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The Canberra Youth Orchestra is a youth orchestra based in Canberra, Australia. It was founded in 1967. It traces its origins to 1962 and a small informal gathering of external players with the Braddon Catholic Girls High School Orchestra, with the orchestra conducted by Brigidine nun, Mother Winifred. The Canberra Youth Orchestra was one of the key ensembles in the Canberra Youth Orchestra Society. The Canberra Youth Orchestra Society became Canberra Youth Music Inc. which was merged with Music for Everyone to form Music for Canberra in 2015. The Canberra Youth Orchestra, also known as the CYO, travelled to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1980 to take part in the International Festival of Youth Orchestras

Past Conductors

 * Andrew McCullough
 * Richard McIntyre ]]
 * Max McBride
 * Dominic Harvey
 * Leonard Weiss
 * Louis Sharpe

Past Members

 * Katy Gallagher
 * Peter Edwards
 * Stephen Leek
 * Katherine Gibbney
 * Robert Gladstone
 * Imogen Lamport
 * Helen Wojtas