Michael Measures Prizes: National Youth Orchestra of Canada Announces 2024 Winners
TORONTO, ONTARIO – APRIL 24, 2024: The National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada) is thrilled to announce the winners of the prestigious 2024 Michael…
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Tiffany Yeung (violin) – Michael Measures Prize
Violinist Tiffany Yeung spent the 2023 summer touring with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, as the soloist for Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major.…
Robert Conquer, Trombone, 2022 Michael Measures
In 2022, young trombonist Robert Conquer has an outstanding accomplishment to show for his decades of musical training: the Michael Measures First Prize, available annually…
NYO Canada: Youth and Energy
The National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC), in collaboration with the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), will present the Frenergy Tour from Nov.12 to 17.…
National Youth Orchestra of Canada Off to Europe
Oh, it’s been a long one,” Barbara Smith laughs when I ask about her history with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. The NYO Canada…
Ottawa Chamberfest: Roman Borys talks Canadian Content and Funding
Running July 22 to August 4, the Ottawa Chamberfest is bound to please with featured guests Miró Quartet, Rolston String Quartet, Cinquecento, Stephen Hough, Julian…
The National Youth Orchestra: Unsilent and At The Edge
When Barbara Smith and Blanche Israël greeted me at the NYO’s downtown Toronto office, they had a weary-yet-determined air – familiar to any arts administrator…
