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UK Amateur Orchestras

This is a jumping off point for an unofficial round-up of the huge number of non-professional orchestras in the UK (also called community orchestras in some circles). A large number of them now have their own websites, and I get frequent e-mails from people looking for places to play and letting me know of orchestras I need to add to my list - I welcome the correspondence!

So, if you're looking for somewhere to play or somewhere to listen, just pick the area you're in, click on the map and you'll be there... Some areas are better represented than others (yes, you can tell where I have lived), but I'm adding new entries all the time.

. London Scotland Northumbria Yorkshire/Humberside Cumbria North West England East Midlands Heart of England East Anglia Central Southern England South East England West Country Wales

 

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NOTICE

28th June 2009
The amateurorchestras mail domain is being used for spam. I'm not sure when this will subside, but please bear with me during the next few days. Responses to mail may be lost in the deluge of bounced mails that are currently appearing in the inbox.
Thanks, Geoff.

Latest Additions:

 

22nd June 2009

Wales Wrexham Symphony Orchestra

 

21st June 2009

Central Southern Basic Strings
London Harmony Sinfonia
Middlesex Yeomanry Concert Band
The London Gay Symphonic Winds
Scotland The South Side Community Orchestra
Glasgow Symphony Orchestra
South West Music at Saltford
Loosemore String Orchestra
East Midlands Friesland Orchestral Society

 

17th June 2009

North West Fylde Concert Orchestra
Wales Monmouth Community Orchestra

 

16th June 2009

South East Kent Police Band
Ashford Orchestra Players
London West London Strings

 

15th June 2009

Northumbria Semitones Volunteer Music Ensemble

 

23rd April 2009

North West Hope Park Concert Band
Scotland Dukeries Community Concert Band
Central Southern Freeland Orchestra
East Midlands Kettering Symphony Orchestra

 

11th April 2009

North West Chester Wind Band

 

23rd March 2009

South East England East Grinstead Concert Band
Central Southern England Portsmouth Philharmonia
Heart of England Sutton Coldfield Orchestra

 

8th March 2009

South West England Hartland Chamber Orchestra
East Anglia Lowestoft Orchestral Society
Central Southern Charity Symphony Orchestra

 

7th March 2009

London Walton on Thames Orchestra
Croydon Symphonic Band
North West England Lymm Concert Band
East Anglia Bedfordshire Adult String Sessions (BASS)
Dennis Light Orchestra
South East The Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra
Heart of England The New Streetly Youth Orchestra

 

29th January 2009

Wales Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra
Heart of England Central England Concert Band
East Anglia King John Orchestra

 

7th December

Yorkshire and Humberside Leeds Symphony Orchestra
Central Southern Bournemouth and District Concert Band
Beech Hill Concert Band

 

27th November

East Anglia Hunstanton Concert Band

 

24th November

East Anglia Abbey Gateway Orchestra (St Albans)
Waveney Strings
West Country Redland Wind Band
Central Southern Rushmoor Concert Band
Woodley Concert Band

 

21st November

North West Jubili Orchestral Youth

 

20th November

Heart of England The West Midland Light Orchestra
London Chamber Academy Orchestra
North West The Saturday Morning Orchestra