Suffolk’s premier youth music groups are all set for a season of quality music-making.

The county’s talented young musicians are starting to look forward to a spring/summer of rehearsals and performances. Beginning in the Easter Holidays, their annual residential course will be taking place at Framlingham College over four days.

With brass, percussion, string and woodwind players, as part of the ‘County Music Groups programme, the Easter Concert is then held at Snape Maltings Concert Hall on 10^th April when they will be performing pieces such as Symphony No.5 by Shostakovich, Concert Prelude by Philip Sparke, Centuria by James Swearingen and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart. The programme offers a varied range of activities throughout the year. This includes rehearsal days, an Easter residential course at Framlingham College, European concert tours and performances at Snape Maltings.

This year’s European Tour destinations have recently been announced; with Suffolk Youth Orchestra heading off to Vicenza, Italy and Suffolk Youth Wind Band to Metz, France with performances at a range of exciting venues.

Looking ahead to May, applications will be opening for our 2024-25 County Music Groups, so please keep an eye on our website if you would like to apply. Or alternatively email county.musicservice@suffolk.gov.uk and we can add you tour mailing list, so you receive this information directly into your mail boxes!

"It’s great to be amongst like-minded musical friends and make new ones, great to play with others at a good standard" youth music groups music student.

Find out more information here: www.suffolkmusichub.co.uk/take-part

Easter Concert at Snape tickets are now available at https://brittenpearsarts.org/events/suffolk-county-music-service-presents-easter-concert