Rehearsals ...

The orchestra rehearses at the Homewood Road United Reform Church, Sandpit Lane St Albans on Wednesdays from 7.25pm - 10.00pm, tuning at 7.25pm. Venue opens at 7.10pm.

If absent or late, please inform section principals (strings) or James Ross: 07768 810354 (winds, brass, percussion) in advance. Winds, brass & percussion please arrange a deputy if absent

Fixing inquiries to Kieran McGuirk: 01727 834326 / 079392 20767, or Richard Payne: 07787 516647 (Woodwind & Brass only)

Instrumentation 2009-10 Download file

Rehearsal schedule 2009-10 Download file

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Rehearsal Attendance: BRASS please click here to enter the dates you plan to attend rehearsals.

 


Rehearsal Timetable
 

DATE Item subject to change
Wed 10 Feb Homewood Road - Tutti
Tchaik 1,3,4; Rimsky-Korsakov. Piccolo arrive at 8.15pm.
Tuba free: 9.40pm

Set-up and tea/coffee: cellos
Wed 17 Feb SECTIONALS 
Tchaik 2; Dvorak & revision on other works

Brass in URC with Michael Veazy
Winds night off

Strings St Saviours Hall(tea/coffee violas)
Wed 24 Feb Homewood Road - Tutti
Dvorák (with Michael Wigram) Tchaikovsky 2. 
Tuba / 4th horn NOT called.

Set-up and tea/coffee: brass
Wed 3 March Homewood Road - Tutti
Tchaik 1,3,4; Rimsky-Korsakov. 
Tuba free: 9.40pm.

Set-up and tea/coffee: 1st violins

Wed 10 March

Homewood Rd - Tutti
(No call  for piccolo)
7.30 Tchaik 2
7.50 Dvorak
8.50 Tchaik 4
9.40 Rimsky-Korsakov

Set-up and tea/coffee: 2nd violins
SAT 13 March CONCERT DAY
St Saviours Church 
Setup 1pm

2.00 Dvorak
3.00 Tchaik 1, 2, 3
3.50 Tchaik 4
4.40 Rimsky-Korsakov

Concert 7.30pm
Wed 17 March

Homewood Rd - Tutti

Mahler 2 rehearsal

Wed 24 March

 

Homewood Rd - tutti for April concert players incl. 2 horns in  Brahms & Haydn.

7.30 Bach
8.20 Haydn
9.00 Brahms (no violins)

9.00 2nd violins to Upper Room

Rest of Brass
7.30 Mahler sectional in St Saviours Hall with Bill 

Setup and tea/coffee: 1st violins

Wed 31 March Homewood Rd 24 April concert Tutti
7.30 Brahms (no violins)

7.30 Violins Mahler sectionals tba

Setup and tea/coffee: violas & dbasses
Wed 7 April NO REHEARSAL
Wed 14 April Homewood Rd tutti 24 April concert
7.30 Bach
8.45 Brahms

Setup and tea/coffee: cellos
Wed 21 April Homewood Rd tutti 24 April concert
7.30 Haydn
8.30 Brahms

Setup and tea/coffee: 2nd violins
SAT 24 April

CONCERT DAY
Methodist Church, High St, Harpenden AL5 2RU

Setup 1pm
 
2.00 Brahms
3.30 Haydn
4.00 Bach

CONCERT 7.30pm
Dress: all black

Wed 28 April

SECTIONALS  -  Mahler 
Brass/wind Homewood Road - S Maw

Strings
1sts chez Jenny
2nds chez Kieran
violas Simon to arrange
cellos/dbass Upper Room
Wed 5 May UNTIL Wed 2 June

Homewood Road - Mahler 2 Tutti
details tba

Wed 9 June St Saviours tutti with choir

Setup and tea/coffee: 2nd violins
SAT 12 June

MAGNA CARTA CELEBRATION CONCERT

St Albans Cathedral

Setup 9.30
Rehearsal 11.30 - 2.30pm

CONCERT 7.30pm
Dress: tba

Wed 16 June
UNTIL
30 June
Homewood Rd - Tutti
Sunday 4 July

CHILDREN'S CONCERT DAY
St Saviours Church 

Setup 12 noon
Rehearsal 1-3pm

Concert 3.30 - 5.00pm

DRESS as your favourite country!

Wed 7 July

CONCERTO EVENING

Setup 7.10pm
Homewood Road 7.30pm - 10pm

Requests to James Ross

 

 

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