Orchestra Rehearsals
Normal reahearsal times and venues:
Tuesday rehearsals: 19.00 - 21.30hrs in the main school hall (Eaton Grove) at Norwich High
School, Newmarket Road, Norwich. (NHS in the list below)
Due to the St Andrew’s Hall refurbishment work, venues and times for final rehearsals and concerts will vary. Please refer to the list below for further details.
Venue key: SAH=St Andrew's Hall. KCEN=King's Centre NR1 1PH. CATH=Norwich Cathedral. SHGR=Norfolk Showground, NR5 0TT
Members are expected to be available for all the relevant
dates listed
below, unless a special arrangement is made with your section
leader (strings and wind: Chris Elston, brass: Laurence Thistlewood,
percussion: Andy Newman).
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 Chris Elston (07957 314857) or Catrina Nixon
07952 468363) or another member known to be coming to the rehearsal.
You can check the instrumentation for all the 2024-25 works at the bottom of this page.
(rehearsal schedule below last updated 9:00am, 19 Mar 2025)
PLEASE NOTE the players required, repertoire and venues may be subject
to future changes. Such changes are always posted here as soon as
possible after they are announced.
| Date | Venue | Time | Players required |
| Tuesday 25th February | NHS | 19:00pm | (American) FULL |
| Tuesday 4th March | NHS | 19:00pm |
(American) 2 Sectionals: Strings: NHS Main Hall, Woodwind, Saxes, Hns, Brass: NHS Drama Studio |
| Tuesday 11th March | NHS | 19:00pm |
(Kids) Strings, woodwind, horns | Tuesday 18th March | NHS | 19:00pm |
(Kids) FULL |
| Friday 21st March | NHS | 19:00pm | (Kids) FULL - note venue: NHS Drama Studio |
| Saturday 22nd March | KCEN | 10:30am | FULL |
Saturday 22nd March |
KCEN |
14:30pm and 16:30pm |
Children's Concert: (Tchaik:Swan Lake (excerpts), Fantastic Beasts, Rimsky-Korsakov:Dance of Tumblers, Dove:Gaspard's Foxtrot) |
| Tuesday 25th March | NHS | 19:00pm | (American) FULL 7:00pm Rio Grande 7:20pm Feel the Spirit 8:00pm Danzon 8:20pm AiP 9:00pm RiB |
| Tuesday 1st April | SHGR | 19:00pm | (American) FULL with Chorus (no piano)- Note Venue 7:00pm Rio Grande 7:30pm Rutter Feel the Spirit 8:15pm (Chorus depart) 8.30pm Danzon 8.45pm AiP 9.15pm RiB |
| Friday 4th April | SHGR | 19:15pm | (American) FULL 7:15pm Rio Grande c.7:45pm Rutter 8:30pm (Chorus depart) 8:40pm RiB 9:10pm Danzon 9:15pm AiP |
| Saturday 5th April | SHGR | 14:00pm | (American) FULL 2:00pm Rio Grande c.2:30pm Rutter 3:30pm Break 3:40pm RiB 4:05pm Danzon 4:15pm AiP 5:00pm End |
Saturday 5th April |
SHGR |
19:30pm |
Concert: American Concert: Gershwin:An American in Paris, Lambert:Rio Grande, Gershwin:Rhapsody in Blue, Rutter: Feel the Spirit, Marquez:Danson No.2 |
Instrumentation for 2024-25 works
| Concert | Works | Instrumentation |
| Tuesday 17th September (Repertoire night) Norwich High School |
Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No.3 | 2222/4231/Tmp/Str |
| Saturday 9th November Norwich Cathedral |
Haydn: The Creation 109' | 2223/2230/T/Str |
| Saturday 7th December King's Centre |
Holst: Indra 15' Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter 17' Mahler: Symphony No. 4 54' |
3333/4431/T3P/Hp/Str 3333/4431/T3P/Hp/Str 4333/4300/T4P/Hp/Str |
| Tuesday 17th December (Christmas Concert) NEC Showground |
Repertoire tbc | |
| Saturday 15th February NEC Showground |
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances 14' Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite 36' Stravinsky Rite of Spring 33' |
3222/4231/T5P/Hp/Str 3222/4431/T3P/Hp/Str 5555/8532/2T4P/Str |
| Saturday 22nd March (Children's Concert) King's Centre |
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake excerpts: Scène (Swan Theme) 2'30 Valse 2-3 mins Danse des Petits Cygnes 1'30 Danse Espagnole 3' J N Howard/John Williams: Fantastic Beasts Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers Dove: Gaspard's Foxtrot |
Orchestrations will be based on Gaspard lineup (2222–2221-tmp+2-hp-str). Even if pieces have larger orchestrations, they have been checked/will be performed with the smaller Gaspard lineup as above as above 2222–2221-T2P-hp-str |
| Saturday 5th April (American Concert) NEC Showground |
Gershwin: An American in Paris 16' Lambert: Rio Grande 15' Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 16' Rutter: Feel the Spirit 30' Marquez: Danson No.2 10' |
3332/3Sax/4331/T4P/Cel/Str 0000/0431/T4P/Str 2232/3sax/3331/T3P/Str 2232/4331/T2P/Hp/Str 2222/4231/T3P/Pf/Str |
Dates for thel 2025-2026 season concert dates have not yet been finalised. They will be posted here in due course.