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Nearly 2000 children aged 8-14 connect with NCO each year. They take part through auditioned orchestral weeks and weekends, non-auditioned workshops, activities with schools and hubs and free tickets to concerts.
We empower children to uncover the joy of orchestral music, unleash their creativity, realise their ambitions and embrace a future filled with endless possibilities.
We use the power of music to create supportive communities that enrich lives. The confidence, resilience and teamwork learned through music become skills for life, wherever each young musician's journey takes them.
Play together. Be unstoppable.
What happens at an Orchestral Day?
Auditioning for NCO
A day in the life of Orchestral weekends
A Day in the life of Orchestral weeks
Family concert at Bristol Beacon
Supporting musical children
NCO Webinar: Wellbeing for Young Musicians
NCO Webinar: Meet our Guest Artists
NCO Webinar: There's No Planet B
Musical Presenters and Content Creators
Where Are We Now?
Supporting Brilliant Young Musicians
All About NCO 2025 Webinar
Ninja Warrior Henry Cookey & Performance Coach Claire Bennett in conversation with Catherine Arlidge
Meet NCO Guest Artists 2024
Webinar Short - There's No Planet B
Tips and Tales from NCO Alumni
NCO Main Orchestra's Hector Berlioz's March to the Scaffold
NCO Main Orchestra's Hector Berlioz Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
NCO Main Orchestra's Bernard Herrmann's 'Prelude' and 'Nightmare' from Vertigo Suite
This is NCO!
BBC Young Musician Category Finalists 2022 BBCYM winner and category finalists 2
Webinar Shorts - Ayanna Witter Johnson
All About NCO 2023 Webinar
How to be the best you can be!
Holly Mathieson, Jennifer Pike, Andy Morley
NCO Stomp by Ryan Linham in full