National Youth
World Youth
Keep up to date with what’s going on at NYGE across the UK. Take a look at the rehearsal schedule for 2025/26 for each ensemble, and find out latest information on the upcoming residential courses.
Royal Over-Seas League,
6 Park Place, St James’s,
London, SW1A 1LR
10.30am – 4.30pm
NYGE Summer Residential
26th – 29th July 2025
Rehearsals 2025-26
28th September 2025
19th October 2025
16th November 2025
14th December 2025
11th January 2026
8th February 2026
8th March 2026
NYGE Guitar Day at RWCMD, Cardiff
17th January 2026
NYGE Easter Residential
28 – 30th March 2026
NYGE Camerata Summer Tour – Spain
22 – 27th July 2026
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,
200 Jennens Road
Birmingham, B4 7XR
11.00am – 4.30pm
NYGE Summer Residential
26th – 29th July 2025
Rehearsals 2025-26
21st September 2025
12th October 2025
16th November 2025
14th December 2025
11th January 2026
8th February 2026
8th March 2026
NYGE Guitar Day at RWCMD, Cardiff
17th January 2026
NYGE Easter Residential
28 – 30th March 2026
NYGE Camerata Summer Tour – Spain
22 – 27th July 2026
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama,
North Road,
Cardiff, CF10 3ER.
10.30am – 4.00pm
NYGE Summer Residential
26th – 29th July 2025
Rehearsals 2025-26
21st September 2025
26th October 2025
16th November 2025
14th December 2025
18th January 2026
15th February 2026
15th March 2026
NYGE Guitar Day at RWCMD, Cardiff
17th January 2026
NYGE Easter Residential
28 – 30th March 2026
NYGE Camerata Summer Tour – Spain
22 – 27th July 2026
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.
28th – 30th March
Bloxham School,
OX15 4PE
26th – 29th July
Dean Close School,
Cheltenham
Write to us
By email: Info@guitarcircus.org.uk
By Post: Guitar Circus, 7 The Maples, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1TQ
