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Culture: Tuned in to the passion and dedication of young talent; As part of a series looking at young people and classical music, Christopher Morley meets members of the CBSO Youth Orchestra.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20071129
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Byline: Christopher Morley

Though barely three years into its existence, the CBSO Youth Orchestra has rapidly established an enviable name for itself.

That reputation was in fact made right at its opening concert in 2004, when this ensemble, born partly from members of the Midland Youth Orchestra which had ceased operations just short of its half-century, performed a programme of Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius at Birmingham Conservatoire's Adrian Boult Hall at the end of the autumn half-term.

Half-terms are important times for the orchestra, because that is ...

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