Southampton Youth Orchestra: Musical Portraits (11 April 2026)

After two days of intensive rehearsals the Southampton Youth Orchestra gave incredible performances for their "Musical Portraits" concert on 11 April at Thornden Hall. 

The concert featured two soloists from SYO, violinist Katie Ho in Saint-Saens Danse Macabre and the Ghin Choi in the 2nd movement of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.  Both soloists were simply stunning. It was hard to remember they are both still only in Y13. Huge congratulations to both soloists. SYO were equally fabulous in Coleridge-Taylor's Overture to The Song of Hiawatha and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. 

"Another evening to remember from the Southampton Youth Orchestra.  Under the direction of Kevin Withell and Charlie Mann the orchestra continue to go from strength to strength.  Everyone at Southampton and IOW Music are incredibly proud of all their achievements"

- Zoe Hunting, Ensemble Manager, SIOW Music