Member Notices

Main Rehearsal Venue: Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS. Notification will be given as to any changes to venue.

James Bond Concert, Thaxted Church - Saturday 31st October 2026

Sunday 11th October 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 18th October 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 23rd October 2026 7.30pm-9.30pm Cancelled

Sunday 25th October 6.30pm - 9.30pm

* Friday 30th October 7.30pm - 9.30pm – Venue change: EH7, Saffron Walden County High School (not Chesterfords Community Centre)

*Saturday 31st October: Rehearsal 2.30pm - 5.30pm. Concert 7.30pm

Note date changes from original schedule. Nothing now on 16th or 24th October

Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 29th November 2026

Sunday 1st November 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 8th November 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm N.B. Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 15th November 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 22nd November 2026 6.30pm-9.30pm 

Friday 27th November 2026 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 29th November 10:00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

Film Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 7th February 2027

Sunday 10th January 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 17th January 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 24th January 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 31st January 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 5th February 2027 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 7th February 2027 10:00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 9th May 2027

Sunday 4th April 2027 6.30pm- 9.30pm

Sunday 11th April 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 18th April 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 2nd May 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 7th May 2027 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 9th May 2027 10:00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

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

Sunday 30th May 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 6th June 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 13th June 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 20th June 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 25th June 2027 7.30pm-9.30pm N.B. Possible alternate venue with SWCS tbd

Saturday 26th June 2027 2.30pm-5.30pm, Concert 7.30pm N.B. Saturday concert, later rehearsal start time

Main Rehearsal Venue: Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS (bookings to be confirmed). Notification will be given as to any changes to venue.

James Mayhew Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 10th October 2027

Sunday 19th September 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 26th September 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 3rd October 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 8th October 2027 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 10th October 2027 11.00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

Concert (Alex Redington, violin): Saffron Hall - Sunday 5th December 2027

Sunday 7th November 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 14th November 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 21st November 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 28th November 2027 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 3rd December 2027 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 5th December 2027 10.00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

Film Concert: Saffron Hall - Sunday 6th February 2028

Sunday 9th January 2028 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 16th January 2028 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 23rd January 2028 6.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 30th January 2028 6.30pm-9.30pm

Friday 4th February 2028 7.30pm-9.30pm

Sunday 6th February 2028 10.00am-1.00pm, Concert 3.00pm

Dates for the remaining two concerts of the season will be added once confirmed by Saffron Hall.

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

• For concerts elsewhere (e.g. Thaxted Church) – see the ticket link on the Upcoming Concerts page

• 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 form (.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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