Tasmanian Youth Orchestra
Youth Orchestra (TAS)
The Tasmanian Youth Orchestra is TYO’s flagship ensemble, providing exceptional development opportunities and outstanding performance experiences for the past 60 years. The accomplished young musicians in this orchestra range in age from 14 to 25 and represent some of Tasmania’s finest young musical talent. Musicians in this orchestra have the opportunity to rehearse weekly with their musical peers, perform challenging symphonic repertoire at least three times per year; and collaborate annually with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra through TSO’s ‘Big Rehearsal’.
TYO Chief Conductor: Thomas Rimes
Thomas Rimes is a Tasmanian musician who has worked throughout Europe, the United States, China and Australia as an operatic and symphonic conductor and as a composer/arranger of numerous stage works. From 2009-19 he was engaged as a Kapellmeister (staff conductor) at opera houses in the German cities of Kassel and Gelsenkirchen. Having now returned to Australia, he currently works as the Director of Music at St. David’s Cathedral in Hobart, the Director of Ensembles at Sacred Heart College and as a frequent guest conductor with ensembles such as the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Youth Orchestra. His most recent major stage composition, the mock-baroque comic opera “Annus Horribilis” was premiered to great acclaim in April 2023.
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