Our Team

Artistic & Music Director - Senior Orchestra Conductor Coaching Team - Senior Orchestra Director and Conductors - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras Coaching Team - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras Sinfonietta Director and Sinfonietta Team Pastoral Team Support Team

Artistic & Music Director - Senior Orchestra Conductor

Damian Iorio

Coaching Team - Senior Orchestra

Diana Cummings

Enrico Alvares

Alex Thorndike

Gillian Thoday

Benjamin Russell

Director and Conductors - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras

Rachel Erdos

Leon Bosch

Coaching Team - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras

John Crawford

Sally Anne Anderson

Vanessa Gaidoni

Rebecca Leyton-Smith

Alice Kent

Becca Spencer

Holger Aston

Sinfonietta Director and Sinfonietta Team

Monica Wilkinson

Adelaide Carlow

Pastoral Team

Rowena Taylor

Pastoral Team Assistants

Steve Nurse – Team Leader
Lara Agar
Caroline Blair
Ellie Church
Adam Cubitt
Elizabeth Edwards
Charlotte Howdle
Cai Waverley-Hudson
Isabel Irvine
Tomo Kimura
Maxim Del Mar
Harry Nim
Francesca Pringle
Callum Sherriff

Theo Vinden – Music Assistant

Emma James – Music Assistant

Support Team

Carol Parker

Anne-Marie Norman

Jane MacArthur - Amati UK Limited

"The Kodaly and Dalcroze lessons were a key part of my experience. My understanding of Solfa and of the music we were playing has deepened. By using movement I really felt the rhythm of each piece. I could visualise each action and input it into my playing. I also really enjoyed playing the pieces in small chamber groups with input from tutors on how to play together better. This has developed my listening skills and affected how I play with other people, even if it’s just with a piano accompaniment. It’s such a great example of how I can take the skills that I’ve learnt at NYSO and apply them in my musical life."

Come & Join Us.

NYSO has 4 orchestras of different ages and levels. The Senior Orchestra is for Grade 8 and above. Camerata for ages 13-17 and playing standard grade 6-8. Sinfonia for 9-12 years and Grade 5-7. New for 2023, the Sinfonietta will be for talented 7–9 year-old string players at grade 2-5 or equivalent.

Senior Orchestra Sinfonietta Sinfonia Orchestra Camerata Orchestra

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The continued generosity of our supporters enables NYSO to make our residencies accessible to a broad spectrum of talented young string players. This is fundamental to our ethos and key to our continued success.

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