Young string players from St Mary’s Music School and Instrument Music Services in Glasgow and Edinburgh have been invited to participate in this year’s SCO Academy under the baton of SCO’s Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Manze.

The SCO Academy is a unique opportunity for young strings musicians of all abilities and backgrounds to complement their regular music-making activities by rehearsing and performing as part of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, while also meeting other young musicians.

Supported by a team of SCO musicians, the academy participants will spend two weeks rehearsing Vaughan William’s Concerto Grosso, leading to side-by-side performances with the SCO on Thursday 2nd May (Usher Hall, Edinburgh) and Friday 3rd May (City Halls, Glasgow). The remainder of the concert programme will feature The Lark Ascending and Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5.