The Archive

LYSO Tours

The highlight each year for many members of the Lancashire Student Symphony Orchestra is a tour where the orchestra plays concerts at venues based in different countries around the world. These tours first started in 1973 and have continued for most years. The following is a list of the countries on which the tours have been based.
1973 Denmark
1974 Eastern States of the USA
1975 Sweden
1976 Great Britain
1977 England - Southern Counties
1978 Austria
1979 Sweden
1980 Argentina
1981 France
1982 Scandinavia
1983 France
1984 Malaysia & Singapore
1985 Paris & East Anglia
1986 Germany, Holland & France
1987 Austria, Hungary & Germany
1989 Romania
1990 France
1992 Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia & France
1993 France
1994 Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium & France
1995 Catalonia & France
1996 Tuscany
1997 Belgium, Germany & France
1998 Czech Republic & Slovakia
1999 Tuscany
2001 France & Germany
2002 Strasbourg & The Black Forest
2003 Berlin
2004 Poland
2005 Northern Spain
2006 Poland & Germany
2007 Rome
In 2000, rather than go on tour the Orchestra went to the BBC recording studios to record on CD a repertoire of their music.