Edinburgh Studio Orchestra

Next Monday (1st December) we start a new programme which will take us over into the New Year.  We’ll be tackling Brahms’s Serenade No.1 and a selection from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. We have two more meetings (1st and 8th Dec) before we break for Christmas and New Year, resuming on Monday 12th January….

Remember there is no rehearsal on Monday 20th October but we’ll resume the following Monday (27th Oct.) with the play-through of our current programme i.e. Remember to bring any music back as it will have to be returned to the university library  For the four weeks from 3rd November (to 24th) we’ll be playing:  We’re…

Do hope everyone has had a good summer; Studio Orchestra will be starting again on Monday 29 September. For our first four week bloc we’ll be playing Dvorak symphony no 8, Haydn symphony no 6 (Le Matin) and Beethoven’s Leonora 3 overture. (Please note there is no rehearsal on 20 October). Do come and join…

Just a quick reminder that on Monday 9th June we’ll have the final play-through of our current programme: • Beethoven’s 6th Symphony ‘The Pastoral’• Mendelssohn’s Overture “The Hebrides”• Ramsay Kay: Cioch na H-Oighe’ Overture, op. 5 and it will also be the final rehearsal of the season. Therefore please remember to bring orchestral parts with…

Hope everybody has had a good Easter! We start our new term on Monday 28th April when, for the next three weeks, Raymond Hon will be conducting us in: • Beethoven’s Symphony No.1• Rossini – Overture to “The Barber of Seville” • Strauss – Overture to “Die Fledermaus” This summer term will comprise six rehearsals…

Tonight (24th March) is our final rehearsal this term and also the play-through of Bruch’s 1st Symphony and Peter’s Beethoven piano sonata arrangement. Don’t forget to return any parts you’ve had away for practicing! We will re-start for our summer term on Monday 28th April. The first three weeks of the summer term (28/4, 5/5…

After our (reasonably!) successful play through of the “Don Giovanni” overture and Bruckner 2, we start a new programme next Monday (3rd March). We’ll be playing Max Bruch’s Symphony No.1 in E flat major and our conductor, Peter’s, own orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 28 in A Major.Come and join us!

A reminder that we have no rehearsal this week (Mon 17th Feb) but we will meet again on Monday 24th Feb when we will have our final play through of Mozart’s overture to “Don Giovanni” and Bruckner’s Symphony No.2 in C minor. On Monday 3rd March we will start a new repertoire with Max Bruch’s…

Having mastered Dvorak 7 and Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, it’s time for some new challenges! For the next four weeks, starting on Monday (27th Jan) we’ll be playing through:• Bruckner’s Symphony No 2 in C minor• Mozart’s Overture to “Don Giovanni”

We restart our rehearsals next Monday (13th Jan) with more Dvorak 7 and Brahms’ “Academic Festival” Overture. We’ll continue with these pieces for a couple of weeks then the intention from the 27th Jan is to play Bruckner’s 2nd Symphony but more on that later! For details on how to join, see our contact page.