience for the first time since the COVID crisis began. We hope you enjoy it, all those in the orchestra and audience certainly did. It was an emotional and memorable experience.
We are pleased to present a fourth virtual performance for your enjoyment. Tchaikovsky’s ‘Grand Pas de Deux’ from ‘Nutcracker’ has long been a favourite within the repertoire and our musicians have had a lot of fun putting it together. Thank you for your continuing support in these difficult times.
Following on from the lovely response to our previous virtual performances, we are excited to present the third instalment in our ongoing series. This time, we're delving into Romantic Opera repertoire with the heroic prelude to Act 3 of Wagner's "Lohengrin". Many thanks again to all our friends and colleagues for their continued support. We cannot wait to start performing live concerts again soon and hope to see you all when we can!
Following the fantastic response last month's performance of the Galop from Rossini's William Tell Overture has received, the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present the second piece in its series of virtual performances. This time, we're whisking you away to the glacial vistas of Finland, for a rendition of the March from Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius.
Following the cancellation of our concert at St John’s Smith Square last month, we were immediately desperate to get making music again, through any means possible. YMSO is therefore thrilled to present our first EVER virtual performance- the Galop from Rossini's Overture to his opera William Tell.