Bromley Symphony Orchestra Members' Page

BSO members rehearsing May 2006

The Orchestra rehearses from 7.30 to 10pm on Mondays at Bickley Primary School, Nightingale Lane, Bromley BR1 2SQ. We welcome applications from prospective new members. We ask new members to complete this address form and Gift Aid declaration at their first rehearsal.

We currently have vacancies for double basses, a tuba and harps.
(Most other instruments have a waiting list)

Please bring a music stand to all concerts and rehearsals if you can.

BSO Summer Garden Party July 6

Sunday 6th July 2008 - from 12 o'clock onwards for all Orchestra members, their partners & children and friends of the Orchestra at the home of Frank and Jo Cottee Bowden Glen, Hodsoll Street, Wrotham, Kent TN15 7LH

Please complete this form and return it to Frank Cottee (even if you cannot come).

The next rehearsal is on Monday 15th September

Rehearsal schedule for 2008-9
1st concert: Sep 15, 22, 29    Oct 6, 13, 20    Nov 3, 10        concert 15th = 8 rehearsals
2nd concert: Nov 17, 24    Dec 1, 8, 15    Jan 09    5, 12, 19  concert 24th = 8 rehearsals
3rd concert: Jan 26    Feb 2, 9, 23    Mar 2, 9, 16                 concert 21st = 7 rehearsals
4th concert: Mar 23, 30    Apr 20, 27    May 5 (Tuesday), 11  concert 16th = 6 rehearsals

Subscriptions

The annual subscription for paying members (those who regularly attend rehearsals) for the 2008-9 season is £100 (roughly £3 per rehearsal), due at your first rehearsal. To encourage prompt payment, the rate for overdue subscriptions increases by £5 after each concert. Members joining part way through the season pay £25 per concert, and students and pensioners get a 50% discount. If the person who pays your subscription is a UK taxpayer, we ask you to sign this Gift Aid declaration. Check with the treasurer, Phil McKerracher, if you're not sure whether you have signed one.

The easiest way to pay (no paperwork or fees) is to transfer this amount directly from your bank account to ours: HSBC account 30183792, sort code 40-15-05, using online banking or a Giro transfer at a Post Office. Please include your name as a reference, or inform the treasurer at so we know who has sent the payment.

You can also pay by cheque, payable to Bromley Symphony Orchestra, and hand it to the treasurer at a rehearsal, or post it to 50 Blakehall Road, Carshalton SM5 3EZ..

You can click this button to pay your subscription immediately by credit or debit card (Visa, Delta, Electron, Mastercard, Eurocard, Switch, Maestro, American Express or Solo). We are charged a fee of approximately £3.70 for this convenience - if you can, please add this to your payment.

	2008/2009 season

CONCERT	PROGRAMME
15 November 2008	Tchaikovsky ‘Hamlet’ Fantasy Overture 18’ Kalmus Library set. 3(picc) 3(Cor), 2,2 4431 Timp 3 Perc Strings.	Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 33' Kalmus or Boosey Soloist Masa Tayama 2222 4231 Timp 2 Perc. Strings	Rimsky Korsakov 'Scheherazade' 42’, Stoneleigh set 3(picc),2(Cor), 2,2, 4231 Timps 5 Perc Harp. Strings
24 January 2009	Berlioz ‘Roman Carnival’ 8’, Kalmus library, 2(picc),2(cor),2,2, 4430 Timps, 4 Perc Strings.	Rodrigo 'Concierto de Aranjuez' 21’ Schott Hire Soloist Eurico Pereira (Guitar) 2(picc),2(Cor),2,2, 2200 Strings.	Ravel ‘Rapsodie Espagnole’ 15’ Kalmus. 4(picc),3(Cor),3(BCl.),4(con), 4331 Timp 6 Perc 2Harps, Celeste. Strings.	Resphigi ‘Roman Festivals’ 24’ Ricordi Hire. 3(picc),3(cor),4(Eflat and BCl.),3(con), 4431, 3 extra Trumpets, Timps, 9 Perc Piano Duet (4 Hands), Organ, Mandolin, Strings.
21 March 2009	Mahler Symphony No.9 81' Universal. 5(picc), 4(cor), 5(Eflat and B Cl.), 4(con), 4331 Timps, 3 Perc 1 Harp. Strings.
16 May 2009	Strauss ‘Till Eulenspiegel’ 15’ Hire Peters. 4(picc),4(cor),4(Eflat and BCl.),4(con), 4331 Timps, 2 perc. Strings. Optional extra brass not needed.	Mozart Flute Concerto No.1 in G major 25’ Adrian's set. Soloist Philip Rowson?	Schumann Symphony No.3 32’, Adrian's set.

Rehearsal and concert locations

Rehearsals are at
Bickley Primary School, Nightingale Lane, Bromley BR1 2SQ.

Concerts are at
The Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH.

Map of rehearsal and concert locations

Pictures from Summer Barbecues

Subscriptions

2008/2009 season

Rehearsal and concert locations