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Below is a list of all past issues...
From the New World concert - 18th October 2025
Sun, 14 Sep 2025
Summer Concert - 31st May 2025
Mon, 5 May 2025Dear Friend,
On Saturday 31st May, the Studio Symphony Orchestra will be returning to Bangor for the final concert of our 77th Season. This ‘Summer Concert’ will be held in St. Comgall’s Parish Centre, Brunswick Road, Bangor at 8pm and features a joyful programme of established classics and a wonderful violin concerto featuring our very own leader, Zuzanna Edmonds.
Programme:
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
Mozart - Symphony No.35 in D major K385 "Haffner"
Karlowicz - Violin Concerto (soloist - Zuzanna Edmonds)
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5
Conductor: Tanya Houghton
To learn more about the programme, please visit our website https://www.studiosymphony.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=194592
Tickets for this Summer Concert are available to purchase from the Visitor Information Centre in Bangor, online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/county-down/st-comgalls-parish-centre/studio-symphony-orchestra-summer-concert/e-jqgvml or at the door. We do hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music making and an exciting conclusion to our season!
Thank you so much for your support of the orchestra throughout the season. It really is very much appreciated. If you know someone who you think might enjoy our concerts, perhaps you would invite them to come along to St. Comgall’s on 31st May – thank you!
You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
On Saturday 31st May, the Studio Symphony Orchestra will be returning to Bangor for the final concert of our 77th Season. This ‘Summer Concert’ will be held in St. Comgall’s Parish Centre, Brunswick Road, Bangor at 8pm and features a joyful programme of established classics and a wonderful violin concerto featuring our very own leader, Zuzanna Edmonds.
Programme:
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
Mozart - Symphony No.35 in D major K385 "Haffner"
Karlowicz - Violin Concerto (soloist - Zuzanna Edmonds)
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5
Conductor: Tanya Houghton
To learn more about the programme, please visit our website https://www.studiosymphony.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=194592
Tickets for this Summer Concert are available to purchase from the Visitor Information Centre in Bangor, online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/county-down/st-comgalls-parish-centre/studio-symphony-orchestra-summer-concert/e-jqgvml or at the door. We do hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music making and an exciting conclusion to our season!
Thank you so much for your support of the orchestra throughout the season. It really is very much appreciated. If you know someone who you think might enjoy our concerts, perhaps you would invite them to come along to St. Comgall’s on 31st May – thank you!
You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
Orchestral Masterpieces concert - 22nd March 2025
Fri, 14 Feb 2025Dear Friend,
With less than a week to go, we'd like to remind you that the Studio Symphony Orchestra will return to the Common Hall at RBAI (Inst) on Saturday 22nd March at 7.45pm for this season’s Orchestral Masterpieces Concert, our annual tribute to our founder Dr Havelock Nelson.
Programme:
Florence Price - The Oak
Cimarosa - Concerto in G major for two flutes (soloists - Andrew Douglas and Richard Douglas)
Rachmaninoff - Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27
Conductor - Tanya Houghton
Leader - Zuzanna Edmonds
Florence Price (1887-1953) was a prolific composer of orchestral music, chamber pieces and songs. She made history when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed her Symphony in E minor, making her the first female Black composer to have a symphony performed by a major US orchestra. The Oak is an orchestral tone poem – a classical work that paints a picture through music – by Price from 1943. The music is brooding and uneasy, with flourishes of rich, colourful orchestral scoring.
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) is recognized as one of the great Italian comic opera composers of the 18th century. HIs Concerto in G major for two flutes displays the same facility for inventive lyricism that earned him that reputation. We are delighted to welcome local flautists Andrew Douglas and Richard Douglas as our soloists - click here to read their biographies!
The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, is a four-movement composition for orchestra written from October 1906 to April 1907 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and the piece remains one of the composer's most popular and best-known compositions.
Tickets for this concert are now available from Matchett’s Music, 38 Wellington Place, Belfast or online at https://wegottickets.com/event/648873 Tickets may also be purchased at the door but we recommend booking in advance to avoid queuing. There is plenty of free car parking within the school grounds.
It would be a great help to us if you could pass on this email to anyone you think might be interested. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
We do hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you in the Common Hall at RBAI on Saturday 22nd March.
You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
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With less than a week to go, we'd like to remind you that the Studio Symphony Orchestra will return to the Common Hall at RBAI (Inst) on Saturday 22nd March at 7.45pm for this season’s Orchestral Masterpieces Concert, our annual tribute to our founder Dr Havelock Nelson.
