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11th - 18th July 2010 The first NSSO course took place in Suffolk in 1994, with its debut concert at the internationally famous Snape Maltings Concert Hall. Since then the orchestra has met every July for a week of high-quality music-making. The course is always held in a residential school with good, modern boarding and leisure facilities, and with a first-class concert hall (either in the school or nearby) for the final concert, to which all parents, families and friends are welcome. NSSO appoints experienced professional conductors, skilled at relating to young people and able to make appropriate demands on them. The music chosen will be taxing and requires a high technical standard. For the first part of the week most rehearsals are in sections; sectional tutors are all professional musicians who have extensive experience of orchestral playing as well as being chosen for their ability to relate effectively to young people. The course takes place during the holidays and, although members will work hard in rehearsals, the atmosphere is relaxed and purposeful: the aim is to make music together to the highest standards as well as to make new friends and have fun. There is a full team of pastoral staff, and the course is led by the Course Director, David Evans. Membership of NSSO will extend and deepen any young instrumentalist's experience of orchestral playing and provides a unique opportunity for those who love music and are happy to spend a week of their holiday as part of a superb and "professional" orchestra. |