NEWS
On Earth Day 2024, we are excited to launch the Change Makers - a new youth collective that supports young creatives to influence the future of the arts throughout Wales. It will nurture the next generation of arts leaders, with a focus on environmental, cultural and social issues.
At the end of March, extraordinary music filled the air as over 20 young musicians from throughout Wales came together at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth for the “Music Futures” residency week.
The National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) staff team kicked off 2024 with a renewed approach to supporting d/Deaf and disabled young performers throughout Wales., Over four days, the whole staff team worked with inclusive arts specialists Taking Flight to develop their ability to support, connect and engage with D/deaf and disabled young people.
Three leading dance organisations have marked a significant milestone in Welsh arts through the signing of a memorandum of understanding, in a bid to support the growth of dance in Wales.
Theatr Clwyd and National Youth Theatre of Wales have been working together for 6 years providing unique opportunities for young people across Wales and this year will be no exception.
National Youth Arts Wales is delighted to announce that three senior members of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales (NYBBW) have been selected to represent Wales in the annual European Youth Brass Band (EYBB) this year.
As we approach the end of 2023, and we bid adieu to the final notes and dance steps of this extraordinary season, we wanted to reflect on our work this year, filled with creativity, community, and countless moments of inspiration.
A renewed partnership has been announced between BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) and National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) to provide orchestral and choral opportunities and professional career pathways for young people throughout Wales.
NYAW's Board have appointed three new young trustees, as part of their commitment to embedding youth voice within its daily work.
Over 330 musicians have applied, from the widest ever range of backgrounds and geographies.
Launching this month, “Assemble” will see National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) working in partnership with National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in South Wales.
From April 2024, National Youth Arts Wales will receive an increase in revenue funding, as part of Arts Council of Wales’s Investment Review process.
Following a three-day intensive residency at the Wales Millennium Centre in September, our Hard Cor participants will soon be performing at the Llais festival on 13 October.
Renowned Spanish choreographer Mario Bermúdez will create a new work specially for National Youth Dance Wales’s 2023 company, to be premiered in Newport in November.
Evan will start his role with National Youth Arts Wales in October 2023. Evan, a Welsh-speaker born in Cardiff, has previously worked as CEO of Live Music Now and, most recently, CEO of the Royal Photographic Society.
Each year on our residencies, we celebrate our musicians who display the most promise and dedication. The recipients of each award is decided by the sectional tutors during the residencies.
This summer, over 230 young actors, musicians, and singers aged 16-22 will be performing in concerts and productions across Wales.
Many young performers can find they struggle with performance anxiety, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme this year is Anxiety, we wanted to share our favourite factsheets to help you perform with confidence, and resources to direct you to the right support.
This month, we’re looking back on the launch of our National Youth Theatre of Wales Professional Pathways Programme 2023, run in partnership with our long-term collaborators Theatr Clwyd.
Hard Côr is a vocal collective for young people, bringing those aged 16–25 who live in Cardiff together to sing, rap, beatbox and create music.
NYAW has been awarded funding – over £45,000 – from Welsh Government via Creative Wales to help develop Wales’s creative talent in the film, TV, commercial music, and digital sectors.
Activity for National Youth Arts Wales choral development programme Côr Skills has kicked into gear, with four January workshops taking place in preparation for the February residency.
NYDW ambassador Erin Mared will join National Youth Dance Company Scotland for the full year, creating a new work to tour across the UK and abroad
Commissioned last year, the joint effort between NYAW and YANC has been published, outlining the plans for developing the Youth Arts sector with increased involvement from young people
Music Futures has announced its first public outing since the project’s inception by National Youth Arts Wales in 2019.
Each year on our residencies, we celebrate our musicians who display the most promise and dedication. The recipients of each award is decided by the sectional tutors during the residencies.
Fourteen budding young dancers recently attended the first in-person Momentwm residency, delivered in collaboration between Ballet Cymru’s Duets programme and National Youth Arts Wales.
This year, National Youth Arts Wales’ Momentwm project is partnering with Ballet Cymru’s Duets programme, culminating in an exciting Easter Residency in Cardiff.
Two youth theatre companies, 5000 miles apart, will premiere a new film at the Solomonic Peacocks Theatre’s Easter Festival in April – created by the young performers as part of a year-long international collaboration.