National Youth Orchestra honour for Islandmagee musician

Theo Hayward is one of three young people from Northern Ireland chosen to become a member of the orchestra for 2023.

As the Belfast Royal Academy pupil explains in his National Youth Orchestra profile, a switch of instruments has proved rewarding: “I played the violin initially but always preferred the sonority of the viola and started playing it four years ago. From then my love for the instrument has grown exponentially.