Notices for SWSO members

Notice of Annual General Meeting, 3rd November, NVH

SAFFRON WALDEN ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY AGM 2019

2019/20 concert dates:

Sunday 6 October 2019, 3pm (James Mayhew children’s concert)
Sunday 17 November 2019, 3pm (Sibelius 2 concert)
Sunday 9 February 2020, 3pm (Film music concert)
Saturday 28th March 2020, 7.30pm (Brahms/Tchaikovsky)
Sunday 5 July 2020, 3pm (Family concert)

Scheduled rehearsals:

Sunday 17th November 2019, 3pm: Sibelius 2 concert

Holst – Egdon Heath

Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 (Alex Redington, violin)

Sibelius – Symphony No.2

Sunday 20th October 2019: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 27th October 2019: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 3rd November 2019: 6.30 – 9.30 (AGM starts at 5:30)

Sunday 10th November 2019: – 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Friday 15th November 2019: 7.15 – 9.30 SWCHS E7

Sunday 17th November 2019: 10.00 – 1.00 Saffron Hall

Sunday 9th February 2020, 3pm: Film music concert

Sunday 12th January 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 19th January 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 26th January 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Friday 31st January 2020: 7:15 – 9.30 SWCHS E7

Friday 7th February 2020: 7.15 – 9.30 SWCHS E7

Sunday 9th February 2020: 10.00 – 1.00 Saffron Hall

Saturday 28th March 2020, 7.30pm: Tchaikovsky/Brahms

Weber – Oberon Overture

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 (Stephen Smithers, piano)

Brahms – Symphony No.3

Sunday 1st March 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 8th March 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 15th March 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 22nd March 2020: 6.30-9.30 NVH

Friday 27th March 2020: 7.30 – 9.30 SWCHS E7

Saturday 28th March 2020: 2.30 – 5:30

Sunday 5th July 2020, 3pm: Family concert

Programme to include:

Edmunds – Peter and the Flu (World premiere)

Hovhaness – And God Created Great Whales

Sunday 7th June 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 14th June 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 21st June 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Sunday 28th June 2020: 6.30 – 9.30 NVH

Friday 3rd July 2020: 7.30 – 9.30 SWCHS E7

Sunday 5th July 2020: 10.00 – 1.00 Saffron Hall

Tickets for our concerts in or near Saffron Walden are generally available from:

For events at Saffron Hall – online, tel. 0845 548 7650 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

Member subscriptions and gift aid

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

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.

All programme information is subject to confirmation

Concert dress: all black, no jackets