Members of the Orchestra

Our Next Concert

Here are the details for our next concert:

Saturday 11th October 2025 at 7:30pm
The Corn Exchange, King Street, Ipswich IP1 1DH
Conductor - Dexter Drown
Leader - Dan Kent
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 Version) 34' 3/pic 2+cor 3/bass 2+contra 4331 T+3P Hp Cel Pno Str
John Williams: Harry Potter Symphonic Suite 6' 2/pic 2/cor 3 2 4331 T+3P Hp Cel Str
Mussorgsky: Picture at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) 35' 3/2pic 3/cor 2+bass 2+contra 4331 alto sax T+5P Cel Hp Str

Rehearsal Details

Rehearsals will take place on Sunday 28th September 2025 at Waldringfield Village Hall, School Road, Waldringfield IP12 4QP, on Sunday 5th October 2025 in the Great School Concert Hall, Ipswich School IP1 3SG and on the afternoon of the concert itself at the Corn Exchange, King Street, Ipswich IP1 1DH.

A detailed rehearsal schedule will be available nearer the time.


Tickets

Tickets are available now from the Ipswich Theatres Box Office
Adults £18.00/16.00, Children / Full-time Students £4.00


Future Concerts

The programme details for the remaining concerts in our 2025-26 season are as follows:

Saturday 7th February 2026 at 7:30pm
The APEX, Charter Square, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3FD
(Rehearsals on Sunday 25th January 2026 and Sunday 1st February 2026)
Conductor - Andrew Morley
Leader - Dan Kent
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture 19' 2+pic 2+cor 22 4231 T+2P Hp Str
Prokofiev: Selection from Romeo & Juliet Suites 1 & 2, Op.64 24' 2+pic 2+cor 2+bass 2+contra Tsax 4331 T+4P Hp Pno/Cel Str
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 (Organ), Op.78 35' 3/pic 2+cor 2+bass 2+contra 4331 T+2P Organ Pno (4 hands) Str

Saturday 16th May 2026 at 7:30pm
Burns Recital Hall, Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, IP9 2RX
(Rehearsals on Sunday 3rd May 2026 and Sunday 10th May 2026)
Conductor - Richard Laing
Leader - Dan Kent
Piano - Sofiia Osmanova
Mendelssohn: Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.21 12' 2222 2200 T Str
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414 25' 0200 2000 Str
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 (Eroica), Op.55 40' 2222 3200 T Str

Please put these concert and rehearsal dates in your diary now!


And after that

Looking beyond the 2025-26 season, the following concert dates/venues have been agreed:

10th October 2026 Corn Exchange, Ipswich
6th February 2027 The APEX, Bury St. Edmunds

All-day rehearsals will take place on the two Sundays prior to the concert day.

Please put these concert and rehearsal dates in your diary now!

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