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.