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
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Coaching Team - Senior Orchestra

Jonathan Barritt
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Diana Cummings
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Enrico Alvares
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Gillian Thoday
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Benjamin Russell
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Director and Conductors - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras

Rachel Erdos
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Leon Bosch
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Coaching Team - Camerata and Sinfonia Orchestras

John Crawford
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Cathy Elliott
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Rafael Todes
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Monica Wilkinson
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Vanessa Gaidoni
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Rebecca Leyton-Smith
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Holger Aston
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Sinfonietta Director and Sinfonietta Team

Monica Wilkinson
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Anita Memmott
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Kim Vaughan
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Pastoral Team

Rowena Taylor
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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
  • Laura Massey

Theo Vinden – Music Assistant

Emma James – Music Assistant

Support Team

Carol Parker
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Anne-Marie Norman
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Jane MacArthur - Amati UK Limited
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"I was slightly nervous when I arrived but the atmosphere was so warm and welcoming that I fitted in immediately. Whether you had been at NYSO for years or you were on your first residency it was very easy to make friends. During the residencies I developed my musicality, posture and sight-reading and became more confident generally. The section tutors and my fellow musicians really changed the way I feel about playing the violin."

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, and Sinfonietta for talented 7–9 year-old string players at grade 2-5 or equivalent.

Senior Orchestra Sinfonietta Sinfonia Orchestra Camerata Orchestra

Support Us.

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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