The 22nd Festival of Youth Orchestras takes place on Saturday, February 11 2017, at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The festival will see over 400 young players from around Ireland perform classical works and arrangements for youth orchestra in a variety of styles.

Performances will include movements from George Bizet’s Colin Maillard, Franz Schubert’s Entr’acte No.3 from ‘Rosamunde’, Hymn to Joy by Ludwig Van Beethoven and A Celtic Suite by Kathrine Hugh Colledge. A family event not to be missed.

The Festival of Youth Orchestras was one of the first activities to be undertaken by the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras on its formation in 1994. To date, over 7,000 talented, young musicians have performed at the Fesival.

This annual showcase of the very best in Irish Youth Orchestras from around the country, featuring this year St. Ultan’s Senior Strings, Newpark Junior Strings, DIT Sinfonietta, Limerick School of Music Orchestra, Kerry School of Music Orchestra, Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra, Athenry Youth Orchestra and County Wexford Youth Orchestra.

Tickets priced from €7.50 - €15.00 are on sale from the National Concert Hall box office or online from www.nch.ie www.nch.ie