Reading Youth Orchestra
A small, friendly community of young musicians based in Reading, Berkshire. One of the oldest youth orchestras in the UK, we're proud to be continuing a long history of providing local students with a place to play great music in a supportive environment every Friday night.

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Why our members love RYO
- Supportive environment – we build each other up
- Friendly and relaxed – we’re a mini community
- Exciting repertoire – from Beethoven to James Bond
- Musical development – improve your skills
- Creative opportunities – play solos, compositions and arrangements
Latest news
End of year performance 2021
Two of our members are here to tell you about our year-end performance in September 2021. Elsa reflects on this as the …
Getting to know English Folk Songs
One of the pieces we are learning this year is the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Gordon …
2021-22 season starts Friday 17th September
After rather unusual 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, we all have our fingers crossed that this year will be a bit more normal! …
Building our new website
– By Abbey Hardy, Daniel Hobart and Pippa Moore Today we (along with the invaluable contribution of Bernie the dog) have been …
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