At ERSO we are looking to fill a key principal role which offer exciting repertoire experience with one of London’s leading and longest established amateur orchestras which works to a very high standard under Principal Conductor Christopher Stark (best known as co-founder and Principal Conductor of the RPS Award-winning Multi-Story Orchestra). We have a highly experienced professional leader, John Crawford, a Professor at Trinity Laban and former member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and our string sections are led by talented young professionals.

We rehearse on Sundays in Camden and present a series of five concerts each year, always on Sundays, which combine high quality performance with an approachable style of presentation.  Recent and imminent repertoire includes Debussy La Mer; Brahms 4; Schubert 9; Sibelius 6; Walton 1; Shostakovich 10 and Ravel’s L’heure espagnole.

ERSO has a long history working with children and emerging professional musicians: 2 events each year are dedicated to working with Camden children and our ERSO Talent Programme  provides multiple opportunities for young professionals each season.

Our ideal candidate will be an excellent, enthusiastic, experienced musicianswho are interested in being part of our team of wind principals for at least a couple of years.   The roles also involves fixing the section and building a strong, stable team. As we are an amateur orchestra this is an unpaid role.

The schedule can be accessed to give an idea of our rehearsal pattern: Rehearsal schedule – ERSO

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Interested? Contact us on ersoinfo@gmail.com letting us know about your orchestral experience. We will create a shortlist of a few really strong, keen players who then will each have a chance to spend some time in the role so that we can find the right fit for these positions.