Concert dress is all black apart from Camden children’s workshops, which are casual dress

Please bring a stand to all rehearsals and concerts

Rehearsals at in Main Hall at Camden School for Girls, Sandall Rd, NW5 2DB unless indicated otherwise

For next season dates go to: 2026/7 dates

Concert 4 – 6.30pm 15th March 2026, St John’s Waterloo

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije 21 mins

3(2 flutes + 1 piccolo)222 – 43(2trumpets + 1 cornet)31 plus piano, tenor sax and harp

Copland Billy the kid  22 mins

2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(5):glsp/xyl/cyms/sleigh bells/tgl/guiro/wdbl/whip/BD/SD/tin whistle-harp-pft-strings

Errollyn Wallen Mighty River16 mins

2(II:pic).2.2.2/4.2.2+btbn.0/timp.perc/hp/str

ERSO strings 12 10 8 8 5

Rehearsals

Sunday 15th March Concert Day [with BRASS] Rehearsal 2.30 – 5.30, concert 6.30pm

  • 2.30-3.05 Wallen
  • 3.05-3.45 Prokofiev
  • 4.05- 5.20 Copland
  • 5.20-5.30 Copland excerpts

Concert is at 6.30 and the order is

  • Wallen
  • Kije
  • Interval
  • Copland (excerpts and then the piece)

Concert 5  – 21st June 2026 St Johns Waterloo

Soloist Emily Ambrose (joint winner of 2025 ERSO Soloist of the Year)

Alex Papp Frieden

3,3,3,3, 4,2,2,1

Hummel Bassoon Concerto with Emily Ambrose

2 oboes, 2 horns, strings

Shostakovich Symphony no. 1 34 mins

3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, alto trumpet, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, snare drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, piano, strings

ERSO strings 14 12 10 10 5  (NB will be reduced strings for the Hummel)

Rehearsals

Sunday 10th May 10-1, 2-5.  Final of ERSO Soloist of the Year [with BRASS]

Sunday 17th May 11-1, 2-5pm with Chris

  • 11am – 1pm with ten mins break
  • SOCIAL LUNCH where we all eat together
  • 2 – 5pm with 15 min break

Sunday 24th May 1.30 – 4pm String sectional with John in 6 form Hall

Sunday 31st May 2-5pm Tutti with Chris [with BRASS]

  • 4pm rehearsal with soloist Emily Ambrose 

Sunday 7th June 11-1.15 [with BRASS in AM only], 2-4.30pm with Chris

  • 11am – 1.15pm with a 15 min break
  • 45 mins lunch
  • 2 – 4.30pm with 15 min break

Sunday 14th June 10-1pm with Chris [with BRASS]

  • 12pm rehearsal with soloist Emily Ambrose 

Sunday 21st June Concert Day [with BRASS] Rehearsal 2.30 – 5.30, concert 6.30pm