SidebySide Program

SidebySide Program

Queensland Symphony Orchestra's SidebySide Program provides successful applicants with personalised mentoring and 1:1 instruction from a QSO musician, leading to a performance with the Orchestra. Previously known as the Prodigy Program, this program offers important learning opportunities and skill development for aspiring professional musicians who strive for excellence in the classical music space. The program is free and locations are announced annually.

SidebySide Program locations:

Applications open Friday 24 May, 2024

Applications open Monday 8 July, 2024

Applications open Monday 8 July, 2024

The SidebySide Program supports the Queensland Instrumental Music curriculum in providing opportunities for students to become musicians, and it also reinforces the Australian Music Curriculum's aim of developing technical and expressive skills through making music.

#Proudly supported by

Tim Fairfax Family Foundation

Frazer Family Foundation

Queensland Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which the Orchestra works, plays, and creates music, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.