Current Activities

Rehearsal schedule

13 Apr 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	First Rehearsal Mendelssohn Mendelssohn
20 Apr 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Farrenc Schumann(All)
27 Apr 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Mendelssohn Mvt 1 Mendelssohn Mvt 1
4 May 2026		Tutti	Bank Holiday No Rehearsal
11 May 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Schumann & soloists Schumann & soloists
18 May 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Mendelssohn Mvt 2 Mendelssohn Mvt 4
25 May 2026		Tutti	Bank Holiday No Rehearsal
1 June 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Schumann & soloists Schumann & soloists
8 June 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Mendelssohn Mvt 1 Mendelssohn Mvt 2
15 June 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Mendelssohn Mvt 4 Mendelssohn Mvt 1, if time
22 June 2026	19.30 20.30	Tutti Tutti	Farrenc Schumann Mvt 3; Mendelssohn Mvt 3, if time
29 June 2026	19.30	Tutti	Everything
4 July 2026	14.30 14.40	Tutti	Schumann 2nd Mvt (Piccolo, Trumpets, Trombones join) Farrenc Mendelssohn 4th Mvt
	15.30	Tutti	Break
	15:45	Tutti	Mendelssohn 1st Mvt (Trombones can leave) Mendelssohn 2nd Mvt (Cl, Horns, Tpts, Timps can leave) Mendelssohn 3rd Mvt
	17.30	Tutti	Finish & Tea
	19.30	Tutti	Concert
6 July 2026	18.30 19.30	Tutti Tutti	Pre-Dinner Drinks TBC Post-Concert Dinner Durbar Restaurant, 24 Hereford Road London W2 4AA

Provisional Term Dates

Summer Term	2026
First Rehearsal	13 April
No Rehearsal	4 May
No Rehearsal	25 May
Concert	4 July
Autumn Term	2026
First Rehearsal	14 Sept
No Rehearsal	26 Oct
Concert	28 Nov
Spring Term	2027
First Rehearsal	4 Jan
No Rehearsal	15 Feb
Concert	20 March
Summer Term	2027
First Rehearsal	12 April
No Rehearsal	3 May
No Rehearsal	31 May
Concert	3 July

Practice Parts

Practice parts (trimmed and re-sized for A4 printing):

Practice Parts Spring Term 2026
Practice Parts Summer Term 2026

Rota for Monday evenings

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Setting Up	Lower Strings	Upper Strings	Winds
Interval Drinks	Upper Strings	Winds	Lower Strings

Moor Hall Weekend

The orchestra away weekend will be the 23rd/24th January 2027 at Moor Hall, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 9QH. Arrangements have yet to be finalised, but it is planned to start around 10.30 on Saturday morning and continue until 16.00 on Sunday afternoon. If you have any suggestions for music to play, please contact one of the committee.

Committee

Catherine Webster (Chair)

Rebecca Pickavance (Treasurer)

Emma Callaghan

Chris Cannam

Duncan Gillies

Philippa Hanscombe

Jonathan Peters