FAQ

CCYO stands for Cloud Concert Youth Orchestra.

You can be a part of Cloud Concert by emailing one of the organizers (Tommy, David), taking a call with them, or texting them.

Cloud Concert performs around every school holiday. On some occasions we may have concerts during school time due to availability of musicians and venues.

The two main orchestras at Cloud Concert are Symphony Orchestra and Emerging orchestra. There are also many smaller groups and bands. Our most recent concert included Cloud Concert Strings, Cloud Concert Chamber Group and Cloud Concert Choir.

Our conductors at Cloud Concert are one of a kind. Symphony Orchestra is grateful for John Ferguson (Director of Music at Scotch College), to always lead them into a successful performance, meanwhile Michelle Stanic (Former Director of Music at Trinity Grammar) leads our Emerging Orchestra to a strong start in their orchestral playing.

At Cloud Concert, we currently need Trumpets, Trombones, Tubas, Bassoons and Percussion. Although these are the few we need, any instrument will get a position whether it’s one of the big orchestras, or a smaller band. We cannot guarantee availability for a certain instrument, but we will put you in a smaller band as an alternative instead. Usually there is an audition for joining Cloud Concert Symphony Orchestra(AMEB grade 8 above) and Cloud Concert Emerging Orchestra(AMEB grade 5-7 equivalent).

Cloud Concert was formed by a group of parents, to inspire young musicians to continue their journey through lock down. This has also been a hobby for many in lock down, we decided to have weekly zoom performances, which later became live music. We’re proud that we have helped them get over the extremely long coronavirus pandemic.