Double need for double basses!

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bassesWe are looking for two more bass players to boost our bass section for a fantastic concert at St Johns, Waterloo on 21 May. We are playing a Nordic programme, conducted by Tom Hammond, and featuring award-winning young soloist Dinara Klinton. The programme consists of the Overture and Dance of the Cockerels from Maskerade by Nielsen, the Grieg Piano Concerto and Sibelius 5 Symphony.  There are 2 rehearsals (10-5pm) on & and 14 May at Camden Girls School, NW5 2DB plus a rehearsal on the concert day at St. Johns, Waterloo.

The bass section will be working with Mark Lipski who will be acting as our Double Bass Mentor and the rehearsals will include a double bass master class on the music from the programme. Mark has extensive professional freelance playing, coaching and teaching experience so this is a fantastic opportunity for players!

The Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) is one of London’s leading and longest established amateur orchestras and we are a friendly group, working to a high standard over a concentrated rehearsal period for each concert.  We rehearse and perform on Sundays and work with a professional leader and professional conductors of a very high calibre.

If you are a grade 8+ bass player and are interested in playing in this concert or joining us more permanetnly please contact us on ersoinfo@gmail.com

 

Fantastic family concert!

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Last night, 19th March, we held a Family Concert at the lovely church of St Mary’s at Primrose Hill.  The concert was expertly conducted and presented by Tim Redmond and was themed around types of movement.  We “swam” with the swans from Swan Lake, “flew” with the bicycle in the ET Theme and went on a journey on a steam train in Honegger’s Pacific 231.  Talented young musicians from the Camden School for Girls joined ERSO to expertly perform Mambo from West Side Story and Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine and the cheers from the audience showed how proud their families were!

Calling all bass players!

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Calling double basses!
We are looking to boost our bass section for a fantastic concert at St Johns, Waterloo on 21 May. We are playing a Nordic programme, conducted by Tom Hammond, and featuring award-winning young soloist Dinara Klinton. The programme includes works by Nielsen, the Grieg Piano Concerto and Sibelius 5 Symphony.

The bass section will be working with Mark Lipski who will be acting as our Double Bass Mentor. Mark has extensive professional freelance playing, coaching and teaching experience. A great opportunity for players! If you are interested in playing in this concert please contact us on ersoinfo@gmail.com

Calling all violins and violas!

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Calling all violin and viola players!

ERSO, one of London’s leading and longest established amateur orchestras, are looking for viola players for our fabulous Family Concert on 19 March. We will be working with British conductor and presenter Timothy Redmond, who is a regular guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and children from the Camden Girls School.

The concert is themed around different kinds of movement and includes a wide variety of exciting music including some of John Williams most well known film music from ET and Star Wars together with music from Swan Lake, West Side Story and the William Tell Overture.

Concert Sunday 19 March 2017 – St Mary’s, Primrose Hill – 5:30pm
Rehearsals (all Sundays at Camden School for Girls other than on concert day):
5 March 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
12 March 2-5pm
19 March 2-4.30 pm, concert at 5.30pm

If you are a grade 8+ violin or viola player who would like to take part in this fun family concert or are interested in joining a friendly orchestra playing at a very high standard please contact us on ersoinfo@gmail.com

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Thanks to the generous support of the Ernest Read Trust, we are delighted to be able to introduce Jaga, our newly appointed Deputy Leader, and Tom, our new Principal 2nd Violin.

As well as welcoming these new section leaders we are regretfully saying goodbye to Lizzie Roberts, who has been leading the 2nd violins for this concert.  Lizzie has an incredibly busy performing career and wants to focus her time on developing this further.

Tom and Jaga will be in touch with their own sections in the next few weeks as they will be commencing their appointments for the March concert.

Joanna Jaga Klimaszewska (Jaga) – Deputy Leader

jaga-picBorn in Poland Jaga moved to London to continue her musical studies at Guildhall followed by a Masters at the Royal College of Music.

Jaga has taken part in many workshops and music festivals in Europe and has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician in Poland, France, Austria, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the UK.

As well as her versatile music career Jaga also enjoys organising events and is part of the unconducted chamber orchestra Silk Street Sinfonia which she manages and performs with (www.silkstreetsinfonia.com).

Jaga will stand in for John Crawford as Leader if he cannot make a rehearsal and will work with John to lead the first violins.  She will also be responsible for fixing musicians for the First Violin section.

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Tom Rowan-Young – Principal 2nd Violin


tom-rowan-youngTom Rowan-Young is studying for a Masters at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having studied previously at the Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham’s.  He is also an alumnus of the National Youth Orchestra and London Sinfonietta Academy and was accepted onto the Britten-Pears Young Artist programme in 2017.  He is Principal 2nd Violin of the University of London Symphony Orchestra.

In 2013 he founded the Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra; a new orchestra based in Manchester to provide extra performance opportunities for young professionals and conservatoire students. As well as being Leader of the orchestra, Tom was also Artistic Director, fixer and administrator until leaving the orchestra in 2014.

Tom will be responsible for leading the 2nd violins at ERSO, including fixing musicians, and will work closely with John Crawford and the other string section leaders.

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Happy New Year from ERSO!

We c-stark-2are all really looking forward to a great 2017, starting with our concert of beautiful Romantic music conducted by Chris Stark, who is especially known as the Conductor and co-Artistic Director of the RPS Award Winning Multi-Story Orchestra. The programme includes Brahms 3rd Symphony and our soloist in Bruch’s Kol Nidrei is an exciting young cellist, Matthew Strover.

mattstroverJoin us at the beautiful church of St John’s Waterloo for an evening of wonderful music on February 12th. Follow this link for more information.

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On March 19th, we will be presenting a fabulous Family Concert working with British conductor and presenter Timothy Redmond, who is a regular guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  We will be joined at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, by pupils from the Camden Girls School who will perform arrangements of two well know pieces with ERSO.

 

The tom-hammond-22016/17 season will culminate at St Johns, Waterloo on 21 May with a Nordic programme conducted by Tom Hammond, and featuring award-winning young soloist Dinara Klinton.  The programme includes works by Neilsen, Grieg and Sibelius.

 

Join us – whether as players or audience members!