Rehearsal schedule
AUTUMN TERM 2024
September 6, 13, 20 (AGM), 27
October 4, 11, 18, 25
November 8, 15, 22, 29 (pre-concert rehearsal at Kennet School)
December 6 (pre-concert rehearsal), 13 (social)
The AGM will be held during the rehearsal on Friday 20 September
SPRING TERM 2025
January 10, 17, 24, 31
February 7, 14, 28
March 7, 14, 21, 28
April 4 (pre-concert rehearsal)
SUMMER TERM 2025
April 25
May 2, 9, 16, 23
June 6, 13, 20, 27 (Band on the Rec)
July 4, 11, 18
Concerts
Sunday 1 December - A Christmas Extravaganza, Kennet School, Thatcham, 4.30pm
Sunday 8 December - Christmas Concert with The Cecilia Consort, St. John's Church, Newbury, 4.30pm
Saturday 5 April 2025 (provisional) - Spring Concert, Kennet School, Thatcham (TBC)
Christmas concerts dress code and timings
Dress code – black, sparkly
1 December concert
29 November rehearsal: usual times at Kennet School
Sunday 1 December
- 12pm. Hall opens for percussion to set up
- 1pm to 3.30pm. Whole orchestra rehearsal, including a break
- 4.15pm. Everyone seated ready to play
- 4.30pm. Concert starts
Absences
If you are unable to attend a rehearsal, please text 07519 258628 or email [email protected].
Christmas music links
The following links are to YouTube recordings of the Christmas music. Please find some time to listen to these.
A Vaughan Williams Christmas - setting by Douglas E. Wagner
Minor Alterations No. 2: Carols from the Dark Side - David Lovrien
Gaudete - arranged by Brian Beck
We come a-darkly caroling - David Lovrien
Suite from the Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky. Arranged James Curnow
Aurora Borealis - Rossano Galante
Troika, from Lieutenant Kije - Sergei Prokofiev. Arranged James Curnow
The proclamation of Christmas - Stephen Bulla
A Christmas Overture - Nigel Hess
Let the bells ring! - Robert Buckley
Star Carol - John Rutter
I will light candles this Christmas - Kim André Arnesen
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
White Christmas - Irving Berlin. Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Older music links
Hymn to the sun with the beat of Mother Earth - Satoshi Yagisawa
Earthdance - Michael Sweeney
Give us this day - David Maslanka
Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli
