Farewell to long time orchestra member

At our recent rehearsal we bid fond farewell to long standing orchestra member, Trevor Pleass.

Trevor has been a regular member of the orchestra violin section for many years, and was formerly the treasurer.

At age 94, he has decided to step down.

Our youngest members presented him with some gifts as an appreciation of his long service to the orchestra. We wish him well for the future, and hope to see him in the audience at some of our future concerts.

Orchestra Rehearsal

Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra has hit The Citizen and Echo headlines this week thanks to fabulous photos by Mikal Ludlow who visited our rehearsal at Gloucester’s St Barnabas’ Church.

Different sections of the orchestra are featured, along with conductor Glyn Oxley, leader Marie Roberts-Watkins and the soloist for our concert in the church on July 17th Chris Roberts, who will be performing the beautiful Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo.

Tickets, priced at £12 for adults, all under those under 26 free, from https://www.eventbrite.com/…/summer-concert-2021…

Live rehearsals start again!

We are delighted to be returning to live GSO rehearsals from May 18 after nearly 7 months! And to add to our excitement, the soloist for our July 17th concert – superb guitarist and composer Chris Roberts – will be joining us at St Barnabas Church in Gloucester. We’ll be playing Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto with him. This will make the centrepiece of our programme line-up of Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture and Prokofiev’s Symphony No 1 (The Classical). Chris is one of the great teachers at the Gloucestershire Academy of Music, helping to encourage music making with students of all ages.
We’ll be social distancing and following Covid protocols but there is nothing better than playing together!