Rehearsals
We meet each Monday evening during Hampshire term time, from 7.30 to 9.30pm at The Friends’ Meeting House, 1a Ordnance Road, Southampton, SO15 2AZ. We enjoy a short social break during the rehearsal, with a hot drink and a biscuit.
Our repertoire is normally any string orchestra music we think we can manage from Corelli to Bartok, and occasionally beyond. The emphasis is on shaping performances which give pleasure, stimulus and satisfaction mainly to the players themselves, but a couple of times a year we also hope similarly to engage our audiences.
We meet between 730pm and 930pm at The Friends Meeting House, 1a Ordnance Road, Southampton, SO15 2AZ. You can find a map here and a picture here.
Membership
We invite you to join us for some introductory rehearsals, free of charge, whilst you try some of our repertoire and get to know us. We will probably ask you to sit at the front of the section for part of one rehearsal. If you would then like to consider becoming a member of the orchestra, we will discuss with you whether your skills are a good fit for our current balance of string players.
As a member, we ask for subs of £150 per year (or two payments of £75 in September and March), to cover hall hire, music costs etc, and for a commitment to participate in two concerts a year. If paying the full subscription would be challenging for you, do get in touch with any committee member – we don’t want to discourage people just due to affordability.
Do please get in touch if you’d like to try us out!
Members’ Area
Password protected Members’ Area
2025-2026 Calendar
| 5th January 2026 | ||
| 12th January 2026 | ||
| 19th January 2026 | ||
| 26th January 2026 | Gressonhall/Wessex/Dives and Lazarus | |
| 2nd February 2026 | ||
| 9th February 2026 | ||
| 16th February 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | Half Term |
| 23rd February 2026 | Vaughan Williams, Gressenhall Suite | 2nd half of rehearsal with pianist |
| 2nd March 2026 | ||
| 9th March 2026 | ||
| 16th March 2026 | ||
| 23rd March 2026 | ||
| 30th March 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | Easter |
| 6th April 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | Easter |
| 13th April 2026 | ||
| 20th April 2026 | ||
| 27th April 2026 | ||
| 4th May 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | Bank holiday |
| 11th May 2026 | ||
| Saturday 16th May 2026 | 100th Anniversary Concert | Avenue St. Andrews Church, The Avenue, Southampton |
| 18th May 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | |
| 25th May 2026 | NO REHEARSAL | Bank Holiday |
| 1st June 2026 | ||
| 8th June 2026 | ||
| 15th June 2026 | AGM? | To Be Confirmed |
| 22nd June 2026 | ||
| 29th June 2026 |