Southampton Youth Orchestra present a 60th anniversary concert: Carmina Burana at O2 Guildhall Southampton, performing with local massed choirs.

Performances will include:

Shostakovich - Festival Overture

Kabalevsky - Violin Concerto: Soloist - Amelia Wozniak

Orff - Carmina Burana, Soprano: Charlotte Da Silva, Tenor - Simon Irwin, Baritone - Jack Holton

Conductor: Kevin Withell

Assistant Conductor: Charlie Mann

Tickets:

The ticket link on the Guildhall website is not working for this at the moment but Guildhall are aware and will sort this for us asap.

The ticketmaster link to purchase tickets is working and can be found here: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/60th-anniversary-concert-carmina-burana-southampton-12-07-2025/event/360062A6B9D3248F

Please note that although it says standing it is actually unreserved seating - this is a peculiarity of the O2 booking system in that, if it is unreserved seating, it shows as standing!

Parking: available in nearby carparks.

Photos/Video: TBC

Join Pulse8 in concert this summer!

More information to follow!

Parking: available at the venue.

Photos/Video: No photos please.

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection at the end of the concert.

Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia will be performing at Royal Victoria Country Park.

Location: Royal Victoria County Park, Netley Abbey, Southampton SO31 5GA

Parking: Car parking available in the Country Park

Photos/Video: There will be an official photographer. As this is a public event, we can't control photos completely but would ask that they are not shared on social media.

Tickets: This event is unticketed but donations are welcome.

Southampton Youth Wind Band will be performing at Chandlers Ford Methodist Church in an end of year celebration, including band awards and recognition of 2025 leavers!

Parking: limited parking at venue, please use side roads in area

Photos/Video: No photos please.

Tickets: Tickets: £10 Adults and £1 (under 16’s) –tickets reservations can be made via music@southampton.gov.uk – please indicate how many seats you would like and if they are Adult or Student, or they can be bought via the button below.

Southampton Youth Brass Band will be performing at Romsey Bandstand, The Meads 31, Romsey SO51 8HB

Performance Time: 1.30-4.30pm

Parking: available in local car parks

Photos/Video: This is a public event so we have no control over photos/videos etc. If parents do take them we would request that they don’t share on social media

Tickets: Not applicable

Join Boom and Airplay for a join concert at Cantell School!

Parking: available at the venue.

Photos/Video: No photos please.

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection at the end of the concert.

Southampton Youth Strings & Elgar will perform a Summer Concert at Cantell School!

More information to follow!

Parking: TBC

Photos/Video: No photos please.

Tickets: Free entry. There will be a retiring collection at the end of the concert.

Southampton Youth Brass Band will be performing at St Cross Fete this June!

They will be performing 3 sets between 1.30-5pm.

The St Cross Fete, first held some 150 years ago, will again be held in the beautiful grounds of the medieval Hospital of Saint Cross. There will be stalls, games, a fun fair, and train rides; and entertainment provided by the Winchester Morris Men, 1st Chandlers Ford Boys’ Brigade Band, Ukulele Band and Punch & Judy.

Bacon Baps, teas, home-made cakes and ice cream are available.

Funds raised are for the church at St Cross, Winchester Bereavement Group, Winchester Young Carers and Winchester Hospice.

Parking: ample free car parking on site

Photos/Video: not to be shared on social media.

Tickets: Adults £3.00, Children free entry

Full details of the event and tickets can be found via the button below:

Join Studio Band for a concert you won’t want to miss at The Concorde!

Studio Band (fka Jazz Workshop) is a 10 piece Jazz Band playing a selection of modern & classic jazz tunes!

They will be joined by special guests from Southampton University: Nomad

Parking: parking is available at the venue.

Photos/Video: Not to be shared on social media please.

Tickets: £8 Adults, £5 Concessions, £1 for Under 16s.

Tickets can be purchased using the button below or via www.theconcordeclub.com

Southampton and IOW Music are proud to partner with the Gig Night Charity, providing young artists with a regular platform to perform and develop their music and confidence.

Gig Night is a charity providing a grass-roots youth music project in Southampton to create or join a band, perform as a solo artist, learn song-writing techniques and develop other skills required to deliver a live performance.

