They're getting ready to fly – or drive – or even cycle to Loreto College Marryatville for the Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025 National Academy in Adelaide next week! 🛫🚗🚲🐫 We have 46 brilliant young musicians coming from as far away as Darwin, Cairns and even New Zealand – plus eight local Adelaidans – to dive into Classical and Romantic music and bring it to life with historically informed performance (HIP). Here's the breakdown: 15 from QLD, 13 from NSW, 8 from SA, 7 from VIC, and 1 each from NT, ACT and NZ. Whew!!! 🇦🇺🇳🇿 Our Co-Directors, Rachael Beesley and Nicole van Bruggen, plus our expert ARCO faculty, are coming from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to play side-by-side and share skills and passion.💚 Big thanks to Loreto College Marryatville for hosting the Academy, and to Elder Conservatorium for hosting our final concert. 🙏🏼 🎟️ Tickets on sale now to hear Australia's only national HIP youth orchestra: arco.org.au/book-tickets #AusRomClassOrch #HistoricallyInformedPerformance #HIP #YoungMannheimSymphonists #YMS #Mendelssohn #Schubert #symphony #classicalmusic #Romantic #Adelaide #travel #tourlife #youthorchestra (fb)

Sneak peek into YMS 2025 National Academy next week, and the stories behind the two big symphonies we'll be rehearsing and performing at the final concert on 4 October in Elder Hall, Adelaide! 🎵 (sound UP!) 🎭 Franz Schubert's Symphony No.4 was written in 1816 when the composer was just 19 years old. That's the average age of our Young Mannheim Symphonists! It's big, bold and dramatic, beginning with a fortissimo (super-loud) unison chord on C, before a haunting, tip-toeing melody. You can hear why Schubert later gave it the nickname 'Tragic'! ⛰️Felix Mendelssohn, meanwhile, wrote his Symphony No.3 inspired by a walking trip in Scotland - hence the symphony's nickname 'Scottish'. It gallops over the moors, kicks up a reel and finishes in a blast of four natural horns, trumpets, winds, strings and timpani. Sadly, Felix died just five years after the 1842 premiere aged 38, and Schubert himself died at 31 – making this program even more poignant. Want to listen? Join us in-person or livestreamed at 2pm ACST on Saturday 4 October! 🎟️ Tickets on sale now: arco.org.au/book-tickets Want to be part of YMS 2026? 🎻 Apply now through 26 October: arco.org.au/yms-2026 #AusRomClassOrch #HistoricallyInformedPerformance #HIP #YoungMannheimSymphonists #YMS #Mendelssohn #Schubert #symphony #classicalmusic #Romantic Rachael Beesley Nicole van Bruggen (fb)