National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain

[1] NYWE was originally formed as an élite group of performers from the National Children's Wind Orchestra of Great Britain (NCWO), which still exists today.

[4] At the WASBE 2007 Conference the ensemble gave breathtaking performances of the very demanding Philip Grange clarinet concerto "Sheng Sheng Bu Shi" featuring soloist Sarah Williams (former Young Musician of the Year finalist), "Diaghilev Dances" by Kenneth Hesketh and the world premiere of Joseph Phibbs's "The Spiralling Night", before finishing their programme with a stunning performance of Michael Ball's "Omaggio".

NYWE regularly commissions world-renowned composers, most recently Joseph Phibbs, Michael Torke, Jacques Cohen and Anthony Bailey.

[1] NYWE attended the 2011 WASBE held in Taiwan, where they performed Percy Grainger's The Immovable Do, "The Ciphering C," Richard Rodney Bennett's Trumpet Concerto (Huw Morgan, soloist), Anthony Gilbert's Dream Carousels, Chiu-Yu Chou's Dream Sun on the Sea, and Philip Grange's Cloud Atlas.

NYWE's acclaimed appearance at the 2000 BBC Proms Millennium Youth Day at the Royal Albert Hall, was broadcast live on Radio 3.