Join us for Shostakovich's 5th Symphony and Gershwin's An American in Paris and more. Guest Conductor: Sabrina Ko
Concerts
Our belief at GYSO is that classical music should be made available to everybody, so we strive to make our concerts accessible to a wide audience. Our concerts are free of charge to all audience members to enter and we hold a retiring collection where we accept donations as you leave. If you can afford to contribute, please consider making a donation or becoming a patron to allow us to continue promoting classical music to the community.
Previous events
Join us for Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony and Gershwin’s An American in Paris and more. Guest Conductor: Sabrina Ko
Join us for Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, a selection from Carmen suites and more. Conductor: Ben Qureshi
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert 2025
Free Tickets with a retiring collection in support of GYSO
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert 2025
Free Tickets with a retiring collection in support of GYSO
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Christmas at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from James Bond, Narnia, Gladiator and Home Alone. We look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 30th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present 'Christmas at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from James Bond, Narnia, Gladiator and Home Alone. We look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 30th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is excited to perform Mahler's 6th Symphony under the baton of Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. Join us for a mythical evening as we delve into the 'tragic' blows of fate!
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is excited to perform Mahler's 6th Symphony under the baton of Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. Join us for a mythical evening as we delve into the 'tragic' blows of fate!
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Afternoon at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Interstellar and many others, we look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 29th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Afternoon at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Interstellar and many others, we look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 29th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
We conclude our summer concerts with a program of exciting and energetic music, performed by our Symphony Orchestra. We will feature two works composed within only a few months of each other: Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 "Titan".
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
The GYSO string orchestra presents a program of virtuosic romantic repertoire. The focal point of this concert is Strauss's Metamorphosen composed for 23 solo players during the closing months of the Second World War. This program will explore life, death, rebirth and highlight some of the most talented young string players in the country.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
GYSO is delighted to be hosting the Olympus Octet for an evening of chamber music. They will be performing two masterpieces composed by child prodigies: the Mendelssohn Octet and the Enescu Octet. Mendelssohn was just 16 when he composed his groundbreaking octet and Enescu was only three years older. The Enescu Octet is a hidden gem. Virtuosic, rambunctious, and powerful in its outlook. The Olympus Octet is formed from members of GYSO past and present led by Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. This concert will be the first in a series of performances in the south of England.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Our first concert of the summer features our full Symphony Orchestra performing a french-themed programme. Two great works by Debussy - 'Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune' and 'La Mer' - will be joined by Berlioz's 'Symphonie Fantastique' in a journey through romantic French masterpieces.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Come to an evening of music exploring some of the best-known late-romantic symphonic repertoire. Rachmaninoff's glorious second symphony will be paired with renowned tone poems: Tchaikovsky's ravishing Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Mussorgsky's chilling 'Night on Bald Mountain', and Borodin's 'on the Steps of Central Asia'.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Come to an uplifting evening of music played by local talent. Entry is free and the retiring collection will be donated to Holy Trinity church. The programme explores some of the best known works by Dvorak and the bombastic Tannhäuser overture. Refreshments will be provided in the interval and all are welcome!
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, GU1 3RR
Director: Matthew Lloyd-Wilson
Repertoire: Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (New World)
Entry is free with a retiring donation in aid of Holy trinity church and GYSO. Recommended donation £20.
Previous events
Join us for Shostakovich's 5th Symphony and Gershwin's An American in Paris and more. Guest Conductor: Sabrina Ko
Join us for Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony and Gershwin’s An American in Paris and more. Guest Conductor: Sabrina Ko
Join us for Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, a selection from Carmen suites and more. Conductor: Ben Qureshi
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert 2025
Free Tickets with a retiring collection in support of GYSO
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert 2025
Free Tickets with a retiring collection in support of GYSO
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Christmas at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from James Bond, Narnia, Gladiator and Home Alone. We look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 30th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present 'Christmas at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from James Bond, Narnia, Gladiator and Home Alone. We look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 30th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is excited to perform Mahler's 6th Symphony under the baton of Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. Join us for a mythical evening as we delve into the 'tragic' blows of fate!
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is excited to perform Mahler's 6th Symphony under the baton of Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. Join us for a mythical evening as we delve into the 'tragic' blows of fate!
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Afternoon at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Interstellar and many others, we look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 29th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
The Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present an 'Afternoon at the Movies' this December. Featuring music from The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Interstellar and many others, we look forward to welcoming everybody to one of our two concerts on the 29th December.
GYSO concerts are free to attend. There will be a retiring collecting at the end of the concert to help us continue to promote live classical music in Guildford.
Free tickets with a retiring collection.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection after the concert.
We conclude our summer concerts with a program of exciting and energetic music, performed by our Symphony Orchestra. We will feature two works composed within only a few months of each other: Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 "Titan".
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
The GYSO string orchestra presents a program of virtuosic romantic repertoire. The focal point of this concert is Strauss's Metamorphosen composed for 23 solo players during the closing months of the Second World War. This program will explore life, death, rebirth and highlight some of the most talented young string players in the country.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
GYSO is delighted to be hosting the Olympus Octet for an evening of chamber music. They will be performing two masterpieces composed by child prodigies: the Mendelssohn Octet and the Enescu Octet. Mendelssohn was just 16 when he composed his groundbreaking octet and Enescu was only three years older. The Enescu Octet is a hidden gem. Virtuosic, rambunctious, and powerful in its outlook. The Olympus Octet is formed from members of GYSO past and present led by Matthew Lloyd-Wilson. This concert will be the first in a series of performances in the south of England.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Our first concert of the summer features our full Symphony Orchestra performing a french-themed programme. Two great works by Debussy - 'Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune' and 'La Mer' - will be joined by Berlioz's 'Symphonie Fantastique' in a journey through romantic French masterpieces.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Come to an evening of music exploring some of the best-known late-romantic symphonic repertoire. Rachmaninoff's glorious second symphony will be paired with renowned tone poems: Tchaikovsky's ravishing Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Mussorgsky's chilling 'Night on Bald Mountain', and Borodin's 'on the Steps of Central Asia'.
Tickets are free with a retiring collection.
Come to an uplifting evening of music played by local talent. Entry is free and the retiring collection will be donated to Holy Trinity church. The programme explores some of the best known works by Dvorak and the bombastic Tannhäuser overture. Refreshments will be provided in the interval and all are welcome!
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, GU1 3RR
Director: Matthew Lloyd-Wilson
Repertoire: Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (New World)
Entry is free with a retiring donation in aid of Holy trinity church and GYSO. Recommended donation £20.