Frozen Festivities - A Sheffield Family Christmas Concert

Support Sheffield Youth Orchestra (registered charity no. 501699) and The Endcliffe Orchestra

Sheffield Youth Orchestra (SYO) is South Yorkshire's longest-running indepedent youth orchestra. Since 1964, we have led the way in developing young musicians through outstanding training and performance opportunities across the Steel City. We pride ourselves in:

Outstanding Music Making - We strive to provide unique performance opportunities at a range of venues in Sheffield. The repertoire we explore is ambitious,engaging and broad - with a particular focus on classical music composed in the past 100 years. Sheffield Youth Orchestra is an excellent accompaniment to a young musicians work in KS3, GCSE and A-Level music placing theory into practice. It's the perfect stepping stone into further education and professional music making.

Developing Young Musicians - For many young musicians, this may be the first time engaging with a full-size orchestra. Because of our longer rehearsals, we don't just focus on how and when to play the instrument. Musically, we also look into developing musicianship, learn about conducting and composing for small ensembles. This is in addition to instilling confidence and teamwork skills in our young players through our performing and social programme.

Community Engagement - Youth Orchestras hold great responsibility in the community. Not only to inspire the next generation of players, but also to bring communities together. That's why we focus our performances and community days on bringing families, schools, teachers and local musicians together to share our love for music. In addition, we collaborate with local charities to give back to the local community.

Accessible to All - We appreciate that music education can be expensive. That's why we are committed to reduce joining fees to a minimum. Our community events will stay free, in order to provide a platform for like-minded musicians to come together and engage with exciting repertoire.

The Endcliffe Orchestra was established in 1977 as the Sheffield Amateur Orchestra, It today provides a friendly and welcoming environment within which amateur musicians in Sheffield can rehearse and perform together.

Rehearsals take place every Monday during school term time at Millhouses Methodist Church. The orchestra usually performs two concerts per year, in January and July, plus other special events. The Endcliffe serves as a development orchestra and provides a friendly and relaxed atmosphere for amateur players in Sheffield, particularly lapsed amateurs and those who are new to orchestral playing and performing.

Any donations will be split 50:50 between these two fantastic Sheffield organisations