NYCOS became the first youth organisation to win a coveted Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) award when its flagship National Youth Choir of Scotland won the 2012 Ensemble prize. The Choir has toured to Ireland (2000), Sweden (2001), USA (2004), Hungary (2007), Germany (2010), Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia (2013), USA (2016), Belgium (2017) and the USA for a third time (2018), where the ensemble performed notably alongside the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Carnegie Hall, under John Eliot Gardiner.
NYCOS achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first youth organization to win a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) award. Their flagship National Youth Choir of Scotland won the 2012 Ensemble prize and has since toured internationally, performing in Ireland, Sweden, USA, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, USA, Belgium, and the USA for a third time. Notably, they performed alongside the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Carnegie Hall under John Eliot Gardiner's direction.