Welcome

Welcome to the website of VaCO – the Vacation Chamber Orchestras. VaCO is a UK Registered Charity that runs residential orchestra and chamber music courses for talented young musicians offering on-the-job professional performance experience in a relaxed but tutored environment.

Every place on our courses is highly subsidised, making these valuable career-development opportunities affordable for aspiring young musicians. To find out more please see our pages About VaCO (including what’s on offer, who it's for, when & where it takes place, and why it's different from other courses). You can also view upcoming courses and concerts, and check out our tutors. 

VaCO is also committed to bringing live music to the widest possible audience. Because of this we are particularly keen on giving high quality concerts in areas where such events might be rare or infrequent. Where possible we like to combine these concerts with work in local schools to engage and encourage the children in live music-making. You can see what concerts we’ve got coming up here, or if you want to discuss how we might bring a concert to your area please contact us.

VaCO is officially endorsed by the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, and Psappha.

Forthcoming Courses

VaCO Christmas Course 2010 27-30 December 2010 Queen Mary's School, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire

Forthcoming Concerts

There are currently no concerts listed, please check back soon.