Please help us by completing our NYO PAST PLAYERS SURVEY...
As part of the 40th Anniversary TRCH concert we are trying to get in touch with our past players as we would love to hear from everyone. As you can imagine this is quite a hard feat after four decades of students through NYOs' orchestras. You can really help us by passing on the survey link (below) to any NYO friends that you are still in touch with as soon as you can.
LINK TO NYO’s PAST PLAYERS SURVEY - it’s quite short & won’t take long! https://forms.gle/kAAe9WEAWG3sDAko8
The majority of the information you submit will be used anonymously in the printed 40th Anniversary programme to our big concert at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall on 28th Nov 2026. The only time your name (plus instrument & NYO membership dates) would appear is alongside your answer to the question “What did being a member of NYO mean to you?” The other data will be shown collectively (e.g. types of work/career alumni have had.)
The information you share with us will be of interest to our concert audience and also important for us in our efforts to recruit new members. In a world of increasing demands on youngsters’ time and parents’ money we would love to share the benefits of NYO membership (mood & confidence boosting, friendships, obviously the music). So your answer to what NYO meant to you is important to us so that we can continue to get things right or strive to improve.
We really appreciate your time with the above - the beneficiaries will be a new generation of wonderful musical youngsters.
CAN YOU or your BUSINESS DONATE to our CHARITY? Finally we don’t enjoy asking, but as an independent charity organisation, i.e. one that is not supported by local or state funding, we are dependent upon subscriptions and voluntary donations for our activities. Donations to our Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/charity/nottinghamyouthorchestra, however small, make a difference to the number of students NYO can support through Bursaries and music enrichment activities as we plan for our next chapter and hopefully another 40 years!