Orchestral workshops with professional musicians.

The orchestra continues  to stage a variety of top orchestral workshops for its membership and other players in the region.  Prospective new players of all ages are welcome to attend these workshops. Workshops are an inclusive feature of the annual programme of EMGSO at no extra charge to members.  If you wish to attend future events please contact us now.

The Spring workshop with our C.B.S.O tutors took place on Sunday 9th. March 2008 in Exeter.
Detailed study of Mahler and Bach featured.
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A workshop took place on Sunday 23rd. September 2007  in Exeter
with 7 members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
 

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Sections at work

with C.B.S.O. tutors

Music for study included works by Elgar and Rachmaninov.

The Autumn 2005 workshop took place in October with colleagues from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as tutors. Much good work was done in preparation for the special charity November 2005 concert in the Great Hall at Exeter University.
 

A special workshop was staged in Exeter on Saturday 18th. November 2004 with the string sections of the Devon Youth Orchestra. Strings of EMGSO combined under the direction of Roger Hendy to study Tippett's Concerto for Double String orchestra.

The day was a great success and the work was  included in the Exeter Cathedral programme in April 2005. Our thanks to colleagues at Devon Youth Music for helping us stage this unique joint initiative. The concert was a resounding success.

Another special event took place in September 2006 when the orchestra studied movements from Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.


Spring Workshop 2004.
This took place in on 
Sunday 8th. February 2004.

Venue : St. Luke's High School, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter.

With 5 leading players from the 
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Vaughan Williams/ Richard Strauss.

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Special autumn Orchestral workshop.

This took place on.

Sunday October 26th.  2003

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

With players from the 
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

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Workshops for autumn 2002 
spring and summer 2003.

The spring workshop took place with members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Exeter on Sunday 2nd. March 2003.

This took place at WestExe College, Exeter 7.20 p.m.
November 28th.
December 6th. and 13th
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Orchestral studies of 
The 'Leningrad Symphony' 
by Dmitry Shostakovich.

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