CambridgeYouthOpera

CYO broadens the creative horizons of
young people through opera. All our activities are free and open access.

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Our brilliant lighting designer Trui Malten has been showing our young lighting team the ropes today. Final prep continues tomorrow before show day on Sunday.
#Thelittleblackcat #Cambridge #youngmusicians #stage #performance

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CYO co-artistic director Caroline Coetzee is joining Leigh Chambers on @cambridge105
at 10.30 this morning to talk all things #TheLittleBlackCat. See the show this Sunday in #Cambridge at @storeysfield.

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It's performance day and we are looking forward to our very first #TheLittleBlackCat show @norwichpuppet theatre this afternoon at 2pm and 4.30pm. Join us if you can. A few tickets will be available on the door. See Norwich Puppet Theatre website for details.

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The cats of Cat Mountain are getting the hang of their gigantic cat eyes. Catch us at #NorwichPuppetTheatre this Sunday. Tickets via the CYO website.

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Exciting news! Tickets for The Little Black Cat are now on sale. You can see us in Norwich (18 June) or Cambridge (25 June). We cannot wait to share this brilliant opera with you - our first-ever written entirely by young people. Tickets available via the CYO website.

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Calling all stage managers! Help us put on our new show #TheLittleBlackCat this summer. All levels of experience welcome - training will be provided. You must be 15+. Sign-up via the CYO website: https://t.co/aQgnpMsjav

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We've opened a very special box this weekend - the score for our opera #TheLittleBlackCat Later, it will be in the hands of our new cast as they come together for the first workshop in bringing this special opera to life on stage this summer.

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We are delighted to announce that Nadine Benjamin has joined us as our first-ever patron. Read more on the CYO website: https://t.co/RK1rsGVE9u

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Exciting News! CYO will stage its first-ever opera written by young people this summer. Visit the website to find out more about The Little Black Cat and to sign up to sing with us.

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Shout out to @CambsMusic and the D'Oyly Carte for supporting the first phase of this project!

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Help us bring The Little Black Cat to life! 20 young people worked with CYO & @RussHepplewhite to create a brand new opera. We’re working with the @norwich_puppet to make our young people’s vision a reality. Your donation could be part of this story!
https://t.co/R4gBtbwdr9

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Fabulous workshop yesterday - the first step to our new CYO Youth Board!

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@W11Opera Absolutely planning on being there!

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Last night our younger group of composers had a great time experimenting with visual scores for the Cats' Chorus for our new work, The Little Black Cat. We had such fun creating and performing these! @CambsMusic

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There's still time to sign up for our exciting new project! Work with @RussHepplewhite and the CYO team to create an opera. 11- 13 yrs - weekly workshops in Cambridge; 14 - 19 yrs everything online - sign on from anywhere. Free to take part. https://t.co/3U01tqbQny

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We're still offering places to young musicians for this academic year! Get in touch with us on [email protected] #orchestra #jazz #production #chambermusic #choirs Why would you want to be doing anything other than playing music with your mates on a Saturday morning?

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We're back! Calling young composers, writers and singers to work with us to create a brand new opera, The Little Black Cat. Open to anybody 11 - 19. Participation is free of charge. Workshops with @RussHepplewhite and the CYO team Oct - Dec 2021. https://t.co/aQgnpMsjav

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@lyouthopera @BHYouthChoir @Leedsyouthopera @mcyopera @BarnsleyChoir @NYTofGB @CamYouthOpera @GarsingtonOpera can you help us share the word about our #W11Opera50thAnniversary #ItsYourMove? Anyone aged 9-18yrs can register to take part: https://t.co/qcXK9V2ECf #BursariesAvailable

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Super-proud of Georgia Piano (left) who has graduated with 1st class honours from @TheLirAcademy. Georgia came to us as a young but resourceful ASM and built her confidence as CYOStage Manager and Assistant Director. Looking forward to welcoming her back to the professional team!

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A little late to the party, but celebrating nearly 10 years of welcoming young women into every element of opera making #IWD2021