Winchester Chamber Orchestra - Vacancies

Membership and Vacancies

We`are very much a "learning and training" orchestra. As such, we purposely do not have a formal audition for aspiring new members. We encourage musicians who may not have enjoyed the experience of playing in an orchestra before, and who feel they have reached the stage, (a rough guide is around Associated Board Grade VI and above,) that they would like to would to try, to apply.

Membership subscription: £40/term (no joining fee); 3 weeks trial free.
We run a coffee/tea and biscuit bar at half time on normal practice evenings, manned by pairs on a roster basis. Contributions 20p to 40p, depending on biscuit consumption. We would love to hear from you, especially if you haven't played in an orchestra before.

We currently have vacancies for the following core instruments:

Strings

Violins: 4 required, (3 x 1st; 1 x 2nd).

violas: 1 required.

'cellos: nil at present.

double bass: 1 or 2 required

Woodwind

flute/piccolo: nil at present.

clarinet: nil at present.

oboe/cor anglais: nil at present.

bassoon: one required.

Brass:

French horn: none at present.
trumpet: 2 required.

trombone: none at present.

tuba: none at present.

Percussion

timpani, drums, cymbals: not always needed, but we would be interested to hear from anyone keen to join us on a regular basis.

xylaphone, effects etc.: nil at present.

Please contact Richard Grover if you would like to be considered for any of the above vacancies.
Rev. date: 04/10/08