MenuWe are a friendly amateur orchestra and registered charity based in Streatham, South London. We are conducted by prize-winning conductors from the Royal Academy of Music, where many of our soloists come from too.
We enjoy playing from a wide repertoire, and perform 3 or 4 concerts a year, mainly in local concert venues, although past locations include Southwark and St George's Cathedrals, Arundel Castle, Croydon Clocktower and Fairfield Hall. We also take part in concerts with St Bartholomew's Polyphony Choir. We raise money for charity through our concerts, and have raised tens of thousands of pounds during the 40 years we've been established. During the last year we have played for charities feeding infants in Sudan, helping restore St John's Church Upper Norwood (one of our venues), and opening up opportunities and training for young musicians in Madagascar.
Click here to read about the works performed in our past concerts.
If you are looking for a lively, welcoming orchestra that enjoys making music to a high standard and at the same time helps others, this is the orchestra for you. We have low subscriptions, and full-time students are completely exempt. We also enjoy ideal rehearsal facilities with easy access.
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If you wish to find out more about our orchestra or are interested in joining, please do get in touch.
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Our next concert is at 6.30 on November 24th 2019. We are very pleased to be able to return to St Philip's Church, Beech Road, London SW16 4NW.
The programme is as follows;
Overture to The Barber of Seville; Giacomo Rossini
Symphonic Suite No 1; Daniel Nasir-Hill
Sri Lankan Rhapsody; Andrene da Silva
Symphony No 7; Ludwig Van Beethoven
The concert is in support of families affected by the bombing of St Sebastian's Church, Katiwapitiwa, and we are very glad to welcome the H. E. High Comissioner for Sri Lanka to the concert.
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