This page is a shameless rip-off of Geoff Rousell’s excellent resource listing amateur
orchestras in
My intention is very similar to his, namely to help players find a group to play in.
All the information here is in the public domain, but if it is inaccurate or you want it removed, or if you’d like to see your band here, send me a mail
Last updated 2nd
September 2010
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Band or Ensemble |
Conductor |
Rehersal Time and Venue |
Contact |
Vacancies |
Latest Update |
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Robert Mason and Brian Cox |
Monday
20:00 – 22:15 |
Please
contact us to find out about current vacancies. |
24/01/09 |
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David Smith |
Tuesday
19:30 Castelnau Library Hall, Castelnau,
SW13 |
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A fun
concert band. Many performances at local events. We are always on the lookout
for new talent. Our website has recently been updated, and we currently have
vacancies for trumpet, French horn and baritone saxophone, ideally of Grade 7
standard. But whatever your instrument(s), please contact us. |
29/06/09 |
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Roger Greenwood |
Wednesday
20:00 - 22:00 |
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A
community wind band who meet and play in the Barnet area. Playing enquiries
always welcome. |
15/02/10 |
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John Hargreaves |
Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00 St
Barnabas Church Hall, |
Horns,
trumpets and percussion. If you play an instrument which is not listed here,
and are interested in joining, please make contact anyway, as vacancies do
arise in other sections. |
19/05/10 |
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Guy Bennett |
Belvedere
Sports & Social Club, |
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Vacancies
for trumpets, euphonium, percussion and French horns. We would normally
expect musicians to be of Grade 8 standard. However, age and experience would
be taken into consideration |
02/06/07 |
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Shea Lolin |
Tuesday
19:00 – 21:00 St |
An
ensemble dedicated to providing the opportunity for adults to play music in a
relaxed and friendly atmosphere. |
12/10/09 |
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Martin Gibbs |
Friday
20:00 – 22:00 Good
Shepherd Church Hall, |
A
really friendly and fun band. We are very busy with engagements (see our website)
and play to a high standard. Please contact the band secretary to find out
about our current vacancies. |
24/03/08 |
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Phil Lazenbury |
Wednesday
19:45 – 21:45 St.
Nicholas’ Church, Taplow |
Judy Norbron |
We
would particularly welcome trombones, euphoniums, baritone saxophone
and French horns |
22/07/08 |
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David Morris |
Monday
19:00 – 21:00 St
Katharine Kree Church, 86 |
A new flute and clarinet choir set up in
January 2010. Please enquire for vacancies. |
18/06/10 |
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Captain David Cole |
Wednesday
19:45 – 22:00 Norbury Royal British Legion Club |
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No
membership fees. Always welcoming new players of a high standard, especially
trumpeter/cornetists. Need not be ex forces. Many
engagements throughout the year including Fairfield Hall, Croydon,
Sittingbourne, Gravesend, Eastbourne Bandstand for a week, Picnic Concert at
Fort Nelson and Festival of Remembrance at St Paul’s Cathedral each
year. |
24/08/09 |
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Monday
Robertswood Combined School, |
Derek Wilson, 33 Sanctuary
Close, Harefield, |
Chalfont
Concert Wind Band also has a training band for adult and children beginners |
24/06/08 |
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Tuesday
20:00 – 21:30 The
City Lit, |
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The
group welcomes adult players of woodwind instruments and horn, Grade 5
– 6 and above. |
05/12/06 |
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John Andrews |
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CLSW
is a group of woodwind and brass players, based in and around |
01/01/07 |
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Shea Lolin |
Monday
19:00 – 21:30 St. Olave’s Church Hall, |
The City
Wind Orchestra is a friendly wind orchestra set up in 2009 for amateur wind,
brass and percussion musicians. Concerts given three times a year in the City
of London and consist mainly of original Wind Orchestra repertoire |
12/10/09 |
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Cores End Concert Band |
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Tuesday
20:00 Cores
End URC, Hawks Hill, Cores End, Bourne End |
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Cores End Concert
Band is looking for founder members to get started. We're after high quality
instrumentalists to form a top class wind band, playing challenging works. |
16/07/10 |
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David Cox |
Wednesday
20:00 – 22:00 Christchurch
Hall, |
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The
band welcomes all instrumentalists Grade 6+ without audition (Regular
performances at Fairfield Hall) |
15/04/10 |
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Jonathan Milne |
Wednesday
20:00 – 22:00 All
Saints’ Church, |
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Da Capo Concert Band celebrated its 10th
anniversary in 2007. The Band performs a
good deal of the standard repertoire for wind band (and a lot else besides):
famous pieces by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Gordon Jacob and Philip Sparke’s arrangements of major classical works;
many of Warren Barker’s sparkling medleys of show-tunes; popular
marches; jazz and big band pieces; and themes from film and television. The
band is also exploring classic and contemporary symphonic band works with a
view to entertaining and challenging both themselves and their audiences |
10/03/10 |
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Wednesday
20:00 – 22:00 St.
