Jubilee Celebrations

In case you couldn't get enough of the jubilee festivities we're holding our celebration prom concert in at 5pm in Powderham Castle grounds on 26 June

Preparations are well under way with an eclectic selection of music much of which from during the years of Her Majesty's reign. We'll also be celebrating John Williams' 95th birthday with a selection of music from Star Wars, and Harry Potter

Please come and support us. The bigger the audience the better we play!

Pictured: A helps C play the tubular bells in Lord of the Dance

Spring Concert

What a great evening. The children did us proud and performed their hearts out. I was lovely to be able to include the two junior orchestra members who turned up in with the others as their solo piece would have been so empty with five of them absent this evening.

Great solos from Ed and Grace. So good that youngsters are volunteering solos. Lots of solo offers for the summer concerts : We shall be in for a treat at Powderham Castle and Connaught Gardrns.

Many lovely comments from audience members and lots of new faces in the crowd too.

See you all in on 30th April. We'll done!

Break a Leg! - No, please don't

As we gear up for our spring concert this weekend we start to get the usual calls regarding conflicting commitments with other societies or school activities or the dreaded C word.

Exhibit A (percussionist) spent 2 hours in A&E after attempting trampolining in the dark. Teenagers, eh? Fortunately not broken but they can no longer work the peddles on the timpani so I'll have to waffle a bit while someone changes them between pieces.

Good luck to our Junior Orchestra who will be playing 2 pieces in the concert this term and to Ed and Grace who will both be playing solos to help break up the programme.

Congratulations also to Ed for his starring role in his school's performance of Matilda the Musical. He was Miss Trunchball. We are hoping you will reprise the singing role in the summer in a concert?

Do please come and see us at 18:30 on Saturday 2nd April 22 at St Thomas' Methodist Church, Exeter. It's going to be a great evening and the larger the audience the more more the young people play out (and occasionally up).