Northwood String Orchestra
Rehearsals
We meet each Monday evening during Hampshire term time, from 7.30 to 9.30pm at The Friends' Meeting House, 1a Ordnance Road, Southampton, SO15 2AZ, with a short social break during the rehearsal.
Our repertoire is normally any string orchestra music we think we can manage from Corelli to Bartok, and occasionally beyond. The emphasis is on shaping performances which give pleasure, stimulus and satisfaction mainly to the players themselves, but a couple of times a year we also hope similarly to engage our audiences.
Membership
We invite you to join us for some introductory rehearsals, free of charge, whilst you try some of our repertoire and get to know us. We will probably ask you to sit at the front of the section for part of one rehearsal. If you would then like to consider becoming a member of the orchestra, we will discuss with you whether your skills are a good fit for our current balance of string players.
As a member, we ask for subs of £100 per year (or two payments of £50 in September and March), to cover hall hire, music costs etc, and for a commitment to participate in two concerts a year.
Do please get in touch if you'd like to try us out!
2023-2024 Season Calendar
Rehearsal dates for the first session of the 2023-2024 season are shown below.
Rehearsal Schedule
Date | Repertoire | Notes |
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4th September 2023 | Mozart Symphony No 29 / Bizet L'arlesienne | |
11th September 2023 | Barber Adagio for Strings | |
18th September 2023 | Bizet first and last movements, Mozart last movement. | |
25th September 2023 | Bizet mvts. 1/3, Mozart mvts. 2/4, Barber | |
2nd October 2023 | Barber, Mozart movement 1, Bizet movements 1 and 4 | |
9th October 2023 | ||
16th October 2023 | Mozart All Movements, Bizet movements 1 and 4 | |
23rd October 2023 | NO REHEARSAL | Half Term |
30th October 2023 | Mozart All Movements, Bizet movement 3, Barber | |
6th November 2023 | Barber, Bizet movements 1,3,4 | |
13th November 2023 | Barber, Bizet 1,3,4, Mozart All | |
Saturday 18th November 2023 | Concert | St James Road Methodist Church |
20th November 2023 | NO REHEARSAL | |
27th November 2023 | ||
4th December 2023 | ||
11th December 2023 | ||
18th December 2023 | NO REHEARSAL Christmas/New Year break | |
25th December 2023 | NO REHEARSAL Christmas/New Year break | |
1st January 2024 | NO REHEARSAL Christmas/New Year break | |
8th January 2024 | ||
15th January 2024 | Bach 2nd movement, Finzi | |
22nd January 2024 | Haydn last two movements, Bach 2nd Movement | |
29th January 2024 | Bach Movements 1 and 3, Finzi, Haydn refresh if time. | |
5th February 2024 | Dvorak Movement 1, Finzi, if time Bach 1 and 3 | |
12th February 2024 | NO REHEARSAL | (half term) |
19th February 2024 | Dvorak | |
26th February 2024 | Finzi, Dvorak movements 1 and 4 | |
4th March 2024 | Finzi, Dvorak 2,4,5 | |
11th March 2024 | Finzi, Dvorak 4, Messiah | |
18th March 2024 | Finzi (top and tail), Messiah | |
25th March 2024 | Messiah (with two singers) | |
1st April 2024 | NO REHEARSAL | Easter Break |
8th April 2024 | NO REHEARSAL | Easter Break |
15th April 2024 | Finzi, Dvorak | |
22nd April 2024 | Bach | |
29th April 2024 | Dvorak I II V, Bach last movement if time. | |
6th May 2024 | NO REHEARSAL | Bank Holiday |
13th May 2024 | Dvorak movements I, V and Larghetto. Finzi. Bach last movement if time. | |
20th May 2024 | ||
27th May 2024 | NO REHEARSAL | (Bank Holiday) |
3rd June 2024 | ||
10th June 2024 | ||
Saturday 15th June 2024 | Concert | |
17th June 2024 | AGM | |
24th June 2024 |
Music Library
Here is a link to a listing of the contents of the music library.
Northwood Music Library