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
Monday 15th Apr, 2024 19:30 - 22:00 | 19:30 Dutchman 20:15 Rhine 21:00 March |
Monday 22nd Apr, 2024 19:30 - 22:00 | 19:30 Immolation. Rhine |
Monday 29th Apr, 2024 19:30 - 22:00 | 19:30 Dutchman 20:00 March, Immolation 21:00 Haydn |
Tuesday 7th May, 2024 19:00 - 21:30 | Note Tuesday and early start 19:00 Wagner all evening. Immolation, Rhine, March. |
Saturday 11th May, 2024 14:00 - 17:00 | 14:00 Haydn 15:00 Dutchman 15:15 Immolation, March, Rhine |
Saturday 11th May, 2024 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Wagner Flying Dutchman Overture Haydn Symphony 85 La Reine Interval Wagner Götterdämmerung Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Siegfried’s Funeral March Immolation Scene |
Monday 13th May, 2024 20:00 - 22:30 | 20:00 AGM, library |
Saturday 16th Nov, 2024 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Brahms Academic Festival Overture Stephen Goss Guitar Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony 2 |
Saturday 18th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Brook (BSO Leader 1989-2012) Elgar Violin Concerto Nielsen Symphony 1 |
Saturday 15th Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Schubert Symphony 8 (Unfinished) Strauss Four Last Songs Mahler Symphony 4 |
Saturday 24th May, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Ravel Alborada del gracioso Brahms Double Concerto Shostakovich Symphony 5 |
Sunday 15th Jun, 2025 17:30 - 20:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Childrens’ Concert Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba Richard Brown Pageant of the Seas |