The Southside Community Orchestra

The orchestra will resume rehearsals after the summer break on Monday 16th September 2024 at 1:45pm in the Southside Community Centre in South Clerk Street. The programme for this term will include Grieg’s Symphonic Dances and the first Peer Gynt Suite. New members are welcome especially in the string sections; we also have some brass vacancies. Do please get in touch for further details.

Here are the dates for our 2024-2025 sessions

• Autumn term: 16th September – 9th December 2024
• Spring term: 13th January – 31st March 2025
• Summer term: 28th April – 16th June 2025

A big thank you to our wonderful audience for our summer concert on 17th June. We raised nearly £250 for Drake Music Scotland. We hope you enjoyed listening to the music as much as we enjoyed playing it. A big thank you too to our soloist Joanna Duncan for her lovely performance of the Beethoven Romance.

We’re on our summer break now. Rehearsals resume on 16th September.

We’re still keen to hear from players – string players especially – who’d like to play with us, so if you’re interested and free on Monday afternoons, do get in touch

The summer term has flown by and our summer concert is fast approaching. Do come and join us on Monday 17^th June at 2.30 pm in the Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9ER. We’re delighted to welcome Joanna Duncan as soloist to play Beethoven’s Romance in F for violin and orchestra with us. We’ll also be playing Beethoven’s overture King Stephen and the first suite from Bizet’s Carmen, full of seductive and rousing tunes.

All are very welcome. Admission is free – no tickets required. Tea and coffee will be available. The concert is once again in aid of Drake Music Scotland, the nation’s leading arts organisation providing music making opportunities for people with disabilities, and we’ll have a collection basket available if you’d like to make a donation.

We had another very successful and enjoyable concert on 18th March. We raised £215 for Drake Music; thank you to our wonderful audience and players alike. Rehearsals resume on 8th April, and our next concert will be on Monday 17th June. We’ll be playing two works by Beethoven: his overture King Stephen and the Romance in F Major for Violin and small orchestra, and the first suite from Bizet’s Carmen.

We still have vacancies, especially for string players. If you’re free on Monday afternoons and would like to play in an orchestra, why not get in touch?

Do come and join us for our Spring concert on Monday 18^th March at 2.30 pm in the Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9ER. We’ll be featuring some British music, with Eric Coates’ London Suite, Alun Hoddinott’s Welsh Folk Song Suite, as well as the “Radio 4 Theme Tune” which draws on a medley of popular tunes. And we’ll finish with a selection of Richard Rodgers’ music for Carousel and the Carousel waltz.

All are very welcome. Admission is free – no tickets required. Tea and coffee will be available. The concert is once again in aid of Drake Music Scotland, the nation’s leading arts organisation providing music making opportunities for people with disabilities, and we’ll have a collection basket available if you’d like to make a donation.

Our spring session starts on Monday 8th January. We’ve got an interesting programme this term:

Made a New Year resolution to play more music? We have vacancies, especially for string players. If you’re free on Monday afternoons and would like to give us a try, why not get in touch?

We had a very successful concert on 11th December. Thank you to our wonderful audience, who donated a magnificent £317 for Drake Music. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Rehearsals resume on 8th January 2024, and our next regular concert will be on Monday 18th March. In the meantime, best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

We still have vacancies, especially for string players. If you’re free on Monday afternoons and would like to play in an orchestra, why not get in touch?

Our spring session will run from 8 January to 18 March 2024. After a break for Easter we’ll resume for the summer session, which will run from 8 April to 17 June. We’ll post more details about the repertoire nearer the time.