NYOJ celebrated the completion of the school year with a year-end concert called Musical Enlightenment: Paving the Path to Success. This video highlights NYOJ's senior orchestra, performing "Cheap Thrills". 

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The National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica's Pavillion Quartet performs a Jamaican folk song called "Waata Come a Mi Y'Eye" at the Canada Day celebrations at the High Commissioner of Canada's Residence earlier this month. Enjoy this beautiful classic!

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NYOJ's Senior Orchestra collaborated with the Downtown Kingston Music theatre summer intensive theatre camp. They performed excerpts from the musical Fiddler On The Roof and Once On This Island. DTKMT is an International Collaboration with Grammy Award Winner Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Music Theatre, New Orleans. The project is centred on the development of music and culture in downtown Kingston and training of youths in the performing arts. Participants receive training in Drama, Dance, Music and many aspects of Technical Theatre. This collaboration exhibits the power of the arts to enrich the lives of children as well as to provide sustainable economic opportunities for participants and their communities. The Downtown Kingston Music Theatre was created to provide a channel for children to tap into their own creative talents and also to gain meaningful skills that will enable them to participate in the creative arts eco-system. They receive training not only in the performing arts (acting, dancing, music), but also technical theatre skills, (set design, costume making, sound and light production and stage management). 

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These are members of the National Youth Orchestra's senior orchestra: Alex Clarke, Ashley Crisp, Devoy Campbell, and Alex Lawson rehearsing Palladio by Karl Jenkins at the downtown Kingston rehearsal space. They are being conducted by Darren Young. 

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The NYOJ Junior Orchestra performs "Slavic Dance" at their end of year concert

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