The Symphony Orchestra
The Schools' Symphony Orchestra's concert will be held in Langholtskirkja on Saturday. The symphony orchestra is a collaborative project between four music schools.
The concert by the Schools' Symphony Orchestra will be held in Langholtskirkja on Saturday, 30th January at 16:00. The piano soloists with the orchestra are Árni Halldórsson, Hugrún Britta Kjartansdóttir and Rebekka Friðriksdóttir, all of whom are students at the Sigursveinn Tónskóli.
The conductor is Guðmundur Óli Gunnarsson.
The programme includes the following works:
- Jón Ásgeirsson: Ancient Dances – a selection
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
- Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4
A collaborative project between four music schools
The Symphony Orchestra of the Music Schools is a collaborative project between four music schools in the capital region: the Music School of Hafnarfjörður, the Music School of Kópavogur, the Music School of Garðabær and the Sigursveinn D. Kristinsson School of Music. The orchestra is made up of 80 young music students, most of whom are of primary and secondary school age. The orchestra rehearses in Sölvhóll, the hall of the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The Symphony Orchestra of the Music Schools was founded in the autumn of 2004. Each January, the students meet with the conductor and vocal coaches to rehearse a concert programme, which is performed in a concert at the end of the month. The Schools' Symphony Orchestra provides training in playing in a full orchestra for those who are advanced in their musical studies, and it is an important platform for orchestral training under the guidance of recognised musicians and conductors. Likewise, outstanding instrumentalists from among the students are given the opportunity to perform a solo with the orchestra. Furthermore, an Icelandic work is on the orchestra's programme each year.
For further information about the project and the concerts, please contact Guðmundur Óli Gunnarsson on 893 8252 or Kristín Stefánsdóttir on 893 9178.