Open Up Music 🎵

Torin sits in the BSO offices talking to Hannah, a member of the BSO team. They are sitting on green armchairs. Torin wears a black t-shirt with white writing on it and dark trousers. Hannah wears a white pin-striped shirt and dark trousers.

Huge congrats Torin for achieving your Silver Arts Award at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra! 👏

"I think the important thing is to be able to bond with people. That’s what making music is all about." - Torin

Read more on the @bournemouthso.bsky.social website: bit.ly/4m5I8lk

#InclusiveMusic

A photo of young disabled and non-disabled musicians performing to an audience. Text reads "Trustees and Treasurer wanted! Apply by 1 September".

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀. We need you to guide our work opening music to young disabled musicians as a Treasurer or Trustee!

📅 Deadline: 1 September 2025

🔗Apply: www.openupmusic.org/we-re-recrui...

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The National Open Youth Orchestra performs on stage. The silhouetted heads of audience members watch.

A young musician plays bass guitar on stage.

A young musician plays the Clarion accessible instrument on stage.

The National Open Youth Orchestra being applauded on stage. Text reads: "Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2025 concert tour. See you next year!"

"Do you see me?" - We're celebrating this year's Learning Disability Week theme by showing NOYO musicians stealing the show at their final concert date at #BirminghamTownHall.

✨ NOYO welcomes musicians who learn music in many different ways!

#LDWeek #NOYO #InclusiveMusic

Text reads: "I liked that every performer had something exciting to do across all the pieces." - Josh, NOYO violinist and bass player

Josh loved coming to watch his friends from the Cardiff NOYO Ensemble perform with the National NOYO Ensemble!

Come see NOYO in Birmingham on 8 June ⤵️
bmusic.co.uk/events/natio...

#NOYO #InclusiveMusic #YouthMusic

Text reads: "Join us!"

A young female musician sits behind an electric piano on stage and talks into a microphone.

A young female musician plays bass guitar on stage. She is surrounded by other members of the National NOYO Ensemble.

A young female musician stands next to a harp on stage. She is talking into a microphone.

"Complex, comforting and compelling" - Thoroughly Good Classical Music 🤩

Read the full review of the National Open Youth Orchestra's London concert⤵️
bit.ly/ThoroughlyGood

Join us this Saturday at Lighthouse, Poole (livestream tickets available)⤵️
bsolive.com/events/ring-...

Pix: Eljay Briss

#AnOrchestraInEverySchool 📢 'Orchestra' can sound formal but it’s simply a place where young people, often excluded elsewhere can build confidence, make friends and share their music. Our #NOYO and #OpenOrchestras programmes engage hundreds of young disabled people every year. Backing the #ABO.

A young musician plays saxophone. Text reads: “It’s great to get to play in great venues with NOYO and be on stage making music for people to enjoy.”

Luke told Lighthouse Poole all about his experience of playing with the National Open Youth Orchestra! ⤵️
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/music-is-par...

Come watch Luke, and the rest of our National NOYO Ensemble perform in 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲 on 𝟭𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝘆. Tickets 👉 bsolive.com/events/ring-...

#NOYO

📸: Paul Underhill

A fantastic opportunity to work with our National Open Youth Orchestra partners at @bournemouthso.bsky.social!

A young musician speaks into a microphone on stage. Text reads: "Cass' three reasons to see NOYO in concert".

Text reads: "1. No matter who you are, there is someone in your life who would benefit from knowing that orchestras like NOYO exist!"

2. Text reads: "Our audience members love the "surprises, emotions and wonder" and the "precision, joy and energy" of our performances."

Text reads: "3. We're playing some absolutely wonderful music, with some existing pieces, and some new compositions."

Cass shared three reasons you should come and see the National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) play at Milton Court in his Q&A with @guildhallschool.bsky.social

Read Cass' interview on the Guildhall blog!

Get tickets for NOYO's concerts in London, Poole, Cardiff and Birmingham⤵️
bit.ly/4lfdQwe

The word 'audition' can sound scary, but NOYO auditions are relaxed... We just want to get to know musicians and make sure they're going to enjoy being part of an ensemble.

Watch NOYO Music Leader Bea tell you more.

😎 11-25 year-old musicians, apply until 31 March! noyo.org.uk/apply/

☺️ NOYO auditions are relaxed. What does that mean?

Here's harpist Holli and Music Leader Bea sharing a few ways we make the experience accessible.

✨ 11-25 year-old musicians can apply to join NOYO by 31 March 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/

#InclusiveMusic #YouthMusic

You have until midday tomorrow to give to our @biggive.bsky.social campaign bit.ly/BigGiveOUM

Help us hit our £10,000 target, we're so close!

Support the development of the Clarion accessible instrument, so that young disabled musicians like Ale can explore music. Watch him play with head movement

😄 Music Leader Bea shares ways musicians can calm any audition nerves with NOYO harpist Holli.

✨Share with 11-25 year-old musicians, and encourage them to apply to join NOYO by 31 March 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/

#InclusiveMusic #Apply #YouthMusic

"Before I joined the National Open Youth Orchestra, I had nowhere to play, even though I loved music." - Jonah, NOYO trombonist.