John’s Hall, |
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24/06/08 |
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Monday
19:30 Maida
Vale Studios |
Regular
concerts and recordings are undertaken with an annual trip to |
17/03/08 |
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John Hutchins |
Tuesday
19:45 – 22:00 |
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Current
vacancies for percussion, trumpet and French horn. Our required standard is
Grade 6 or above. |
06/09/07 |
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David Smart |
Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00 |
A
friendly sociable band with many high profile engagements throughout the year
including overseas travel. |
19/01/09 |
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Thursday
19:30 – 21:30 Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre, |
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Always
happy to meet other musicians. Please visit our web site for more
information. |
28/03/06 |
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Chris Lloyd |
Thursday
19:50 |
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New
players are always welcome provided a vacancy exists. All we ask is a
commitment to attend rehearsals regularly and an ability to read standard
repertoire. Most of our players have achieved around Grade 8 standard or
better |
25/05/07 |
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Roger Hewitt |
Sunday
10:00 – 12:00 |
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All
wind players are welcome. Particular needs at present include
clarinets, trumpets/cornets and tuba. |
20/03/05 |
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James Wolfe |
Tuesday
19:45 – 21:45 Music
Room, |
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Vacancies
for kit drummer, horns, tuba and flutes. |
12/07/10 |
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Roger
Greenwood / Chris Hooker |
2nd
and 4th Fridays of the month (term-time) 20:00 – 22:00 Christ
Church Hall, |
Based
in Barnet Borough, we are a small orchestra of the clarinet family,
performing 2 - 3 times a year. New players required and enquiries most
welcome |
13/02/10 |
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Spencer Down |
Thursday
20:00 – 22:00 Old |
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Boosey & Hawkes Gold Award
winning band! Must be committed. We particularly have vacancies for
trombones, euphoniums and French horns. |
23/07/03 |
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Thursday
19:45 – 22:00 |
We are
an exciting community band in the Lambeth/Herne Hill area. We are currently
looking for trombones/euphoniums and another bassoon. No auditions. |
18/06/10 |
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Sunday
10:45 – 12:45 |
Friendly
band, good standard, rehearses and performs private and public concerts all
year round in |
03/05/06 |
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Tom Higgins |
Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00 St.
Mark’s Church, St. Mark’s Hill, |
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We are
a thriving band that plays good music to a high standard. We are continually
expanding our repertoire and aim to give several concerts each year. We come
from all walks of life and our playing ability ranges from around Grade 8 to
semi-professional standard. We welcome players of any age who are of about
this standard. If you are interested, you would be welcome to come to one of
our Open Rehearsals. These are usually held on the second Tuesday of the
month, but please do check the date with us first. |
17/02/10 |
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Tom Briers |
Thursday
19:00 – 21:00 Pimlico |
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Affiliated with the London Gay Symphony Orchestra,
we are a friendly group that aims to develop our musicianship to a high
standard in a supportive environment which is free from prejudice. We are
open to players of all sexualities, there are no auditions, and we accept a
range of abilities. We have pressing vacancies for saxes, trumpets, trombones
and horns, but players of other wind, brass and percussion are also welcome. |
30/12/09 |
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Roger Cawkwell |
2nd
and 4th Friday of every month
19:30 - 22:00 Victoria/Pimlico
area |
07855 833915 |
We are
open to players of all types of saxophones and of all abilities without
audition. We particularly welcome players of baritones and the more
exotic types of saxophones. |
30/08/10 |
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Madison Band |
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Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00 Meadows
Community Hall, |
Mike Ruggles |
Vacancies
– trombone players, trumpet player, baritone sax player |
04/01/04 |
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Martin Bunce |
Wednesday
19:15 |
We are currently looking for
clarinets, flute, horns and tuba players. Must be willing to attend
rehearsals on a regular basis. |
02/09/10 |
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Middlesex
Yeomanry Concert Band |
Michael Robinson |
Sunday
10:00 - 12:00 The
White House Community Centre |
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We are
a community concert band who regularly perform throughout west |
07/06/09 |
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Lully |
Tuesday
19:30 - 20:30 (term-times) Harpenden
Musicale, Sun Lane, |
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An amateur wind band based in
Harpenden. Open to adult woodwind and brass players of about Grade 3
standard or better. Currently small but keen to expand. The band
currently plays one very informal concert each year, but hopes to find
further opportunities to perform locally as numbers increase. A wide
range of music is played from popular songs to classical pieces, from |
17/02/10 |
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Andrew Duncan |
Sunday
10:30 Kingswood
Village Club, Lower Kingswood, KT20 6SZ |
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We are keen to recruit players
of Grade 6 or above in all sections but especially oboes, bassoons, brass
(including French horns) and percussion |
06/04/10 |
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Miles Harwood |
Thursday
19:30 – 21:30 John
Savage Centre, |
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A
community wind band established in 1996. New members welcome (minimum
standard Grade 6), especially tenor saxophones, trombones and tubas. |
16/06/05 |
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Andrew Bassey |
Various |
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This
ensemble plays predominantly new music by our very best living English
composers. We have two other ensembles supporting and feeding the Main
Band – the Training Band and Beginner Band. We also run weekend courses
with composers. |
31/01/07 |
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Dave Matthews |
Monday
& Wednesday Northwood
Headquarters, |
Dave Matthews |
We are
a friendly, sociable band who enjoy our music making and perform locally. Our
repertoire is a broad mixture of light classical, film music and big band.
