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 (strings: Rob Barnes, wind: Emma Price, brass: Laurence Thistlewood, percussion: Andy Newman).
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 Rehearsal Schedule for the 2011-12 season.
(rehearsal schedule below last updated 10:30pm, Thu 26th January 2012)
PLEASE NOTE the players required and venues are provisional at this stage, and may be subject to future changes.
| Date | Time | Venue | Players required |
| Tuesday 27th September | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 4th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind + horns (2 sectionals) |
| Tuesday 11th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 18th October | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 25th October | (no rehearsal - school half term week) | ||
| Tuesday 1st November | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 4th November | 19:15pm | SAH | Full (note venue St Andrews Hall) |
| Saturday 5th November | 2:15pm | SAH | Full |
Saturday 5th November |
7.30pm |
SAH | Concert (Haydn Harmoniemesse, Dvořák Noonday Witch, R Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier) |
| Tuesday 8th November | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 15th November | 19:15pm | NHS, | Strings, woodwind (2 sectionals: main hall, drama studio) |
| Tuesday 22nd November | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns players for Beethoven violin concerto only |
| Tuesday 29th November | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 6th December | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 9th December | 19:15pm | NHS | Full (note venue for the Friday rehearsal is Norwich High main hall, and NOT St Andrews Hall) |
| Saturday 10th December | 2:15pm | SAH | Full (Note that Norwich City are playing at home on this afternoon. Plan your travel arrangements carefully) |
Saturday 10th December |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Nielsen Helios Overture, Elgar Cello Concerto, Holst Egdon Heath, Sibelius Symphony No.5) |
| (The Orchestra are NOT playing in the Christmas Concert on Tuesday 20th December this year) | |||
| Tuesday 3rd January | 19:15pm | Hewett | Full
(note venue for this rehearsal is Hewett South Hall, and NOT Norwich High School) |
| Tuesday 10th January | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind (2 sectionals: main hall, drama studio) |
| Tuesday 17th January | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 24th January | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 31st January | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 3rd February | 19:15pm | STM | Full (note venue for the Friday rehearsal is St Thomas More main school hall, Jessop Rd, and NOT St Andrews Hall). Parking is in playground to rear of School. Map of St Thomas More School venue (School indicated by red pin 'A') |
| Saturday 4th February | 2:15pm | SAH | Full (Note that Norwich City are playing at home on this afternoon. Plan your travel arrangements carefully) |
Saturday 4th February |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Weber Oberon Overture, Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, Rachmaninov Symphony No.3) |
| Tuesday 7th February | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 14th February | (no rehearsal - school half term week) | ||
| Tuesday 21st February | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind (2 sectionals: main hall, drama studio) |
| Tuesday 28th February | 19:15pm | NHS | Strings, woodwind, horns |
| Tuesday 6th March | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Tuesday 13th March | 19:15pm | NHS | Full |
| Friday 16th March | 19:15pm | SAH | Full (note venue St Andrews Hall) |
| Saturday 17th March | 2:15pm | SAH | Full |
Saturday 17th March |
7:30pm |
SAH |
Concert (Jonathan Dove There was a Child, Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky) |
Make a note in your diary for the 2012-2013 season concert dates: 10th Nov, 8th Dec, 18th Dec, 9th Feb, 16th Mar.