Arts Charities That specialise in Orchestra

The Society consists of an Orchestra and Chorus. Membership is open to all comers without audition. Members learn and rehearse music with the objective of providing four public concerts per year. The Orchestra invites all comers to an open rehearsal free of charge. Occasionally, the Chorus runs an open singing course. The Society supports local charities by performing carols at Christmas time.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an amateur orchestra which aims to provide the opportunity for players of a reasonable standard to experience rehearsing and performing works from the orchestral repertoire. SSO believes making music should be fun but challenging. The Orchestra performs three major public concerts per year within the London Borough of Sutton.

Opera South East is a company based in Hastings, specialising in the performance of fully staged and costumed opera productions with orchestra. The company is administered by local enthusiasts and employs professional staff and singers to complement and direct its membership. In addition the company offers a year round programme of opera concerts in various venues in Kent and East Sussex.

Weekly rehearsals, and regular concerts given to raise money for a variety of charites

Provide 4 concerts in a season , one is a family concert and the other 3 provide on soloistic work.

Producing concerts for the public.

Rehearsing and performing concerts

Hold weekly rehearsals and give public performances of large scale orchestral works - generally three concerts a year.

Our rehearsal and concerts aim to educate members and audiences in their knowledge and appreciation of classical music. No auditions are held. Activities: 2 concerts per year (November and April) using its choir and a professional orchestra and soloists. It is the only provider of live classical music in the borough and always provides specific information in its own extensive programme notes.

ARTS AND CULTURE

The society gives two concerts per year, with professional soloists and full orchestra. Rehearsals are held weekly from September to April or May, and no auditions are required.

Witham Choral Society offers, without audition, the opportunity for anyone to learn about, improve and enjoy choral singing. To this end it rehearses weekly and gives 3 concerts with professional orchestra and soloists each year enabling people in the Witham area to learn about and appreciate the classical choral repertoire. The society supports local charities.

To study and perform oratorio and other choral works and so educate interested sections of the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts and other activities. This also includes enabling school children to aprticpate in concerts in front of a live audience and with a professional orchestra.

Local amateur Symphony Orchestra giving 5-6 public concerts per year.

Provides an opportunity for amateur musicians to perform at an advanced level alongside a professional conductor and orchestral leader. Provides an opportunity for local soloists to play with the orchestra. Provides local composers to have their music performed. Supports composition students at local university.

Westbourne Orchestra is a symphony orchestra comprising 50-60 members performing at least 3 concerts each year, primarily in the Dorset area.

Providing opportunities for local amateur musicians to rehearse and perform music for our audience. Providing opportunities for local soloists and young composers

Ormskirk Music Society comprises a choir and orchestra which perform a number of concerts a year in and around Ormskirk, Lancashire. Our repertoire is varied, from established classics of the symphonic & choral-orchestral canon, to musical byways, light music and works by living composers.

Providing opportunities to amateurs to participate in high quality music making, featuring 20th and 21st century works, and for local residents to hear performances of these pieces played to a good standard.

The objectives of the charity are: To advance the musical education of the public. To support any Charity or Charitable purpose as the committee shall from time to time direct. For 2009 this has consisted of public performances during the course of the year.

An amateur symphony orchestra providing a cultural experience both to its members in rehearsals and to the audience at the public concerts which we perform, in Stroud, Gloucestershire and local area.

Symphony Orchestra serving Wantage and the surrounding area, comprising a range of players from across the local community, all ages, including some school students. Performing several public concerts per year.

A choir of about 60 amateur singers, trained and conducted by a professional musician who is the musical director. Weekly rehearsals, 4 concerts a year in different venues, using professional soloists & sometimes linking with other local choirs and orchestra. Provides the opportunity for singers to train & perform to a high standard & for local audiences to hear a wide variety of Choral music.

Choral singing group

An amateur chamber orchestra providing public benefit through public performances of orchestral music in the communities of West London; providing performance and rehearsal opportunities to adult players; and educational workshops and concerts for children in the locality.