Amateur Orchestras

Orchestra	Conductor Leader	Rehearsal Venue/Times	Contact	Notes
Cardiff Concert Orchestra	Phillip Roberts Julia Thomas	Sunday 2.45 - 4.45 p.m., Wesley Methodist Church Hall, Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff.	Ray Cule Chris Howard	The orchestra plays the light classical repertoire; dances overtures, suites, and show selections. We will be performing two concerts of which details are on the orchestra web site. There are vacancies for string and brass players.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra	Michael Bell Paul Lewis	Friday evenings during school terms, in Cardiff	Arthur Parkes	CPO performs an average of fifteen concerts each season. There are no auditions to join CPO, however there are rarely vacancies in the woodwind or brass sections.
City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra	Martin McHale Denise Richardson	Whitchurch, Cardiff on Monday evenings 7:30-9:30pm	Katherine Fry	We perform regularly at Llandaff Cathedral and have also appeared in Cwmbran, Ystrad Mynach, Newport and Porthcawl. New members are always welcome, particularly in the string sections
Cerddorfa Dinas Powys Orchestra	Antony Tarlton Kay Marshall	Sunday afternoons from 3pm - 5.30pm, at The Lee Hall, Dinas Powys	Simon Moore	Cerddorfa Dinas Powys Orchestra is a community orchestra which provides a place for local musicians to use their talents in an orchestral setting. Under the professional and expert eye of our musical director, Mr Antony Tarlton, Cerddorfa Dinas Powys consists of professional, student, and dedicated amateur musicians from within the Vale of Glamorgan and its outlying areas, with members from ages sixteen to sixty.
Newport Orchestra	Clare Bailey George Prentice	Monday night from 7:30pm until 9:30pm at St Paul’s Church, Commercial Street, Newport.	Newport Orchestra	Newport Orchestra is proud to be over 100 years old with a large library of its own accumulated over the years consisting of waltzes, marches and selections from musical shows to overtures, suites and symphonies. Please see website for details of sectional vacancies.
Orchestre Y Ffiniau		Tuesday evening at 7.30pm @ The Scout Hut, Broughton, Deeside. Nr Chester		We would particularly welcome all Strings Sections. 4/5 Concerts per year.
Philomusica of Aberystwyth	Dr David Russell Hulme Philip Mortlock	Wednesdays, 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. at The Old Drill Hall, Glyndwr Road, Aberystwyth.	David Russell Hulme 01970 622685	Closely associated with the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, anyone interested in joining should contact the Director of Music
The Preseli Orchestra	Sue Howley	Weekly during School terms 6.45 - 9 pm at Prendergast Junior School, Haverfordwest.	Karen Bowman (chair) Enquiries: 0845 4584057	Usually one concert each term, plus fund-raising playing events and social events. We are always interested in new string players, and woodwind, brass and percussion players when there are vacancies
Rhondda Symphony Orchestra	Huw Gareth Williams George Thomas	Thursday evenings 7.30 - 9.30 at Y Pant School, Pontyclun, South Wales.	Mark Wells	RSO is one of the oldest amateur Orchestras in Wales, formed on a wintry night in 1968. Many of its former players can be found in professional Orchestras up and down the country.
St Edward’s Chamber Orchestra	Alison Dite Diane Painter	At St Edward’s Church, Blenheim Road, Roath, Cardiff. Monday evenings 7.00-9.00pm.	Alison Dite 02920-400975	We normally give three concerts a year. New players welcome, especially in the strings. Orchestra has a large library. St Edward’s Chamber orchestra performs many symphonies from the late 18th/early 19th centuries. We also hold regular concerts where our members are given the opportunity to perform solos or chamber music, as well as some members performing concerti with us. We rehearse and perform in St Edward’s Church which has a marvellous acoustic.
St Edward’s String Orchestra	Alison Dite Rita Waite	At St Edward’s Church, Blenheim Road, Roath, Cardiff. Wednesday mornings 11.00am-1.00pm.	Alison Dite 029 20400975	St Edward’s String Orchestra rehearses 11am-1pm on Wednesday mornings. We have a large music library including all concerti grossi by Handel, Scarlatti, Geminiani and Corelli, and also 19th and 20th Century music for strings. We give performances about three times per year, sometimes with the Church choir. There is no audition, and all standards of string players are welcome.
South Wales Sinfonia	Huw Gareth Williams			Since its inception the orchestra has performed concerts in venues from the Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay to Ewenny Priory near Bridgend. The repertoire covered is equally diverse ranging from Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique".
Swansea Community Orchestra	Andrew George Jan Osman	Monday 7-9pm, Brangwyn Hall	Richard Ayling 01558 668232	A symphony orchestra made up from local amateur players around the Swansea area. visit our website for more details.
City of Swansea Concert Band	John Price	Monday and Wednesday in the Rhyddings Church Hall, Brynmill, Swansea, from 19.30 to 21.00	John Price	The City of Swansea Concert Band was founded in 1968. We welcome new players of wind or percussion instruments, particularly Bassoon and French Horn players
Symphonica Tywi	Michael Cottam Rhys Watkins			Formed in 1993 for players of all ages, amateur and professional, to express their talent on their varied instruments and to experience the pleasure of orchestral performance. It aims to provide for audiences in the Towy Valley programmes of music that they might otherwise not be able to hear in live performance. Subject of a BBC4 documentary series, November 2006
Teifi Chamber Orchestra / Cerddorfa Siambr Teifi	Nicola Thomas Angharad Williams	Tuesdays 6.3-8.30 pm Neudadd-y-Dderwen, Rhosygilwen, Nr Cardigan	Lesley Robinia 01239 621446	A group of 22-30 musicians, we perform 2-4 concerts a year with a professional music director. Minimum level of experience should be grade 7 and upwards any age. Currently seeking experienced cellists and viola players who can attend regularly.
Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra	Michael Rafferty	Sunday mornings from 10am - 1pm in the Welsh National Opera building in Cardiff	Jeff Tarr 01873 810051	We welcome enquiries from all musicians of an acceptable standard (especially string players). We tour regularly to west Wales.

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