🫵Your donation will support more young musicians like Jonah and Holli to play in accessible ensembles: bit.ly/BigGiveOUM

@biggive.bsky.social #ArtsForImpact

🎻 NOYO Ensembles are auditioned because they're for young disabled musicians who could progress towards a career in music if there were no barriers. There's no requirement to read music or to have taken graded exams to apply.

✨ 11-25 year-olds musicians can apply by 31 March 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/

📺 Watch young disabled musicians share what being part of an Open Orchestra means to them.

🫶 Donate, so more young people in special schools have the opportunity to express themselves through music and perform: bit.ly/BigGiveOUM

📅 Every £1 you gift will be doubled thanks to @biggive.bsky.social.

Could YOU be our next Programme Coordinator?

Let Senior Project Manager, Rosanna, walk you through all the details in this video— including the roles available, location, and how to apply!

🗓️Application Deadline: Thursday 3rd April, 9 AM
⏳Don't miss out—apply today!
shorturl.at/yXcw5

Book your place at the CoMA Summer School before 1 April and save £50! We're also offering a 15% discount for f/t students.
Find out more and discover our programme here: bit.ly/comasummer

🌟 We're taking part in the #ArtsForImpact @biggive.bsky.social campaign! In this clip, Barry shares how you can create life-changing opportunities for young disabled musicians through our programmes.

✅ Every £1 you give until 25 March will be doubled thanks to match funding!

🔗 bit.ly/OUMBigGive

A concert poster with information about the National Open Youth Orchestras 2025 concert series. Text reads: "National Open Youth Orchestra. Ring Out! No more barriers, just great music. London, Milton Court Concert Hall, 27.4.25. Poole, Lighthouse, 10.5.25. Cardiff, Hoddinott Hall, 17.5.25. Birmingham, Birmingham Town Hall, 8.6.25."

🥳We're so excited to announce the National Open Youth Orchestra's 2025 tour dates... Including their first-ever concert in Cardiff!

Performances are relaxed with £1 tickets for under 25s and a livestream ticket option.

Book your tickets now! noyo.org.uk/2025-concerts/

#InclusiveMusic

We are. Good to find you here 👋

A young musician plays bass guitar. Text reads: "Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! Josh asked some of the Cardiff NOYO Ensemble musicians, what does music mean to you?"

A young musician stands with a cor anglais. Text reads: "Pea: 'I enjoy the way it brings people together.'"

A young musician plays violin. Text reads: "Bethan: 'I come from a very musical family so when I think of music I think of my family, including those who aren’t here anymore. Being Welsh, I see Wales as the land of song.'”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

To celebrate St David's Day, bassist and violinist Josh asked members of the Cardiff NOYO Ensemble what music means to them.

Apply to join a Regional NOYO Ensemble 👉 bit.ly/4jWq4cC

#DyddGwylDewi #StDavidsDay #InclusiveMusic

Meet the kids playing in an inclusive orchestra The National Open Youth Orchestra has groups all over the country. Emma-Louise met the London Ensemble to see what it's all about.

The young musicians in our programmes motivate us every day ❤️🎶 Meet the London NOYO Ensemble #NationalOpenYouthOrchestra #NOYO #Clarion in partnership with @guildhallschool.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...

A TV presenter interviews three young disabled and non-disabled musicians.

A camera operator films an orchestra rehearsing. The orchestra members are disabled and non-disabled and play a mix of acoustic and electronic instruments.

A female TV presenter, a woman and a young man pose for a photo. The young man is a wheelchair user and poses with the Clarion accessible instrument.

A camera operator films an orchestral rehearsal. The orchestra is made up of young disabled and non-disabled musicians.

👏 Well done Tejiri, Chapman and Maeve for sharing the London NOYO Ensemble's "wrong is strong" attitude, and Ale and Anne for showing off the Clarion on BBC Newsround

📺 Watch NOYO on Newsround 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ne...

🎻 Apply to join NOYO 👉 bit.ly/NOYOApply2025

@guildhallschool.bsky.social

A group of young disabled and non-disabled musicians rehearse together on acoustic, electronic and accessible instruments.

A group of young disabled and non-disabled musicians rehearse together.

A group of young disabled and non-disabled musicians rehearse together on acoustic and electronic instruments.

A group of young disabled and non-disabled musicians rehearse together on acoustic and electronic instruments.

🚨Applications for Regional NOYO Ensembles are live🚨

11-25-year old disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled musicians looking to develop their ensemble and instrumental skills in an inclusive setting can apply to join NOYO now 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/

#InclusiveMusic #Apply

Much appreciated ❤️

👋 National Open Youth Orchestra and Open Orchestras

YouTube video by ABRSM ABRSM Stage - The National Open Youth Orchestra

📢ABRSM Open Music Assessment is now available to Clarion players! Big up to National Open Youth Orchestra and Open Orchestras Clarion players who have shown what's possible, and helped it become recognised. Try it on iPad and PC #AccessibleInstrument theclarion.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=7arI...

Welcome Try it for free on your iPads and Windows PC devices. No need to read music to be creative. Play with 13 high-quality instrument sounds and make your own music.

If you're in the UK and have got an iPad or PC, you can download a free trial version theclarion.uk and have a go at playing some of the patterns. Send us your version of Happy Birthday😉

Thank you to #TheArchers supporters who donated to our charity after hearing Barry discuss your work (yes, our CEO is also Ed Grundy 😉). www.openupmusic.org/donate ❤️