The seventies were a jam-packed decade for AYO with a 1970 World Expo performance, 1975 Asia Tour and 1979 trip to the Great Wall of China. It was also a landmark decade for the Australian Youth Orchestra with an overseas tour to Berlin.
1970
ABC Youth Concerts
Melbourne
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Tanya Hunt, cello
Pre-Asian Tour Farewell Concert
Canberra
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Tanya Hunt, cello
Inaugural International Tour
EXPO 70 Osaka (Japan); Manila (The Philippines)
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Tanya Hunt, cello
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Collegiate School of St Peters, Adelaide
Director: Percy Jones
1971
ABC Youth Concerts
Brisbane and Toowoomba
Conductors: Moshe Atzmon (Brisbane); Leonard Dommett (Toowoomba)
Soloist: Julie Raines, harp
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Frensham and Sturt Schools, Mittagong
Director: Percy Jones
1972
Adelaide Festival of the Arts and ABC Youth Concerts
Adelaide
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloists: Alan Bonds, Anne Laijta, Zsolt Martonyi & Lynley Carrington, violins;
Simone de Haan, Kenneth McClimont, Robert Clark, Grant Easton, trombones;
Karen Chugg, flute; Sharman Pretty, oboe
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria
Director: Percy Jones
1973
Australian Youth Orchestra season cancelled
National Music Camp
Collegiate School of St Peters, Adelaide
Director: Peter Seymour
1974
Three State Tour
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth (International Society for Music Education Conference)
Conductor: John Hopkins
Guest Conductor: Dmitri Kabalevsky
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Geelong College, Geelong
Director: Peter Seymour
1975
Asian Tour
Cebu City, Manila (the Philippines); Takasaki City, Tokyo, Kobe, Kagoshima, Kyoto (Japan); Seoul, Pusan (Korea) and Hong Kong
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Jeffrey Crellin, oboe
Intervarsity Choral Festival
Sydney
Conductor: Peter Seymour
Soloists: Pearl Berridge, soprano; Lauris Elms, contralto; Raymond McDonald, tenor
Sydney Opera House
Sydney
Conductor: Robert Pikler
Soloist: Grant Dickson, bass
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Collegiate School of St Peters, Adelaide
Director: Peter Seymour
1976
American Bicentennial Celebrations, tour of eight US states:
Interlochen Music Camp, MI; Memphis, TN, Atlanta, GA; Fort Worth, TX; Ames, IO; Golden, CO; Oakland, CA; Honolulu, HI
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Choral Concert with The Melbourne Chorale
Melbourne
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloists: Pearl Berridge, soprano; Lauris Elms, contralto; Raymond McDonald, tenor; Grant Dickson, bass
Opening of the new Canberra School of Music
Canberra
Conductor: Robert Pikler
Soloist: Margaret Powell, piano
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria
Director: Peter Seymour
1977
ABC Youth, Family and Schools Concert
Melbourne
Conductor: Robert Pikler
Soloists: Lisa Green, violin; Philip Green, cello; Paul Brickhill, piano
Choral concert with The Melbourne Chorale
Melbourne
Conductor: Robert Pikler
Soloists: Rhonda Bruce, soprano; Graeme Wall and George Hegan, tenors; Brian Hansford, baritone
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria
Director: Peter Seymour
1978
ABC Youth, Family and Schools Concerts
Adelaide
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloists: Sandra Tancibudek, violin; Renata Turrini, piano
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Collegiate School of St Peters, Adelaide
Director: Peter Seymour
1979
Inaugural Tour to China
Sydney (Australia); Hong Kong; Beijing, Nanking, Shanghai, Kwang Chou (China)
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Victor Sangiorgio, piano
ABC Series 6-30 and Schools Concerts
Sydney
Conductor: Georg Tintner
Soloists: Marilyn Richardson, soprano; James Christiansen, baritone
Choral concert with the Sydney Philharmonia
Sydney
Conductor: Peter Seymour
Soloist: John Winther, piano
Orchestra list
National Music Camp
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria
Director: Graham Wood