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One month today over 300 young people from East London will perform side-by-side at EartH Theatre with Wyatt Sinfonia’s professional musicians in the world premiere of a new version of Holst’s ‘The Planets’ suite, co-created by David Önaç and young people. Following workshops earlier this year, David has skillfully honed and overlaid young people’s musical ideas and lyrics to be sung alongside Holst’s original orchestral music. It’s going to be an amazing day and the sum of a

The Planets: Beyond Earth is our biggest project yet and we'd like to say a big thank you to the following organisations for their generous support of our work: Arts Council England National Lottery Funding Chapman Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Hackney Giving Hackney Music Service John Thaw Foundation Skinners’ Charity Foundation THAMES Arts Education Fund Tower Hamlets Borough Council The Vandervell Foundation West Hackney Parochial Charity We're reall

Composer David Önaç has been working incredibly hard on our exciting new version of Holst’s ‘The Planets’ suite, complete with new parts for choir. David has drawn together ideas for lyrics and melodies generated by young people in composition workshops earlier this year, skilfully overlaying these onto Holst's original orchestral parts. Choirs have already started rehearsing in preparation for the world premiere of this new version of ‘The Planets’, accompanied by Wyatt Sin

The Planets: Beyond Earth is our biggest project yet and we would like to thank the following for their generous support: Arts Council England National Lottery Funding Chapman Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Skinners’ Charity Foundation The Vandervell Foundation West Hackney Parochial Charity We’re also grateful to individuals and families who have supported our work, both past and present. However, we still have a way to go. If you’d like to contribute

Our Spring workshops gave around 180 young people in East London the chance to be inspired by Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets’ and create their own musical ideas alongside professional composer, David Önaç, and professional singers, including musicians from the Voces8 Foundation. We’ve had great feedback from the young people that took part (read more here). Our professional singers also found the workshops a really positive experience: ‘I hope it gave them confidence when workin

‘The Planets’ is a popular orchestral piece by British composer Gustav Holst written between 1914-1916. It’s a substantial work, almost an hour long, for an extended orchestra, including specially featured instruments such as the alto flute, bass oboe and celeste and additional off-stage singers. Each of its seven movements describes a planet in the Solar System – not the astronomical ball-of-gas-and-rock planet, but the astrological character each planet represents. Holst’s

In February and March, professional composer David Önaç led 6 workshops with young people from across Tower Hamlets and Hackney, held at St Paul’s Way Trust Secondary School. David and Wyatt Sinfonia’s team of professional singers, including musicians from the Voces8 Foundation, facilitated workshops for around 180 young people from primary and secondary schools, where they created musical ideas and lyrics inspired by Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets’ Suite. After David’s engaging

In 2026, Wyatt Sinfonia will be delivering our next project, ‘The Planets: Beyond Earth’. This unique project gives young people from Tower Hamlets and Hackney the chance to compose music for vocal parts to go with Gustav Holst’s famous orchestral suite ‘The Planets’, and perform in the premiere performance of this new version in November 2026. Part 1: Composing Wyatt Sinfonia and acclaimed composer David Önaç will be delivering 6 workshops to young people, helping them to

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Zurich Municipal Diversity and Inclusion Awards, based on our work to improve representation of our country's rich diversity in classical music. Our orchestra showcases the talents of a range of ethnicities, promotes women in leadership and representation in historically 'male-dominated' orchestral sections, and celebrates neurodivergence. We work with young people in London to give them inspiring musical expe

We were delighted to be invited to perform at the King Charles III Charitable Fund event celebrating their hugely successful partnership with Waitrose and Duchy Organics. Four members of our orchestra performed string quartet music for the event, and trustees Victoria Schofield and Zo ë Miara were invited to attend to represent the orchestra, along with other charities who have benefitted from KCCF Funding. We were greeted by HM King Charles III himself, and it was a very exc