Event details

Here are all the details of "When, where, what, who and how - and how much?".

If you have further questions not answered here, please feel to contact us directly.

Dates:

From Sunday 17th to Friday 22nd of August 2025

Arrive morning of 17th by 10.00 a.m. for the welcome and first session at 10.30 a.m.

There will be a final concert starting at 3.00 p.m. on 22nd and we expect all will be ready to leave by 5.00 p.m.

Location:

The course will take place at:

Cheltenham Ladies College
Bayshill Rd.
Cheltenham
Gloucs. GL50 3EP




Activity:

The week will offer an intensive immersion in all matters of percussion music. Finer details and some music to be studied will be made available in the weeks before the event.

An entirely separate course for
The National Youth French Horn Ensemble will take place at the same time. There may be opportunities for the two ensembles to play together for concerts.

Who is this organised by?:

The National Youth Percussion Orchestra is under the administration of the Nicholas Branston Foundation, registered charity number 1140444. Our charitable aims are the furtherance of music education and the support of music therapy. This year, we are also organising the first National Youth French Horn Ensemble course which will run alongside NYPO.

Our patron is Dame Evelyn Glennie.

The main organisers are Rachel and Paul Branston and you are welcome to contact us via the contact details on this site.

Details of the course leaders can be found on this site.

Cost:

The cost for the NYPO week is £850.00 including all tuition, instrument use, accommodation and catering.

If you do not want to use the course accommodation then the price for the course and catering alone is £650.00