Ensemble training
The festival
Keep up to date with what’s going on at NYGE across the UK. Take a look at the rehearsal schedule for 2019/20 for each ensemble, and find out latest information on the upcoming residential courses.
Royal Over-Seas League,
5 Park Place, St James’s,
London, SW1A 1LR
10.30am – 4.30pm
13 Sept 2020
11 Oct 2020
22 Nov 2020
13 Dec 2020
17 Jan 2021
28 Feb 2021
28 Mar 2021
Camerata only TBC July 2021
Easter Residential 2 – 4 April 2021
Summer Camerata & Fellowship Tour
22 – 27 July 2021
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery,
Chamberlin Square,
Birmingham, B3 3DH
11.00am – 4.30pm
13 September 2020
4 October 2020
22 November 2020
13 December 2020
10 January 2021
7 February 2021
7 March 2021
Camerata only TBC July 2021
Easter Residential 2 – 4 April 2021
Summer Camerata & Fellowship Tour
22 – 27 July 2021
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama,
North Road,
Cardiff, CF10 3ER.
2.45 – 5.45pm
19 September 2020
10 October 2020
7 November 2020
5 December 2020
16 January 2021
6 February 2021
13 March 2021
Easter Residential 2 – 4 April 2021
Guitar Circus takes the safety and wellbeing of both students and staff very seriously during episodes of severe weather. We carefully consider any decision to cancel monthly NYGE rehearsals as we understand the disruption that this can cause to both parents and students. We therefore only take this course of action as a last resort. In the unfortunate event that we do have to cancel a rehearsal, we will aim to give at least 24 hours notice and where possible, attempt to re-schedule to another date.
NYGE Residentials happen twice a year; at Easter for our Foundation and Camerata ensembles and in the summer holidays for our Camerata and Fellowship ensembles. They form a crucial part of the NYGE calendar providing the opportunity for students to perform the repertoire that they have been learning during their monthly rehearsals. This is not all, Camerata and NYGE ensembles also enjoy a larger orchestral experience at the residential courses when all the NYGE regional ensembles come together forming an impressive NYGE combined orchestra and NYGE Camerata Orchestra to perform pieces that they have prepared at home!
During the courses the ensembles rehearse for up to five hours a day. In the afternoon students have some free time to unwind, where they can attend specialist workshops or use the venues sports and games facilities or just simply relax. Some students choose to revise for upcoming GCSE’s or A Level exams in their free time, not a moment is wasted! Each evening the course mentors organise social activities, which can include games, quiz and open mic nights. The intensive week of rehearsals concludes with a concert at a prestigious venue.
2nd – 4th April
Bloxham School, Banbury, OX15 4PE
More information coming soon!
Dates 22nd – 27th July
NYGE 20th Anniversary Tour
More information coming soon!
Write to us
By email: Info@guitarcircus.org.uk
By Post: Guitar Circus, 12 Parchment street, Winchester, SO23 8AZ
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