Toronto, Ontario. June 29, 2009- National Youth Orchestra of Canada launched their new website on the Mantis web content management system. The new and improved nyoc.org has several new features, such as student blogs, audio and video, and some content that's still on its way from the old site. This current site is fully functional with all the important information about the concert tour, training program, news, and ways you can support the NYOC.

Visit http://www.nyoc.org to see the website.

About National Youth Orchestra of Canada
The NYOC was the brainchild of the noted conductor Walter Susskind, who joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as its Music Director in 1956. Based on his earlier experience with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Susskind became convinced that a training orchestra for outstanding young Canadian musical talent was essential: "I regard the formation of the National Youth Orchestra in Canada," he said, "as the most important step we can take to help guarantee the successful growth and development of major symphony orchestras in this country."
In the summer of 1960, Susskind and Harman Haakman directed a pilot workshop for young musicians in Stratford, Ontario. Its success and the subsequent support of several Toronto business people led to the formation of the National Youth Orchestra Association in 1960, a federally chartered, non-profit organization devoted to the discovery and training of accomplished young Canadian musicians.
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About Mantis
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