Stanley Dodds, the Sydney Youth Orchestra's new Chief Conductor, talks to Limelight about the "buzz" he gets on the podium and being a "slow cooker".

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

This week, Sydney Youth Orchestras paint the town orange in its biggest annual fundraising event with performances around the Sydney CBD.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Stanley Dodds, currently the Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, to join SYO in its 50th year.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

A youth orchestra will be renamed after Richard Gill, who was Chief Conductor at Sydney Youth Orchestras from 1977 to 1982.

The $30,000 Conductor NSW Orchestral (Early Career) Fellowship, awarded to Leonard Weiss, will include a year’s activities with Sydney Youth Orchestras.

Ahead of a solo with the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Brian Nixon explains why you will often see the timpanist with an ear close to the drum.

“Home-grown conductors – Australia needs ‘em!” Christopher Lawrence tells us about the inaugural program, which is one of four new fellowships offered by Create NSW.

Christopher Lawrence and Damian Barbeler take us behind the scenes of Sydney Youth Orchestra’s COVID-19 inspired digital project.

Four Winds, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Chamber Opera are among the 58 small to medium arts organisations who will receive funding for up to four years.