Dress Up to Stay In – