Chamber Group for Strings: meets monthly at Pauntley Court. Next meeting,
Thursday, 22 May at 7.30 p.m (currently rehearsing: Dittersdorf Quartet, Distler Quartet
and Mozart Divertimenti No. 1).
Spring Concert: Sat., 17 May,
2008, Memorial Hall, 7.30 p.m.
Programme
is based around local musicians as both soloist and composer and includes the Bruch Violin
Concerto in G Minor, soloist Alice Earll who lives in Kempley; "Three Folk
Dances" by Rutland Boughton who lived in Kilcot, just outside Newent, and first
performance of a piece written specially for the orchestra, "The Well-Tempered
Orchestra", by leader, Bill Anderton.
Tickets can be purchased from Newent Tourist Information Centre, £6.00 (£5.00
concession); or
on the door, £8.00 (£7.00).
Orchestral Summer
Workshop: Sat., 28 June, Newent Memorial Hall, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. This
will involve a day's rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, with a performance at
the end of the afternoon. The event will be open to non-orchestra members and the
performance will be free for the audience (friends, family, etc.). Please let us
know as soon as possible if you will be attending as a player - there will no charge for
non-orchestra members.
Programme
is based around local musicians as both soloist and composer and includes the Bruch Violin
Concerto in G Minor, soloist Alice Earll who lives in Kempley; "Three Folk
Dances" by Rutland Boughton who lived in Kilcot, just outside Newent, and first
performance of a piece written specially for the orchestra, "The Well-Tempered
Orchestra", by leader, Bill Anderton.
Orchestral Summer
Workshop: Sat., 28 June, Newent Memorial Hall, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. This
will involve a day's rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, with a performance at
the end of the afternoon. The event will be open to non-orchestra members and the
performance will be free for the audience (friends, family, etc.). Please let us
know as soon as possible if you will be attending as a player - there will no charge for
non-orchestra members.