COMPETITION for all NYO members!
Your Design in our marketing & big Royal Concert Hall printed programme!
Dear NYTO, NYIO, NYO, NYJO young musician,
As you may be aware, excitingly we will be performing on The Royal Concert Hall stage on 28th November 2026! As this will mark the culmination of our 40th Anniversary celebrations, we would love to know what NYO means to you, our members. So we have a Competition for you to wow us with your creative flair. You might like to start over Christmas! See FULL COMPETITION DETAILS BELOW...
COMPETITION
We’re looking for designs that show what being part of one of NYO’s family of orchestras means to you… Is it Being with music friends? Excitement of performing? The big music soundscape? Orchestra trips? Something else? Try to focus on one or two main elements that you enjoy and work out how you are going to represent that in your entry.
Our judges will be looking for submissions that best encapsulate what being in a youth orchestra is like for our talented youngsters.
MEDIA
Your design can be: Artwork (presented digitally - any medium: e.g. paint, crayon, collage, art/design software etc.); Poetry or other Written Word (max. 50 words please); Cartoon; or even a Short Animation (30 seconds max). You can choose what suits your idea and skills best.
HOW TO ENTER
We’d prefer a digital copy of your submission (e.g. JPEG photograph, PDF) via parents’ email/WhatsApp. Email your entry to Paula Watt: pauladjwatt@gmail.com, WhatsApp your entry to Paula: 07814 637571
If you feel you have to submit original artwork, it must be easily portable and wrapped well to protect it. Hand it to an NYO tutor at rehearsal, or to Andrea Hemmett our Rehearsal Supervisor. Please note we cannot guarantee safe receipt of your masterpiece, so do consider sending us a digital copy which we’d prefer.
RULES
Your entry must include your Full Name, Orchestra, & Instrument and reach us no later than the Competition Deadline: Friday 3rd April (Easter!)
PRIZE(S)
The best design(s) will appear inside the cover of NYO’s Royal Concert Hall November ‘26 Printed Programme AND in NYO’s online marketing for the event!
Runner up designs will appear elsewhere in the printed programme.
NB Video submissions would only be used online.
Notification of Winners: You’ll find out if you’ve won by looking out for your entry on NYO’s social media and especially when you open the printed programme to our prestigious Nov 2026 TRCH concert! (We might give you the heads up in an email.)
GOOD LUCK!