Events

Save the date: Saturday February 15th 2025! Come and join SMO for our annual Orchestra Day and the chance to play both the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with Savannah Brown AND Beethovens Symphony No. 3 "Eroica". See details below (or download the flyer here). Please visit our workshop page to book a place or request further details.

Previous events

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Weekend of Music at the Hurst Centre, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April 2018

Social Event - Christmas meal at the Cunning Man in Burghfield, Saturday 9th December 2017

26 orchestra members and their guests gathered at the Cunning Man at Burghfield for our Christmas meal. Many thanks to Jenny for organizing the event.

The meal was delicious and the service good....

Weekend of Music - Hurst Centre 11-12th February 2017

Some images of the weekend....

Too cold to go outside for the normal arrangement .... Many thanks to Dave Johnson for most of these images.

Social Event - Christmas Meal at the Spring Inn on Saturday 10th December 2016

26 orchestra members and their guests gathered at the 'Spring Inn' for our Christmas meal. Again a good turnout. Many thanks to Jenny and Daphne for organizing the event.

The meal and service seemed to be well praised generally...

 

Saturday 12th November 2016

A fine effort this morning from Paul Vowles and the SMO. Paul played the Weber concerto with great assurance and musicianship, and the orchestra supported him really well. Thanks Paul! (He came all the way from Manchester specially for this rehearsal.)

Weekend of Music - 6-7th February 2016

Great turn-out for our weekend of music at the Hurst Centre in Tadley. See our Facebook page for comments.....

Below a group image of attendees on the Sunday taken by Jim Harkness....

Music was not the only thing that we enjoyed.........

 

Social Event - Christmas Meal at the Spring Inn on Saturday 5th December 2015

26 orchestra members and their guests gathered at the 'Spring Inn' for our Christmas meal. An good turnout - maybe (again) the subsidy helped! Many thanks to Jenny and Daphne for organizing the event...

...and the other table

...photographs courtesy of our chairman (all complaints to him please!)

Social Event - Garden Party at Mike and Daphne's house Saturday 11th July 2015

22 orchestra members and friends gathered after FALO for the annual garden party. Fantastic weather again. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful offerings of food and particular thanks to Jill and Jenny for their tireless efforts during the afternoon...

Queen Anne's Weekend of Music - February 14th and 15th 2015

The orchestra's annual weekend of music was again held at Queen Anne's School, Caversham.

This year 54 members and visitors attended these sessions and rehearsed and performed Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony and Berlioz's overture 'Le Corsair'

Again a great weekend and thanks to Jerry and Patrick for their efforts...

Social Event - Christmas Meal at the Spring Inn on Saturday 6th December 2014

31 orchestra members and their guests gathered at the 'Spring Inn' for our Christmas meal. An excellent turnout - maybe the subsidy helped! Many thanks to Jenny and Daphne for organizing the event...

 

Social Event - Garden Party at Mike and Daphne's house Saturday 12th July 2014

Between 20 and 30 orchestra members and friends gathered after FALO for the annual garden party. Fantastic weather for a change. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful offerings of food and help...

 

Queen Anne's Weekend of Music - February 15th and 16th

The orchestra's annual weekend of music was again held at Queen Anne's School, Caversham.

This year 65 members and visitors – our largest ever orchestra - attended these sessions and rehearsed and performed Elgar's mighty Symphony No. 1 in A flat and Brahms’ ever-popular Academic Festival Overture.

These numbers, and aspirations to perform major works such as these, are sure signs of the orchestra's progress.

 

Solo performance - Tony Copus performs Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb, K495

Tony joined the orchestra on Saturday 25th January to perform this most popular Horn Concerto.

Many thanks Tony for a wonderful performance and thanks Jerry for arranging the event....

 

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