National Youth Orchestra coming to Royal Concert Hall Nottingham and teenager can go for free to experience live classical music

The National Youth Orchestra promises to take audiences on an exhilarating adventure in sound as it tours this month.

With it’s new orchestra cohort made up of 158 talented teenage musicians from across the UK, they will be performing together live at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham on Friday, January 5.

Conducted by Sir Mark Elder, the performance will begin with a brand-new work by Dani Howard, written specially for National Youth Orchestra’s brass and percussion sections. and feature music by renowned composers Debussy and Strauss.

Performing as part of this year’s orchestra is Nottingham’s very own 16-year-old Clarinettist Clarice Leung, from Radcliffe.

Clarice comes from a non-musical family and first joined the National Youth Orchestra community last year as part of its award-winning Inspire Programme — a free and inclusive programme of musical opportunities run designed unlock the potential of teenagers who face barriers in musical education or lack opportunity.

“I’m excited to play challenging orchestral pieces at such a high standard, with a group of like-minded, enthusiastic young musicians from all across the country,” said Clarice.

“It is an experience that you can’t find elsewhere.

“I hope to show everyone that classical music can be insanely fun to play and listen to, and is life inspiring — totally not a dead genre of music.”

The orchestra hope that through concerts it can champion the impact that orchestral music can have upon the lives of teenagers and believed that it is more important than ever before that young people have opportunities to learn instruments and experience playing together.

The concert will be free for teenagers and all other ticket information can be found on the Royal Concert Hall website.