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    • Jan 28, 2018

    Another Great Saturday

    A really good rehearsal today with reprisals of Exeter City March (ECO March), Concerto D'Amore, and Surfin' USA for ECO. Douglas Wagner's A Whole Load of Symphony Tunes made it's debut and we spent quite a lot of time working on sections of that. EYO revised Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them then worked on Chicago and The Typewriter. We still need trombones and it is getting difficult reallocating passages to other instruments to make pieces playable - come on, trombo
    Conductor's Blog
    • Jan 20, 2018

    Conductor's Blog

    A new term and (more) new music. We have the Exeter City March - formerly the Children's Orchestra March, Band of Brothers, Royal Fireworks music, National Anthem, Chicago and Leroy Anderson's The Typewriter. We are also reprising a few of the Autumn term's new pieces such as Concerto d'Amore, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It was sad to see so many leavers at Christmas but we were pleased to welcome some new faces today and to promote some members from full orche
    Important Dates...
    • Jan 6, 2018

    Important Dates...

    Concerts / Important dates 13th Jan - 1st day back / Committee Meeting 20th Jan - Open Day 10th Feb - 1st week of Half Term - NO ECO/EYO/EJO 17th Feb - Back for 2nd Half Term - Full Orchestra (no Sections) 3rd March - Committee Meeting 11th March (Sun) - EYO afternoon concert at Teignmouth 24th March - Concert - St Thomas's Church, St Thomas, Exeter (It will be the last ECO Practice Session that day too prior to Easter - timings TBC) 21st April - 1st week ba
    Don't Miss Our Open Day!! No Scary Auditions!
    • Jan 6, 2018

    Don't Miss Our Open Day!! No Scary Auditions!

    Exeter Children’s Open Day - Saturday 20th January – 10-12pm FREE Children aged 7 plus; come and meet us and play your instrument. We are an inclusive charity, bringing children together in a friendly, supportive environment to make music. There is no audition - if you can read music you can join ECO and if you are a beginner, we have a junior orchestra group too. Meets every Saturday at St Leonard’s Primary School, St Leonard’s Road, Exeter, EX2 4NQ
     
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