Blog | Dublin | YoungDublinSymphonia

All Posts

Mar 30, 2020
1 min

YDS in action at the National Concert Hall

On February 8th Young Dublin Symphonia performed at the NCH as part of the 25th Festival of Youth Orchestras. With players from both the...

9 views0 comments

Feb 1, 2020
1 min

Excitement is mounting....

….as we rehearse for the forthcoming Young Dublin Symphonia performance in the National Concert Hall on February 8th, as part of the 25th...

8 views0 comments

Sep 18, 2019
1 min

Bleeding Pig 2019

Young Dublin Symphonia was delighted to be invited to play at the Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival 2019 in Donabate, Co Dublin. The Gala C...

10 views0 comments

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Italy 2019

The tour to end all tours. We departed July 17th for the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples. As guests of the Walton Foundation w...

46 views0 comments

Apr 17, 2019
1 min

Springtime Concert at the National Botanic Gardens

The fantastic end of year concert of the Young Dublin Symphonia was a testimony to a year of hard work and enthusiasm. The concert for ...

26 views0 comments

Apr 17, 2019
1 min

YDS rehearsal in full swing

A great rehearsal by the Young Dublin Symphonia

13 views0 comments

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

Christmas 2018

A medley of highlights from another very successful Christmas Concert by the Young Dublin Symphonia.

41 views0 comments

Apr 30, 2018
1 min

2018 Tour to Portugal

It was an early start from Dublin airport but the 2018 Young Dublin Symphonia tour to Portugal was a great experience. We performed two ...

31 views0 comments

Apr 6, 2018
1 min

Carl Nielsen

Delighted to announce that Young Dublin Symphonia has been awarded funding by the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Nielsen Foundation to suppo...

7 views0 comments

Dec 22, 2017
1 min

Christmas Concert 2017

The Young Dublin Symphonia annual Christmas Concert was held in Howth this year. We played to a full house at the Church of the Assumpti...

17 views0 comments

Sep 30, 2017
1 min

Gala Concert for the Bleeding Pig

In September 2017 the Young Dublin Symphonia were delighted to take part in the Donabate and Portrane annual Bleeding Pig Cultural Festi...

4 views0 comments

Aug 31, 2017
1 min

Cork Tour 2017

In August 2017 Young Dublin Symphonia toured to Cork, playing concerts in Blarney and Kinsale and en route, in Clonmel. Our busking in K...

19 views0 comments

Apr 30, 2017
1 min

Lismore Castle 2017

In April Young Dublin Symphonia were invited to play for the Towers and Tales Children's Book Festival in Lismore, Co Waterford. The hig...

5 views0 comments

Dec 12, 2016
1 min

Christmas Concert 2016

Westmoreland Street Church was the venue for the annual Young Dublin Symphonia Christmas Concert. We were joined by a girls choir from D...

15 views0 comments

Sep 30, 2016
1 min

Great result in Feis Ceoil 2016

Delighted to announce a third podium finish in the Feis Ceoil competition. Congratulations and well done to the Young Dublin Symphonia ...

4 views0 comments

Apr 12, 2016
1 min

OrkesterEfterskolen

In Spring 2016 Young Dublin Symphonia hosted a visit by the Danish Orchestra School OrkesterEfterskolen. We had a lot of fun, made new f...

3 views0 comments

Feb 19, 2016
1 min

20th Festival of Youth Orchestras

In February Young Dublin Symphonia performed a concert in St Ann's Church Dawson St., as part of the 20th Festival of Youth Orchestras. ...

2 views0 comments

Apr 30, 2015
1 min

Feis Ceoil Success 2015

Well done to Young Dublin Symphonia and Bjarke Gundersen for a fantastic result. Runners up in the Open Orchestra category of the ESB Fe...

1 view0 comments

Dec 8, 2014
1 min

Christchurch Cathederal, 2014

In August, after a week of rehearsals with a youth orchestra from Italy (CESMI: Centro Sperimentale Musicale per l'Infanzia) the Young Du...

5 views0 comments

Nov 13, 2014
1 min

The Pavilions, 2014

Young Dublin Symphonia delighted shoppers and guests at a Night at the Pavilions Shopping Centre Swords

1 view0 comments

{"items":["5e81fbb0bd8a130017c4b72a","5e35b5f962548f0018b54886","5d827b0e18337300170d4dbc","5d41cf4c938fd200178c7237","5cb6f7c683e8a9001547172b","5cb6f67c3b7d520015b4b4b2","5c1be5296f9f29001aaa3480","5bb26e0663e367114b5e8b19","5c42029d11163a001c97ca6f","5bb2654c296f1911431b1c76","5c4317ac57a316001ce2066f","5bb2654c296f1911431b1c77","5c3f044498df73001cf7b790","5c117c365eaaee001a6d9b86","5c431016a02cd7001c73dd5d","5c11809955aaf8001ae36ff4","5c4743cbb307d0001c59babc","5c420610929ca9001cdd8a78","5c117b829a284900f6efd940","5c3f0979f3bec3001c2a6998"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"rgba(216, 209, 198, 0.75)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}