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EMG Symphony Orchestra,
Exeter, Devon, UK.
Celebrating its 40th.
birthday this year!
Concerts for the 2007-2008 season : click here
For the latest Concert reviews
:
click here.
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Welcome to the EMG Symphony Orchestra
website. This new site includes details of forthcoming
concerts as well as general information concerning
the many activities of the orchestra. Currently, it is the largest amateur
symphony orchestra in the South West of England and serves a large
Devonian
community.
Some concert highlights in 2008.
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The Spring Concert 2008 is kindly sponsored by
RK Shipman Limited,
1 Barnfield Crescent,
Exeter, Devon, EX1 1QY.
tel: 01392 278 491
email
info@rkshipman.co.uk
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Summer
Concert
St. David's Church,
Exeter
Saturday 21st. June 7.30
p.m.
Mendelssohn : Fingal's
Cave
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto
Chris Gradwell (soloist)
Beethoven : Symphony No. 2
with
Roger Hendy : conductor
Clare Smith : leader
Tickets available soon in Exeter.
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Special Summer
Concert
Seaton Town Hall,
East Devon
Thursday 26th. June
8 p.m.
Mendelssohn : Fingal's
Cave
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto
Chris Gradwell (soloist)
Beethoven : Symphony No. 2
with
Sir Neville Marriner
Roger Hendy
&
Clare Smith
Limited number of tickets from
Eve's Gallery, Seaton.
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If you would like to consider
joining the orchestra, you will find all the information you need by clicking on
the contacts page. Please phone or e-mail us immediately. Membership is strong and across a broad age range.
Whoever you are, a warm friendly
welcome awaits you. Young up-and-coming players are especially welcome to contact us even for a limited
period of playing during their other academic studies. Subscriptions are
moderate and include many benefits. There are no auditions as such. Prospective
players are initially invited to attend a number of rehearsals and
liase with the MD, leader and section leader.
The EMG Symphony Orchestra (EMGSO) is a
registered charity (Number 1064282) with almost 100 full and associate playing members and is affiliated to
the Making
Music.
EMGSO organises a series of 3 - 5 major concerts
each year in the city of Exeter and in towns around Devon. It has received much critical
acclaim for its performances both in the UK and abroad under its Musical Director, Roger
Hendy who has been with the orchestra for 20 years. The orchestra often couples
with the EMGSO chorus for special concerts in Exeter Cathedral.
Exciting choral-orchestral concerts have featured the works of Mahler, Poulenc, Rossini and
Bernstein. Singers interested in joining us for our annual choral concert
in Exeter Cathedral are warming invited to contact us.
Click to the new
Concert season page now for help.
Orchestral rehearsals are 7.20 - 9.30 p.m. on Thursdays
in the new hall at St.
Peter's High, School, Exeter. There is normally a short break for refreshments and
announcements. Click here to find out
more about playing and membership.
Click here to go to our Musical
Director's page.
As well as rehearsals leading to concerts, the
orchestra frequently stages sectional and choral/orchestral workshops
using professional players from the City of Birmingham
and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras. There are also
frequent social activities and dinners arranged for playing
members, their families and Friends of the Orchestra. The orchestra also
encourages players to form chamber groups and small bursaries are
available to players and groups to help develop playing technique and general musical
skills.
EMG Symphony Orchestra has been associated with
other orchestras and groups from the UK, France and Germany as is always
looking for new cultural links both at home and abroad. The orchestra is managed by a very active committee elected
annually in October at a brief AGM. The work of the orchestra is supported
by sponsors, businesses, councils,
Friends of EMG Symphony Orchestra
and many other
helpers who assist with concerts. The orchestra is strongly linked with many local
and national charities.
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