Member Notices

Film Music Concert 8th Feb Saffron Hall

6th Feb 7.30pm-9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

8th Feb 10am - 1pm Saffron Hall. 3pm Concert

3rd May Concert: Saffron Hall

22nd March 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

12th April 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

19th April 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

26th April 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

1st May 7.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

3rd May 10am-1pm Saffron Hall. 3pm Concert

14th June Concert Saffron Hall

17th May 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

24th May 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

31st May 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

7th June 6.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

12th June 7.30pm - 9.30pm Great Chesterford Community Centre

14th June 10am-1pm Saffron Hall. 3pm Concert

James Mayhew Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 4th October 2026

Sunday 13th September 2026 18:30-21:30 

Sunday 20th September 2026 18:30-21:30 

Sunday 27th September 2026 18:30-21:30 

Friday 2nd October 2026 19:30-21:30 

Sunday 4th October 2026 11:00-13:00, Concert 15:00 N.B. later rehearsal start time

James Bond Concert, Thaxted Church - Saturday 24th October 2026

Sunday 11th October 2026 18:30-21:30

Friday 16th October 2026 18:30-21:30

Sunday 18th October 2026 18:30-21:30

Friday 23rd October 2026 19:30-21:30 

Saturday 24th October 2026 14:30-17:30. Concert 19:30

Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 29th November 2026

Sunday 1st November 2026 18:30-21:30

Sunday 8th November 2026 18:30-21:30 N.B. Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 15th November 2026 18:30-21:30

Sunday 22nd November 2026 18:30-21:30 

Friday 27th November 2026 19:30-21:30

Sunday 29th November 10:00-13:00, Concert 15:00

Film Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 7th February 2027

Sunday 10th January 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 17th January 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 24th January 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 31st January 2027 18:30-21:30

Friday 5th February 2027 19:30-21:30

Sunday 7th February 2027 10:00-13:00. Concert 15:00

Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 9th May 2027

Sunday 11th April 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 18th April 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 25th April 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 2nd May 2027 18:30-21:30

Friday 7th May 2027 19:30-21:30

Sunday 9th May 2027 10:00-13:00. Concert 15:00

Joint SWSO/SWCS Concert: Saffron Hall - Saturday 26th June 2027

Sunday 30th May 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 6th June 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 13th June 2027 18:30-21:30

Sunday 20th June 2027 18:30-21:30

Friday 25th June 2027 19:30-21:30 N.B. Possible alternate venue with SWCS tbd

Saturday 26th June 2027 14:30-17:30. Concert 19:30 N.B. Saturday concert, later rehearsal start time

• For events at Saffron Hall – online, or in person at the box office

• For events in Saffron Walden including Saffron Hall – Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, 1 Market St, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR, tel. 01799 524002

• On the door

Please submit your subscription to our treasurer – £60/yr (first concert free for newcomers), or by electronic payment to “Saffron Walden Orchestral Society – SWSO”, at Barclays Bank Plc, sort code. 20-00-87, Acct. 90850217.

A new member that joins the orchestra during the season such that there are two or fewer concerts remaining will be entitled to a 50% reduction in the subscription payable for that year.

Payment is due on 1st August. To save on admin for the committee, please set up a standing order. 

If you are a taxpayer, you can make your subscription worth 25% more to the orchestra at no cost to yourself, by making it under the Gift Aid scheme. You can also help the orchestra minimise its administration costs by paying your subscription annually by standing order. Download the Gift Aid (.doc), and return it completed to our treasurer.

Please don’t regard subscriptions as optional; the orchestra does have significant costs to cover. 

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