2025 SYO Summer & Winter School Registration Form

Please use this form only if you wish to enrol in both Summer & Winter School for 2025 and receive the package discount.


To enrol in the 2025 Summer School and/or HSC Summer School only, please click here.

To enrol in the 2025 Winter School and/or HSC Winter School only, please click here.

Applicant Details




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Please check this email address regularly for updates.

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Regional Holiday Program Scholarships

Any musician who is a primary or secondary school student and resides at least 200km from Sydney CBD is eligible to apply for regional scholarship support. Successful applicants will receive a full or partial waiver on their participation fee and/or a travel and accommodation bursary. The amount of this bursary is dependent on the circumstances of the applicant. 

Applications for the Regional Summer School Scholarship program close on Sunday November 17th, 2024. Applicants will be contacted with the result on Friday November 29th, 2024.

Applications for the Regional Winter School Scholarship program close on 
Sunday May 18th, 2025. Applicants will be contacted with the result on Friday May 30th, 2025.

If your participation in any holiday program is dependent on receiving a scholarship, you may apply for the scholarship only without enrolling. However this does not guarantee your place. For any questions regarding scholarship applications without enrolment please email Daniel Placido (daniel.placido@syo.com.au)

The HSC Preparatory programs are not eligible for scholarship support. SYO does not organise any accommodation for holiday programs. Participants are to book their own accommodation. 

To apply for a Regional Holiday Program Scholarship, click here or enter the following address into your browser: 


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Health, Dietary, Support & Permissions


All information provided on the musician's behalf will be treated with the strictest confidentiality and is required to ensure we can provide the best care for our Holiday Program participants.

SYO employees or volunteers can supply paracetamol with parental permission. For all other conditions or ailments, such as allergies, hayfever, colds etc, participants must have and administer their own medication. SYO employees or volunteers may supervise participants in the administrating of medication, once parental permission is provided.

Sydney Youth Orchestras cannot be held responsible for acting
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If no list is provided, only guardians listed for previous SYO activities can sign out participants aged under 18 from SYO Holiday Programs

Musical Information 


Please select one instrument only 
Please note that we do not offer places on Piano, Voice, Guitar and other instruments not listed above in our standard Summer and Winter School ensemble programs,. Participants playing these instruments may still register for our HSC programs.



AMEB exams are not necessary to participate in SYO Holiday Programs.
This information is collected to assist SYO in placing the participant in an adequate level ensemble.

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Demographics

SYO is committed to providing equitable access to all young musicians, regardless of their background.

To help us learn more about our current musicians, their backgrounds and needs, we ask demographic questions to know more about you. Please know that this information may be used to access further support for SYO programs, however this will always be done anonymously (no personal identifiable information will be shared).


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SYO is committed to creating an environment where participants,
regardless of gender expression, can feel safe to learn

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Select your SYO Holiday Programs for 2025


Please note that the HSC holiday programs are restricted to students in Years 10, 11 and 12 in 2025. 


Summer Symphony Orchestra Audition
For the first time in 2025, musicians will have the option to audition for the Summer Symphony Orchestra! 

Conducted by Leonard Weiss, Assistant Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Summer Symphony Orchestra will meet for a week of intensive rehearsals, tutorials and workshops at Haymarket Creative, SYO's rehearsal venue in the heart of the city, culminating in a showcase concert at the Sydney Conservatorium. For more information, please visit https://syo.com.au/syo-summer-orchestra/

To apply for the Summer Symphony Orchestra, you must submit a short video audition of you performing a solo work of your choice by the 14th of November, 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by email on the 6th of December, 2024. If you are not offered a place in the Summer Symphony Orchestra, you will be assigned to another Summer School ensemble.

We are unable to offer places to Saxophone, Euphonium, Guitar, Voice and Piano players.

If you are auditioning for SYO's weekly program in 2025, you will not be required to submit a second video audition for the Summer Symphony Orchestra. Late auditions for the 2025 weekly program are still open for some instruments - for more information, please contact info@syo.com.au
Winter Symphony Orchestra Audition
For the first time in 2025, musicians will have the option to audition for the Winter Symphony Orchestra! 

Spend a week of summer immersed in incredible music making in the heart of the Sydney CBD, culminating with a performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. 
 
Alongside rehearsals, sectionals and tutorials, hear from some of Australia’s leading young musicians about their career trajectories to date in a series of workshops.

Applications for the Winter Symphony Orchestra will open in early 2025. Express your interest below to receive further information when audition applications open. 

We are unable to offer places to Saxophone, Euphonium, Guitar, Voice and Piano players


Select 'Yes' if you would like to apply for a sibling discount OR if you have already received a sibling discount code you wish to use on this registration.
Sibling Discount

Each participant needs a separate registration for the Holiday Program. After your first registration is complete, you will be emailed a discount code to receive a $45 discount on any non-HSC Program Fees for any subsequent sibling registrations.

Codes may take up to two business days to be sent.

Sibling discounts are not valid for the HSC Preparatory Programs.

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If unsure, type Mr, Ms, Mrs, etc.


This program has been designed to deliver the same learning experience online and in-person. SYO reserves the right to change the method of attendance for any participant to safeguard the safety of staff and musicians if required.

Payment


Creative Kids Voucher


If name provided does not exactly match the voucher, SYO is unable to redeem it!
If SYO is unable to verify your voucher, you will be notified and are liable for the $50 discounted + processing fee


Your voucher number is a 10 digit alphanumeric code. If the number you provide does not exactly match the voucher, SYO will be unable to redeem it. If SYO is unable to verify your voucher, you will be notified and are liable for the $50 discounted + processing fee

SYO cannot redeem expired vouchers



Sibling Discount Code



This field is case-sensitive. Please copy the exact code you received via e-mail, with no spaces at the start or end of the code.
If you have already enrolled one sibling but have not received the code, please contact info@syo.com.au.
If the amount displayed is $0 or error,
the code inserted in incorrect or invalid.
Please copy the exact code received via e-mail!

Holiday Program Total Fees


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