Update 5 Sept 25

The orchestra rehearsing each wednesday for our Autumn Concert on 22 Nov.

Rehearsals normally take place at St Bartholomew School, Buckingham Rd, Newbury, RG14 6JP, normally in Curnock wing or Foyer 

Please bring a music stand. Please arrive at 7:15pm to prepare to 7:30pm start. Rehearsal lasts till approx 9:30pm with a short tea break (bring own cup) and we need to clear up and leave by 9:45pm.

Autumn 2025

Rehearsals

Date Venue  Notes

Wed Sept 10   Foyer, St Barts        Niel Farrow conducts

Wed Sept 17   Foyer, St Barts        string only rehearsal, conducted by NF

Wed Sept 24   Foyer, St Barts       

Wed Oct 1   Curnock     

Wed Oct 8   Foyer, St Barts       

Wed Oct 15 Foyer, St Barts       

Wed Oct 22 Park House School (main hall) 

Wed Oct 29 half term      No rehearsal

Wed Nov 5  Foyer, St Barts       

Wed Nov 12 Curnock     

Wed Nov 19 Foyer, St Barts       

Sat 22 Nov  Church Reh 2pm, concert 7:30pm

TEA TROLLEY ROTA

Sept. 10th Felicity David C

Sept17th DC Lynne

Sept24th L David L

Oct 1st DL Georgie

Oct8th G Isabel

Oct15th I Alex

Oct22nd A Rachel W

Half Term

Nov 5th RW Barnaby

Nov12th B ?

Nov19th ? Felicity

Prokofiev produced three suites of music based on the Romeo & Juliet ballet, where the pieces are not in the same order as the Shakespeare play. We are performing a selection of the pieces so they are in plot order, as per below.  So the plot makes sense, we need to extract some numbers from the full ballet.  Conductor Jonathan Williams has worked out details below.

Jonny has also worked out a playlist using Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4uviqTL2TsHKWk8ldqw4Lj?si=76f6e5c877ec4dff

The orchestra normally rehearses in St Bartholomew School, Newbury, which is just off the A343 (Andover Rd.).

St Bartholomew's School, Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 6JP.  For directions click on Map.

There is parking in the school grounds which are entered from Buckingham Road. 

By Rail: Get off the train at the main Newbury Railway Station (note be careful not to get off at the "Newbury Racecourse" railway station).

The rehearsal venues are within 10 minutes walking distance from the railway station. The station main entrance and the ticket office is on its north side, but it is more convenient to use the entrance on the south side.

Please check the rehearsal schedule to find out which venue we are rehearsing at each week, this can change at short notice.

Risk Management At Rehearsals

We will take risk management measures but cannot eliminate risks due to COVID or other infectious diseases (or indeed other risks whether to health, artistic standards, musical taste or morality ).  Please observe government health guidlines and take care not to trip over or damage instruments when walking through orchestra.