Herstmonceux flautist joins National Youth Orchestra mass music-making

Daisy explains: “I’ll join NYO and NYO Inspire musicians; most of us have never met before and we represent every region in the UK. Together we’ll be working on creating a socially distanced performance of Jupiter from Holst's The Planets, celebrating the power of music to connect us across any distance.”

Daisy, aged 17, has been playing the flute for nine years and attends Bede's Senior School.”

A NYO spokesman said: “While we can’t travel physically, a love of music is allowing us all to connect with others across time and space, and explore further than our own four walls – and we want you to help us spread the word!

“If we were able to hear as we looked down on the earth from space, we would be blown away by the diversity and richness of our incredible musical planet. And as we zoom in closer, we know this planet is powered by all the billions of musical citizens, creating their own music that lights up their local community, before radiating outwards to create musical towns, musical cities, and musical communities that transcend borders.

“That’s why we are asking everyone – whether they play an instrument or not – to take part at 5pm on May 29 and power up our musical universe by igniting the relationships they can make closer to home, and create the local connections that make up our musical planet, celebrating the power of music to connect us across any distance.”

NYO musicians past and present have created the tools needed to take part:

• Play a solo performance by downloading the parts

• Remix the sounds from Jupiter if you write music using your phone or computer

• Sing the 'Song of the Planet' live at 5:00pm, with lyrics written by poet Probably Tomfoolery, the poet behind the viral poem 'The Great Realisation' which has had 30million views so far on social media

• Perform with others - at a distance - by downloading parts in a five-part arrangement.

https://www.nyo.org.uk/nyo-our-musical-planet-join-us-in-performing-or-remixing-jupiter

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