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| Orchestra | Conductor | Leader | Rehearsal Venue/Times | Contact(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![[link]](./gif/notelink.gif) Alnwick Playhouse Concert Band | Ray Thompson | Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Playhouse, Alnwick | Lorena Field-Boden (Band secretary) | |
| New members of grade 4+ standard welcome. | ||||
| The Berwick Concert Band | The Stobo Building, Longridge Towers School, Berwick upon Tweed. Monday evenings 7.30-9.30 | Laura Wilkinson | ||
| The band was formed in 1993 and gives regular concerts of an interesting and widely varied repertoire of wind music from its extensive library. New players welcome, especially a euphonium (instrument available) a trombone &/or tuba, and clarinets of a reasonably high standard. | ||||
| Cello OrchestraNEW | Ros Barton-Gray | Penny Callow | Wednesdays 7-9pm at Barkollo Bar (opposite Barker and Stonehouse, Newcastle) and also first Saturday of the month 10-12am at St Thomas the Martyr Church, Newcastle | Ewa Posner |
| Just what it says: cellos rule. All cellists are welcome | ||||
| The Cobweb Orchestra | Andy Jackson | Whoever arrives first | Consett, Co. Durham: St. Patrick's Church Hall. Thursdays in term time. 7.15-9.15pm | Catherine Shackell |
| An enthusiastic, tolerant group of players with professional orchestral guidance - blowing the cobwebs away! | ||||
| The Cobweb Orchestra | Lizelle Kirby | Whoever arrives first | Northumberland: St James Community Centre, Wellway, Morpeth NE61 1BN Tuesdays in term time 7.30 - 9.30 | Catherine Shackell |
| An enthusiastic, tolerant group of players with professional orchestral guidance - blowing the cobwebs away! | ||||
| The Cobweb Orchestra | Andy Jackson | Whoever arrives first | Gateshead, The Sage Gateshead, Wednesdays in term time. 1.00-3.00pm | Catherine Shackell |
| An enthusiastic, tolerant group of players with professional orchestral guidance - blowing the cobwebs away! | ||||
| Durham University Hill Orchestra | Matthew Allan | Wednesday evenings during term time only, 7:30-9:30pm in St. Aidan's College Dining Hall, Durham | President | |
| Student orchestra, no minimum standard required and a wide range of abilities represented. Performs three concerts per year including a Christmas Concert, a Summer Tour and "Last Night of the Proms" around Easter time. | ||||
| First Act Theatre Orchestra | Mike Wilmot | Weekly on Sundays from 2-4pm - at the Jubilee Theatre, Gosforth. | Mike Wilmot 07764 661 560 | |
| We are an evolving orchestra set up in early 2007 around a 16 year old theatre company, First Act Theatre. We perform for musicals with the theatre and in separate concerts. We cover a wide range of music styles. We are looking for musicians of all ages and backgrounds willing to commit to regular rehearsals, who love music and enjoy playing in groups and with singers We are looking to expand our membership (19 at last count) and so have vacancies in all sections and we are particularly keen to develop the membership of our string, brass and percussion sections. | ||||
| Geoff Walton Orchestra | Douglas Hunter | Katie Murdoch | Friday from 1.30p.m. to 3.30p.m. at Heaton Community Centre in Trewitt Road (off Chillingham Road) | Mike Bell (Chairman) 0191 2521328 |
| The music, including light classical, musicals and symphonies, is played purely for enjoyment and the programmes are changed every three weeks to avoid boredom. No auditions, new members of all ages and abilities welcome | ||||
| New Tyneside Orchestra | Stephen Pettitt | Monday at Chillingham Road Arts and Sports Centre, Heaton, Newcastle, 7.30pm to 9.30pm | Rachael Leisk (Secretary) | |
| 3 concerts a year often with soloists from The Northern Sinfonia, whose members also give coaching sessions during the term. | ||||
| Newcastle Concert Band | David Milner | Lucy Beckman | Northern Counties School for the Deaf, Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Tuesday 7.30pm to 9.30pm during term time | |
| A very versatile 40 piece band playing all types of music to a high standard. | ||||
| North East Concert Band | Ian Watson | Gordon More | Sunday 7.00-9.00pm, Chester-le-Street Community Centre Newcastle Road | |
| An enthusiastic and friendly bunch playing a wide variety of music from Bach to Lloyd Webber. Vacancies exist for French Horns Trombones and 2nd clarinets. Other wind instrumentalists or percussion welcome. | ||||
| North East Recorder Orchestra | John Hawkes | Fourth Saturday in the month (except August and December) from 10am to 1pm in the hall of Christchurch, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne | John Hawkes 01661822909Shirley Forster 01670 517431 | |
| The North East Recorder Orchestra was formed in January 2004 to give recorder players in the North East Of England the opportunity to tackle large scale pieces either especially written for the recorder orchestra or arrangements. There are no auditions but members are expected to be competent sight-readers on the recorder. | ||||
| Northumberland Orchestra Society | Gillian Coop | Eric Nixon | Mondays 7-30 to 9-30 pm in the music school of Newcastle upon Tyne Central High School | |
| Formed in 1877! Vacancies in all sections of the strings, 4th horn, 3rd trumpet, bass trombone and percussion | ||||
| Prudhoe Community Band | Dave Hignett | Saturday mornings, throughout term-time, Prudhoe, Northumberland | | |
| We play a wide range of music to encompass the different levels of playing abilities within the band, but the emphasis is always on the fun and enjoyment of playing with other musicians. | ||||
| Semitones Volunteer Music Ensemble | Simon Posner | Sunday at 15:00 in Gosforth | Sandra van Laar | |
| We are a flexible ensemble of players of various ages and abilities; players of all instruments are welcomed. The aim of the group is to bring live music to hospices, nursing homes and sheltered accommodation in the Newcastle area. We play anything we enjoy - as long as the joy is infectious. Vacancy for conductor from 1-1-2012. | ||||
| South Gosforth Orchestra | Wednesday from 7p.m. to 9p.m. in St. Andrew's Church hall, Benton (100 yards north of Benton Metro Station) | Violet Hart (Secretary) 0191 4562702 | ||
| The music, including light classical, musicals and symphonies, is played purely for enjoyment and the programmes are changed every three weeks to avoid boredom. No auditions, new members of all ages and abilities welcome | ||||
| Sunderland Symphony Orchestra | Ray Farr | David McCourt | Wednesday 7pm - 9pm. West Park Church, Stockton Road, Sunderland. | David Mills 0191-549 1784 |
| The Orchestra how now been running for 10 years. We are the only orchestra based in Sunderland, and are always looking for new members We have vacancies for Percussion, All Brass and Strings. | ||||
| The Tynedale Orchestra | Alex Lewis | Colin Dickinson | Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in the Winter Gardens at the Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham. | Fay Winkworth (membership secretary) 01434-602306 |
| Vacancies for violins, violas and double bass. | ||||
| Tyneside Chamber Orchestra | Denis McCaldin | Alternate Sunday evenings (more before a concert), Peoples' Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, normally 17:00 - 19:00 | Lisa Shaw | |
| Enthusiastic and friendly string orchestra, established 50 years. We give concerts three times a year. We aim to maintain high standards and we occasionally have vacancies for good players. | ||||
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