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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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Latest Additions:

 

10th April

Scotland Lomond & Clyde Community Orchestra
East Anglia West Norfolk Jubilee Youth Orchestra and Concert Band
Northern Ireland Donegal Chamber Orchestra

 

27th March 2008

South East Guildford Sinfonia
East Anglia Evening Rehearsal Orchestra - St Albans

 

26th March 2008

Scotland Leith Community Concert Band
Scottish Borders Community Orchestra
Heart of England Asklepios Orchestra
The Warwickshire Band

 

4th March 2008

North West Phoenix Concert Orchestra
Central Southern Chiltern Edge Orchestral Society
Heart of England National Express West Midlands Band
East Anglia The A10 Concert Band

 

21st February 2008

London London Saxophone Choir
North West Werneth Concert Band
South East Pfizer Wind Orchestra

 

10th February 2008

Heart of England Gloucester Charter Concert Band

 

8th February 2008

North West Crumpsall Concert Wind Band
Congleton Youth Orchestra
Yorkshire & Humberside Players for Pleasure
South East Guildford Light Orchestra
Folkestone & Hythe Orchestral Society
London Norwood Wind Ensemble
Cumbria/Scotland Isle of Man Wind Orchestra
Heart of England Dancing Bear Symphony Orchestra
West Country South Bristol Music Centre

5th January 2008

Northumbria Prudhoe Community Band
Cumbria Westmorland Orchestra
Norfolk Wymondham Symphony Orchestra

 

24th December 2007

Yorkshire Phoenix Band
London Helios Chamber Orchestra
East Anglia Dacorum Recreation Orchestra

 

8th December 2007

South West Frome Symphony
Plymouth Symphony Orchestra
Somerset County Orchestra
Torbay Symphony Orchestra

 

7th December 2007

East Anglia The Pulham Orchestra
Abbots Langley Orchestra
Huntingdonshire Concert Band

 

17th November 2007

Wales Orchestre Y Ffiniau
Central Southern Chiltern Camerata

 

11th November 2007

North West Phoenix Strings
South Liverpool Rehearsal Orchestra
Scotland Edinburgh University Chorus
Edinburgh University Sinfonia
Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra
West Country Sherborne Community Orchestra
South East St George’s Players
The Old Barn Orchestral Society
Heart of England Alveley Village Band
Yorkshire Todmorden Orchestra