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Lifelong skills & friendships await at the National Schools Symphony Orchestra

The Nationals Schools Symphony Orchestra offers an exciting and
educative experience for young musicians, aged eight to eighteen.

Located at Malvern College on a 140-acre campus in rural Worcestershire,
NSSO is an experience of a life-time for any budding musician.


About NSSO

The National Schools Symphony Orchestra was born in Suffolk in 1994 and gave its first concert at The Maltings Concert Hall in Snape, home of The Aldeburgh Festival, founded in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Since February 2016 it has been operated by Malvern College and hosted at Malvern’s beautiful campus in rural Worcestershire. Read more.

Our Courses – NSSO now closed for 2025

The National Schools Symphony Orchestra is now closed for bookings for 2025. Watch out for news of our 2026 programmes very soon.

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Shortlisted for Best Classical Music Education Initiative 2020

NSSO M&Drama Award Nomination logo
This Music and Drama Education Excellence award, sponsored by Classic FM, honours an educational project which has used classical music in an innovative way, shown musical excellence and has had a positive impact on a significant number of participants.

 

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NSSO, Malvern College, College Road, Malvern, WR14 3DF

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Latest News

Introducing our Academy Orchestra Conductor for 2025 – Andy McDade January 21, 2025

We are delighted to announce our third and final conductor for NSSO 2025. Andy McDade will be our Academy orchestra conductor. Andy works internationally as both a performer and teacher. His vibrant style, combined with an enthusiasm for championing contemporary compositions, consistently challenges out-dated perceptions of the tuba repertoire. During his studies at the Royal […]

A warm welcome to Joe Davies, our new Sinfonia conductor! December 12, 2023

We are delighted that Joe Davies has agreed to join the NSSO family from 2024 and will be conducting the Sinfonia Orchestra. Recently praised for his ‘musical brilliance’ (Seen and Heard International), Joe Davies is Musical Director of the UK Proms in the Park Orchestra, Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra, Leamington Sinfonia, Coventry & Warwickshire Youth Orchestra, […]

Applications now open for 2024! December 12, 2023

We are delighted to be accepting applications for our courses in 2024 and look forward to another exciting year of music making at Malvern College!

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