Southwell Orchestral Society was originally formed as a small group of musicians, meeting in order to enjoy making music together and improve their playing standard.
In recent years the society has considerably grown in size and now has a membership of about 50 players.

The society provides an opportunity for players of
All instruments and abilities

New Players are always welcome

We play a mixture of music - familiar and unfamiliar - in a variety of styles.
In recent years we've played the following interesting and enjoyable rarities:

JOHN MARSHspace Symphony in D
VINCENT WALLACEspaceOverture - "Lurline"
NIELS GADEspce Overture - "Echoes of Ossian"
ALICE MARY SMITH spSymphony No 1 in C Minor
JAMES OSWALD spSonata on Scottish Songs
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVANspaceBallet Music from "Thespis"

Conductor / Hon Sec John Sheppard
Telephone 01636 815108

Current Leader Bill Hainsworth

Page updated 11th October 2007