Gig Night performers apply for a performance slot via a google form. They are awarded a slot based on live experience, material and musicianship.

Gig night runs monthly at the Old Chemist engaging young musicians from all over Southampton.

Please see gignight.org.uk for further details.

Performing slots are open to any young person in years 7-13.

Parking: available in local side streets.

Tickets:  £7 adults & under 18’s £2.50.

The events are free for all young people who contribute to the night.

Tickets can be purchased on the Gig Night website. via the button below.

This is not an event organised by SIOW Music or the Friends.

Southampton Youth Orchestra will be performing in concert at Thornden Hall.!

Southampton Youth Orchestra continue their 60th Anniversary Season with a bold and exciting programme at Thornden Hall. Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture is a reliable crowd-pleaser, and sets the stage perfectly for Sibelius’ Symphony No.5 – a masterclass of drama, suspense and unapologetic celebration.

In the first half, we will be treated to a performance of Tchaikovsky’s timeless Piano Concerto No.1 with internationally acclaimed Duncan Honeybourne at the piano. Duncan teaches at University of Southampton and the Junior Royal Academy of Music and is in demand as a concerto soloist, accompanist and recitalist. He has been lauded by The Times, Gramophone Magazine and BBC Music Magazine, and regularly has recordings broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and radio stations across the world. This is Duncan’s second collaboration with Southampton Youth Orchestra, and it is our pleasure to welcome him back.

Southampton Youth Orchestra have gone from strength to strength over the last few years, with performances including Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, Rimsky-Korsakoff’s Scheherazade and Tolga Kashif's Queen Symphony – and we can’t wait to be back at Thornden Hall with another glittering programme.

Parking: at venue

Photos/Video: TBC

Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £8, Under 18s £1

Join Pulse8 and Southampton Youth Sinfonia for a joint concert at Cantell School!

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection at the end of the concert.

Southampton Youth Brass Band will be in joint concert with Ocean Brass at Chandlers Ford Methodist Church!

Layout will be cabaret style with tables and audience are welcome to bring their own food, but a few nibbles will be on the tables but there will be no official interval

Parking: TBC

Photos/Video: TBC

Tickets: £8 Adults, £1 for 16's and under. These are available to purchase through Lindsay Bassett, please email lbassett23@googlemail.com

Join Airplay, Elgar and Boom in concert at Cantell School!

Parking: Available onsite (Cantell School) 

Photos/Video: No photos.

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection.

Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia presents A Musical Adventure!

Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia features around 80 of Southampton’s finest young musicians aged 11-18. In March 2025, join SYCS on a Musical Adventure!

Southampton Concert Sinfonia warmly invite you to join them on an expedition through a varied and engaging programme. This will feature The Prince of Egypt, Robert W Smith’s Into the Storm and The Jungle Book. This exciting programme really does have something for everyone!

Buy your tickets now and don’t miss the boat!

Doors open: 2.30pm

Concert starts: 3.00pm

Parking: at venue.

Photos/Video: TBC

Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £8, Under 18s £1, Family ticket - 2 Full Price & 1 or more U18's just £22 — available via the button below.

Southampton Youth Wind Band, Pulse8, Airplay and Studio Band perform together in their Windband Pyramid Concert at Thornden Hall.

Southampton and Isle of Wight Music Services present their annual concert.  An evening celebrating the fabulous young talented wind, brass and percussion musicians within Southampton.  The bands will again be joined by Studio Band, who will bring their jazz flavour to the evening's concert.

Parking: at venue

Tickets: available via the button below.

Southampton & Isle of Wight Music and Friends of the Southampton Youth Orchestras present their annual concert:

Featuring Southampton Youth Orchestra, Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia, Southampton Youth Strings & Elgar and special guests BOOM!

Come along and enjoy this special event on 1st February at Central Hall!

Parking: Available in the surrounding roads and nearby car parks.

Photos/Video: No photos/videos to be taken please.

Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £8, Under 16s £2, Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children) £25

Southampton Youth Brass Band will be performing in concert at Ocean Terminal!

This is not an event organised by SIOW Music or the Friends

Parking: Available on site.

Photos/Video: This is an open event so we are not able to control the taking of photos/videos.

