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.

The 13-year-old is a member of WSYO and a NSW RFS cadet. She tells us about her most inspiring musical moment, her love of Beethoven and Delta Goodrem, and how she's coped with COVID-19 isolation.

The young violinist spent three weeks in Vienna and Salzburg observing and playing with some of Europe’s best and brightest thanks to a scholarship win.

After 14 years as Chair, Jan Bowen is leaving the Sydney Youth Orchestras having changed their fortunes. She discusses her time there.

In Brett Weymark and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Dvořák’s rarely performed Requiem has found convincing advocates.

Violinist James Armstrong (19) will spend three weeks in Vienna and Salzburg in January working with the top orchestras and chamber groups.

SYO Chief Conductor Alexander Briger remembers the orchestra’s inspirational former chief and asks why youth orchestras don’t do more opera.

We talk to 15-year-old Marcus Michelsen about stepping up to the plate, as well as Alexander Briger ahead of the SYO's challenging season opener.