Members – Bromley Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra rehearses on Mondays from 19:30 to 22:00 at Bishop Justus CE School, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley BR2 8HZ. Please bring a music stand to rehearsals. Bowed string parts are available online after the first rehearsal and string players mark up their own parts. Tea, coffee and biscuits are normally available for 50p during the rehearsal interval – please bring your own mug if possible.

We welcome applications from prospective members and ask new members to complete a registration form and Gift Aid declaration after their first rehearsal. We collect an annual subscription from members who attend rehearsals, with a 50% discount for students. Seating positions are rotated where possible and there are opportunities to perform solo parts.

Playing members commit to the full rehearsal series for each concert they play in. If an absence is unavoidable please contact your section leader immediately, and if you were due to rehearse a solo part, please find a deputy. Members are also expected to put in the necessary time outside rehearsals to learn and practise the pieces they perform, and to promote ticket sales for all the orchestra’s concerts.

There is a facebook members group ‘BSO Tutti‘, an official facebook page to like and follow, an X feed @BromleySymphony and an Instagram account bromleysymphony. Many instrument sections have WhatsApp groups – ask your section leader to be invited. Some members socialise at The Two Doves in Oakley Road after rehearsals and The Railway in West Wickham after concerts.

Rehearsal and Event Schedule

Sunday 15th Jun, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	14:00 Brown 14:30 Tubby 15:15 Carnival 15:30 Orpheus 16:00 Rehearsal finish 17:00 Concert Black skirt/trousers, coloured shirt (single colour, no patterns).
Sunday 15th Jun, 2025 17:00 - 18:30 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	Concert order, duration and orchestration: Richard Brown Pageant of the Seas 2.2.2.2/4.2(1 dbl picc tpt).2.1/Timps. 3 perc. Hp. Optional mandolin/str. (and yes, that’s correct – just two trombones rather than three). Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba 20’ 2(2pic)12(bcl)1/2211/timp.2perc/cel(pf)/str Narrator tbc Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals 22’ Full orchestra version arr by Richard Blackford. 2(picc).2.2(bcl).2(contra)/2.2.2.0/hp.timp.perc/str Offenbach Overture Orpheus in the Underworld
Monday 16th Jun, 2025 20:00 - 22:00 Bishop Justus CE School	20:00 AGM, library
Saturday 15th Nov, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	Concert order, duration and orchestration: Provisional date and programme for next season Mozart Don Giovanni Overture 7′ 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 T Str Beethoven Symphony 8 26′ 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 T Str Weber Bassoon Concerto op75 17′ 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 T Str Strauss Don Juan 17′ 3(Picc) 2(CA) 2 2(Con) 4 3 3 1 T Hp 3 Perc Str
Saturday 24th Jan, 2026 19:30 - 22:00 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	Concert order, duration and orchestration: Provisional date and programme for next season Boulanger D’Un Matin de Printemps 5′ 3(Picc) 3(CA) 3(BCl) 3(Sarrus) 4 3 3 1 2 Perc Hp Cel Str Berlioz Harold in Italy 43′ 2(Picc) 2(CA) 2 4 4 4(2 Cornets) 3 1 T Hp 4 Perc Str Saint-Saëns Symphony 3 (Organ) 36′ 3(Picc) 3(CA) 3(BCl) 3(Con) 4 3 3 1 T 2 Perc Piano duet Str
Saturday 14th Mar, 2026 19:30 - 22:00 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	Concert order, duration and orchestration: Provisional date and programme for next season Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9 33′ 3(Picc) 3(CA) 3(BCl) 3(Con) 4 3 3 1(Flugel Horn) 3 sax T 3 Perc 1hp Cel Str Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 30′ 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 T Str Gershwin American in Paris 16′ 3(Picc) 3(CA) 3(BCl) 2 4 3 3 1 3 sax T 4 Perc Cel Str
Saturday 16th May, 2026 19:30 - 22:00 Langley Park Centre for the Performing Arts	Concert order, duration and orchestration: Provisional date and programme for next season Ravel La Valse 12′ 3(Picc) 3(CA) 3(BCl) 3(Con) 4 3 3 1 T 6 Perc 2Hp Str Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 32′ 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 0 T Str de Falla Three-Cornered Hat 30′ 3(all 3 on picc) 3(CA) 2 2 4 3 3 1 T 5 Perc Hp Cel/Pf Str