The Adelaide Youth Orchestra is an 80 member symphony orchestra designed to showcase the best young instrumentalists in Adelaide

Adelaide

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, South Australia

South Australia

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The youth orchestra itself comprises members aged between 14 and 25 years. Two further ensembles fall under the AdYO banner - The Adelaide Youth Sinfonia (AdSi), catering mainly for middle school aged musicians and the Adelaide Youth Strings (AYS), for string

String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...

 players aged 8 to 12.

AdYO performs a series of concerts during each year, including a major concert at the Adelaide Town Hall

Adelaide Town Hall

Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.-Description and history:Adelaide Town Hall was designed by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods, with construction commencing in 1863 and completed in 1866...

supported by all the ensembles of the Youth Orchestra organisation.