South Tyneside Youth Orchestra
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South Tyneside Youth Orchestra (STYO), now known as 'South Tyneside Orchestra' is a orchestra
based in South Tyneside
in the North East of England
. It contains over 60 people and is an amalgamation of some of the finest youth and adult musicians of the local area. Frequently performing all over South Tyneside, South Tyneside Orchestra, and other ensembles from South Tyneside Music Service were the first LEA Music Service to showcase talent at the then new Sage Gateshead
. This lead on to annual concerts at the sage with all groups within the music service paying along with primary schools
from the area lending their singing children to the occasion to form a 100 children strong choir. Led and Conducted by Ernest Young, Former, Director of Music Service in South Tyneside.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
based in South Tyneside
South Tyneside
South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north...
in the North East of England
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
. It contains over 60 people and is an amalgamation of some of the finest youth and adult musicians of the local area. Frequently performing all over South Tyneside, South Tyneside Orchestra, and other ensembles from South Tyneside Music Service were the first LEA Music Service to showcase talent at the then new Sage Gateshead
Sage Gateshead
The Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the northeast of England...
. This lead on to annual concerts at the sage with all groups within the music service paying along with primary schools
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
from the area lending their singing children to the occasion to form a 100 children strong choir. Led and Conducted by Ernest Young, Former, Director of Music Service in South Tyneside.