Orchestra Rehearsals
Normal reahearsal times and venues:
Tuesday rehearsals: 19.15 - 21.45hrs
the main school hall (Eaton Grove) at Norwich High
School, Newmarket Road, Norwich. (NHS in the list below)
Details of rehearsal venue are on the rehearsal
venues map
Friday rehearsals (the week of the concert only): 19.15 - 21.45hrs
for orchestral concerts: the main school hall (Eaton
Grove) at Norwich High School
for choral concerts: St Andrew’s Hall
Saturday rehearsals (day of concert only):14.15 – 17.15hrs, in St
Andrew’s Hall, Norwich (SAH in the list below)
Concerts: 19.30hrs in St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
Members are expected to be available for all the relevant dates listed
below, unless a special arrangement is made with your section leader.
In addition, please inform your section leader if there is a last-minute
problem about getting to a rehearsal. Only if you fail to make contact by
this method should you try to phone Rob Barnes (01508 521029) or Mike Nutt
(01603 503718)or another member known to be coming to the rehearsal.
Download PDF
of provisional Rehearsal Schedule for the forthcoming 2010-11 season.
| Date | Time | Venue | Players required |
| Tuesday 21st September | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 28th September | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 5th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind + horns (2 sectionals) |
| Tuesday 12th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 19th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 26th October | (no rehearsal - school half term week) | ||
| Tuesday 2nd November | 19:15pm | HSH | Full (note venue Hewett South Hall, directions here) |
| Friday 5th November | 19:15pm | SAH | Full |
| Saturday 6th November | 19:15pm | SAH | 2:15pm |
Saturday 6th November |
7.30pm |
SAH | Concert (Mahler Symphony No 2, Resurrection) |
| Tuesday 9th November | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 16th November | 19:15pm | NHS, | Strings, woodwind, brass (3 sectionals: main hall, drama studio + 3rd venue tba) |
| Tuesday 23rd November | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 30th November | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 3rd December | 19:15pm | SAH | Full |
| Saturday 4th December | 2:15pm | SAH | Full |
Saturday 4th December |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Beethoven Violin Concerto, Berlioz Te Deum) |
| (The Orchestra are NOT playing in the Christmas Concert on Tuesday 21st December this year) | |||
| Tuesday 4th January | 19:15pm | NHS, | Full (note earlier date than usual) |
| Tuesday 11th January | 19:15pm | NHS Main Hall and Drama Studio | Strings, woodwind+horns (2 sectionals) |
| Tuesday 18th January | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 25th January | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 1st February | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 4th February | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Saturday 5th February | 2:15pm | SAH | Full |
Saturday 5th February |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Kodaly Peacock Variations, Shostakovitch Piano Concerto No 2, Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4) |
| Tuesday 8th February | 19:15pm | NHS | Full (A fun play-through of romantic repertoire tba - please let your section leader know if you can't attend) |
| Tuesday 15th February | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 22nd February | (no rehearsal - school half term week) | ||
| Tuesday 1st March | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings sectional |
| Tuesday 8th March | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 15th March | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 18th March | 19:15pm | SAH | Full |
| Saturday 19th March | 2:15pm | SAH | Full |
Saturday 19th March |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Brahms German Requiem) |
Make a note in your diary for the 2011-2012 season concert dates: 5th Nov, 10th Dec, 20th Dec, 4th Feb, 17th Mar.