Reconnect. Relive. Replay.
Join us for REPLA.Y.O, a reunion concert orchestra for AYO alumni and friends.
Relive the magic of your Australian Youth Orchestra days! Not-so-direct from AYO’s 1984 Ambassador Tour, special guest conductor Guy Noble invites friends of AYO from decades past to join him for this special reunion at National Music Camp in 2025.
Over a warm, long weekend in Adelaide, you will reconnect with old friends, dust off your instrument and relive the joy of making music in the midst of an AYO program. You will witness today’s young talent making their start and perform a forgiving repertoire including Beethoven, Johann Strauss Jr, Tchaikovsky, and Jessica Wells.
Conductor & Presenter
Guy Noble is well-known to Australian audiences as a conductor, host, pianist, writer and broadcaster. Guy first played piano with AYO on the 1984 tour to Europe and the UK, culminating in a performance of Stravinsky’s Petrouchka at the BBC Proms.
He has conducted all the major orchestras in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia, in repertoire from classical and opera to tours with Harry Connick Jr and Randy Newman. He was an announcer on BBC Radio 3 and hosted Breakfast on ABC Classic from 1999-2001. He hosted and conducted the Queensland Symphony’s Music on Sunday series for 18 years, Adelaide’s Classics Unwrapped series for 5 years and Great Opera Hits with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House for 10 years and 400 performances. He wrote The Classical Music Explorer for ABC Books, two volumes of Word of The Day for Penguin Books and has had his own column in Limelight Magazine for over 15 years.
$700
Includes two dinners and three days of rehearsals and Cost:
$700
Includes two dinners, three days of rehearsals and performance, as well as admission to all seven concerts in the AYO Summer Music Festival. Travel and accommodation not included. A 50% deposit is required by 31 October to register with full payment due by 30 November.
The program will be confirmed by email after 31 October, depending on interest. Before booking flights and accommodation, please contact AYO to confirm that the program will proceed. AYO does not accept liability for any associated costs of attendance or cancellation.
25 years and above.
AYO is seeking strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp and keyboards for the program. If you have any questions about the standard required or the program in general, please contact us.
There are no requirements though ideally participants will be playing on a semi-regular basis to maximise enjoyment for all