Tickets: to be confirmed.

Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia will be performing in concert at Thornden Hall!

Join Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia, Southampton's largest youth orchestra, for an evening of festive favourites from our most loved Christmas films.  Programmes to include everything from Aladdin to White Christmas, along with wonderful festive lighting.  Fun for all the family - not to be missed!

Doors open: 6.30pm

Concert starts: 7.00pm

Parking: Available at the venue.

Photos: Please do not take photos/videos. There will be an Official photographer present to capture the concert.

Tickets: £12 Adults, £8 Concessions & £1 under 18’s – Tickets are available via the button below.

Southampton Youth Brass Band will be performing at Exbury Gardens. This is not an event organised by SIOW Music or the Friends.

Parking: Available on site.

Tickets: More details to follow…

Join us at Southampton Guildhall to continue the Southampton Schools Music Association of schools Christmas events at Southampton Guildhall this Christmas!

Jo Downs has written a new Christmas Songbook and narrative script for this event which is loosely based on the Nativity story with three original songs for KS1 and three original songs for KS2, spanning a variety of genres and styles.

Southampton Youth Wind Band will also be performing in our Christmas Schools’ Celebration Concert.

Parking: available in the City Centre car parks.

Photos/Video: please do not take photos or videos.

Tickets: £8 Adults & £1 young people/concessions, plus 10% booking fee per ticket & transaction fee.

Ticket Link coming soon

Southampton Youth Orchestra’s first concert of the season is an all-French programme with a Spanish twist, featuring Delibes’ Coppelia Suite, Chabrier’s Espana and an exciting performance of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnol, featuring the debut concerto performance of one of our own young violinists.

All proceeds from tickets and raffle to go Friends of Southampton Youth Orchestras, who support young musicians across the city as well as SYO and our training pyramid.

Parking: available at the venue.

Photos: Please do not take photos or videos.

Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £8 and Under 18s £1 - available via the button below.

Southampton and IOW Music are proud to partner with the Gig Night Charity, providing young artists with a regular platform to perform and develop their music and confidence.

Gig night runs monthly at the Old Chemist engaging young musicians from all over Southampton. SIOW Groove Bands, Groove Merchant and Groove Syndicate, feature in the lineup.

Age Range: 11 - 18

Parking: available in local side streets.

Tickets:  £5 adults & under 18’s £2.50   - available via eventbrite using the button below.

This is not an event organised by SIOW Music or the Friends.

Come and see our wind band, Airplay, and percussion group, Boom! perform live at Cantell School!

The concert will start at 5pm and be followed by mince pies and refreshments.

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection.

Parking: Available on site.

Photos: Please do not take photos or videos.

Come and see our string group, Elgar, and guitar groups, Twango and Los Twangolitos, perform live at Cantell School!

Tickets: There will be a retiring collection.

Parking: Available on site.

Photos: Please do not take photos or videos.

Southampton and IOW Music are proud to partner with the Gig Night Charity, providing young artists with a regular platform to perform and develop their music and confidence.

Gig night runs monthly at the Old Chemist engaging young musicians from all over Southampton. SIOW Groove Bands, Groove Merchant and Groove Syndicate, feature in the lineup.

Age Range: 11 - 18

Parking:  available in local side streets

Tickets:  £5 adults & under 18’s £2.50 - available via eventbrite using the button below.

Come and see Southampton Youth Strings perform live at Cantell School!

Tickets: More info to come

Parking: More info to come

Photos: More info to come

Southampton Youth Orchestra performing at the Fulltone Music Festival in Devizes on Sunday 28 July, 1.00 - 2.00pm.

Please visit https://fto.org.uk/devizes-fulltone-music-festival-2024/ for further details and to purchase tickets.

Southampton Youth Orchestra and Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia will be in joint concert at Central Hall.

More details to follow.

Find out more about our Ensembles here.

Join three of our wonderful youth ensembles, Pulse8, Boom and FolkActive Youth Ensemble as they perform together in a joint concert at Cantell School.

This concert runs from 6 - 7.30pm

Parking:  School car park

Photos/Video:  Not to be shared on social media

Tickets: Free entry with a retiring collection

Find out more about our Ensembles here.