All standards of players are welcome and instruments can be loaned free of
charge. All rehearsals are free, with free refreshments so come and give us a
try! |
02/04/08 |
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Brian Cox |
Sunday
afternoon or evening (twice a month) |
An
adult wind band that plays traditional wind band repertoire as well as some
lighter music. Players of a good standard welcome. We are actively recruiting
players in some sections - please contact us for vacancies |
23/06/09 |
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Suzi Clements |
Alternate
Mondays |
We
welcome players of all flutes and of all ages and standards. We also offer
opportunities to play alto and bass flute for those that are interested! |
02/08/09 |
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Stephanie Reeve |
Alternate
Sundays 10:00 The |
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A large open-access woodwind ensemble, which aims to give intermediate
adult players the experience of playing in a larger ensemble and at the same
time improving intonation, sight-reading and ensemble skills. The Band now
comprises about 45 regular players and there are also many opportunities for
playing in chamber groups. There is an associated summer course in |
05/11/09 |
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Chris McGinity |
Thursday
20:00 - 22:00 |
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The Phoenix Concert Band aims to set high standards in its performances, giving playing opportunities to musicians at the upper end of ability. Players are generally minimum Grade 6 – some well above – so do call if you would like to come along. We don’t audition, we’d rather you came along for a few rehearsals to see how it goes. |
24/07/10 |
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Peter Stockdale |
Monday
19:30 - 21:30 RAF
Uxbridge |
Brian Hoare |
We
need an experienced solo/lead flute player. We will also consider other
instrumentalists of Grade 6 and above |
27/01/03 |
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Tony Ryan |
Tuesday
19:30 |
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All
wind and percussion players are welcome. We particularly need more brass and
percussion. |
07/09/07 |
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Grace Rossiter |
Tuesday
19:30 (during school term) |
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An
enthusiastic and friendly wind orchestra. We welcome new players
especially brass, percussion and lower woodwind. We perform three
concerts a year. |
29/10/06 |
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Martin |
Thursday
20:00 – 22:00
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A very friendly adult ensemble playing a wide and varied repertoire mainly for our own benefit but with some concerts. We are always on the lookout for new members, ideally Grade 6 or above on Eb, Bb, Alto, Bass or Contra-alto/bass clarinet. We also run ‘playdays’ twice a year on a Sunday, 10.00 – 16.00. Please contact me for information about these too. |
22/06/10 |
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Vale Winds |
Harvey Baigent |
First
Sunday of the month – call to
confirm Aylesbury |
Vale Winds is a
thriving wind band that aims to play good music to a very high
standard. The band aims to continually expand repertoire as well as
perform several concerts a year. Band members are friendly and
hardworking, coming from all walks of life, with playing abilities ranging
from Grade 8 to professional standard. We welcome players of any age
who are of this standard; particularly clarinets, horns and percussion.
If you are interested you would be welcome to come to one of our rehearsals. |
27/08/10 |
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Whitton Wind Orchestra |
Jim Clow |
Wednesday 19:00
– 21:00 (during term time) St Philip and St James
Church, |
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Friendly supportive
rehearsal orchestra, welcomes players of all wind instruments from about
Grade 4 standard upwards. |
14/08/10 |
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Dennis Mycroft |
Monday
19:30 - 21:30 Bromley
Youth Music Trust, |
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The
symphonic wind band for past members of the Bromley Youth Concert Band. |
07/09/07 |
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Links BASBWE (British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles) |
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