Programme:
Florence Price - The Oak
Cimarosa - Concerto in G major for two flutes (soloists - Andrew Douglas and Richard Douglas)
Rachmaninoff - Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27
Conductor - Tanya Houghton
Leader - Zuzanna Edmonds
Florence Price (1887-1953) was a prolific composer of orchestral music, chamber pieces and songs. She made history when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed her Symphony in E minor, making her the first female Black composer to have a symphony performed by a major US orchestra. The Oak is an orchestral tone poem – a classical work that paints a picture through music – by Price from 1943. The music is brooding and uneasy, with flourishes of rich, colourful orchestral scoring.
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) is recognized as one of the great Italian comic opera composers of the 18th century. HIs Concerto in G major for two flutes displays the same facility for inventive lyricism that earned him that reputation. We are delighted to welcome local flautists Andrew Douglas and Richard Douglas as our soloists - click here to read their biographies!
The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, is a four-movement composition for orchestra written from October 1906 to April 1907 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and the piece remains one of the composer's most popular and best-known compositions.
Tickets for this concert are now available from Matchett’s Music, 38 Wellington Place, Belfast or online at https://wegottickets.com/event/648873 Tickets may also be purchased at the door but we recommend booking in advance to avoid queuing. There is plenty of free car parking within the school grounds.
It would be a great help to us if you could pass on this email to anyone you think might be interested. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
We do hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you in the Common Hall at RBAI on Saturday 22nd March.
You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
Christmas Concert - 30th November 2024
Sat, 9 Nov 2024Dear Friend,
We are delighted to inform you that our next concert will be on Saturday 30th November, with festive music certain to warm the heart of even Ebenezer Scrooge!
Our Christmas Concert will be in St. Comgall's Parish Centre, Brunswick Road, Bangor and will start at 8.00pm.
A great sense of fun will be much in evidence in this special concert, as we perform a beautiful selection of music with a seasonal theme, from popular Christmas favourites to much-loved orchestral and choral music. Our special guests will be Melisma, an acclaimed 8-voice vocal ensemble based in Belfast.
Conducted by Tanya Houghton and led by Zuzanna Edmonds, the orchestra promises a wonderful evening of music making - just the thing to get the festive season off to a great start!
Tickets are £14 (£12 for over 60s, £8 for under 18s) and can be purchased from the Visit Ards and North Down website via this link, in person at Bangor Visitor Information Centre, by phone on 028 9127 0069 or at the door (subject to availability).
It would be a great help to us if you could pass on this email to anyone you think might be interested. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
We do hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you in Bangor!
You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
Music from the Movies concert - 19th October 2024
Sat, 28 Sep 2024Dear Friend,
Welcome to the Studio Symphony Orchestra's 77th season!
We are looking forward to getting our season underway in the Island Arts Centre (Island Hall) in Lisburn on Saturday 19th October at 7.30pm. Our “Music from the Movies” concert will be a great night out for the whole family with themes from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond, Jurassic Park, The Magnificent Seven, Schindler’s List and many, many more!
Our guest conductor will be Paul McCusker and we are delighted that Zuzanna Edmonds returns for her second season as our professional leader.
We do hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music making. Tickets are already selling quickly so please don’t delay if you do wish to attend this concert. Tickets are available online at https://islandartscentre.com/event/studio-symphony-orchestra-music-from-the-movies or from Island Arts Centre Box Office on 02892 447452.
Tickets may also be available at the door, but we cannot guarantee this. We therefore strongly recommend that you purchase tickets in advance. It would be a great help to us if you could pass on this email to anyone you think might be interested. A warm welcome awaits everyone. We do hope that you will be able to join us and help us get our new season off to a great start! You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
We are looking forward to getting our season underway in the Island Arts Centre (Island Hall) in Lisburn on Saturday 19th October at 7.30pm. Our “Music from the Movies” concert will be a great night out for the whole family with themes from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond, Jurassic Park, The Magnificent Seven, Schindler’s List and many, many more!
Our guest conductor will be Paul McCusker and we are delighted that Zuzanna Edmonds returns for her second season as our professional leader.
We do hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music making. Tickets are already selling quickly so please don’t delay if you do wish to attend this concert. Tickets are available online at https://islandartscentre.com/event/studio-symphony-orchestra-music-from-the-movies or from Island Arts Centre Box Office on 02892 447452.
Tickets may also be available at the door, but we cannot guarantee this. We therefore strongly recommend that you purchase tickets in advance. It would be a great help to us if you could pass on this email to anyone you think might be interested. A warm welcome awaits everyone. We do hope that you will be able to join us and help us get our new season off to a great start! You may unsubscribe at any time by visiting our website and entering your email address in the "Join our Mailing List" box at the top of every page.
