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Kilkenny Youth Orchestra

Autumn 2024

Since it was founded in 1988, the Kilkenny Youth Orchestra has given concerts throughout Ireland from north to south, as well as regular performances at home in Kilkenny.

The orchestra aims to give instrumentalists from 12 to 18 years of age the opportunity to play the standard orchestral repertoire.
Players come from Kilkenny and surrounding counties, and rehearse on Saturdays from October to May.

Here is a video of our June 2025 concert in London.

Here is a video of our May 2023 concert in Kilkenny.

The orchestra has made many international exchanges with other youth orchestras, which has brought it to Paderborn in Germany, the Hague, Berlin, Stavanger in Norway, Hamburg and Firenze.

Nearer home, the orchestra has played in the past few years in London and Birmingham, and – in summer 2022 – in Paris.
This Summer we visited London again, giving a lunchtime concert in St. Mary le Strand, and
a school's concert in St. Albans.

Auditions for new members are held in September each year.

Here are some sample audition pieces from the past few years
to give an idea of the standard required:

Violin Cello D Bass

Flute Clarinet

Trumpet Fr Horn Trombone

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