The LSO East London Academy aims to identify and develop the potential of young East Londoners between the ages of 11 and 18.

A free programme of inspirational coaching and sessions, delivered by LSO musicians, offers high level training for young musicians who show exceptional promise, accelerating their instrumental learning, confidence and aspirations.

The LSO East London Academy aims to represent the diversity of East London, particularly encouraging young musicians from backgrounds currently under-represented in professional orchestras to take part and continue their instrumental learning, including those that experience financial, cultural and practical barriers – a step towards facilitating wider diversification of the professional classical music sector.

London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra, East London Academy

Ayanna Witter-Johnson - FAIYA!
Percy Aldridge Grainger - Shepherd’s Hey
Percy Aldridge Grainger - Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon
Coleridge-Taylor - Dance and Funeral March from Othello Suite
Shostakovich - The Gadfly
Arturo Marquez - Conga Del Fuego

Enyi Okpara, Conductor