Congratulations to Charlie on his first course and concert with Kent County Youth Orchestra on 30 December.  The orchestra played Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 and Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor under the baton of Caroline Hobbs-Smith.  Charlie was particularly pleased to begin his career with the orchestra on the first desk of the second violins, a real honour at this early stage in his career. 

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