Alumni Stories: Iain Grandage
“I grew up inside youth orchestras, being in the WA Youth Orchestra across my secondary schooling ... It felt like home."
Alumni Stories: Jen Winley
After starting her orchestral journey in the back of the WAYO percussion section, these days Jen Winley is the Associate Conductor of the WA Symphony Orchestra...
Alumni Stories: Aaron Wyatt
WAYO alumnus, viola player, composer and conductor, Aaron is recognised as the first Australian First Nations person to conduct one of the major orchestras in Australia. And it all started with a violin in WAYO's Philharmonic Orchestra...
Alumni Stories: Kaboom Percussion
Both WAYO alumni, Josh & Cat founded Kaboom Percussion and have built careers as self-described "pro hitters-of-things"...
Alumni Stories: Christopher Dragon
A music graduate from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Dragon played clarinet in the WA Young Orchestra and began his conducting career in 2011 after winning the WA Youth Orchestra’s Woodside Concerto Competition...
Take Five with Breanna Fernandes
One of our longest-serving current members takes a moment to look back on her time in WAYO before heading off on an international adventure! Her thirteen-year-long journey with us has taken her across many Western Australian and International stages, culminating in a Perth Concert Hall swan song on Sunday 5 June, 2022...