Rehearsals

All rehearsals (unless otherwise announced) are at Applecroft School, Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6JZ, from 7.30pm to 10.00pm.

All concerts (unless otherwise announced) start at 7.30pm and are preceded by a final rehearsal, at the concert venue, 2.30pm-5.30pm.

It is usually possible to remain in the venue between the rehearsal and the concert.

• Rehearsal schedule 2026/27 season (204.85KB)

Concert dress all black

Thursday 17th September 2026

7.30-10.00pm – Applecroft Primary School

Informal “Play-through” (split rehearsal)

Strings in main hall (7.30pm start)
Wind in dance hall (7.45/8.00pm start TBC)

Sat 14th November 2026, 7:30pm

Conductor: Sam Scheer

Orchestration

Butterworth: Shropshire Lad
2/2+cor/2+bass clr/2 4/2/3/0 Timp Harp

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
2(pic)/2(cor)/2/2 2/1/0/0 Harp

Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 3 “Pastoral”
3(pic)2+cor/3(bass clr)/2 4/3/3/1 Timp+perc Harp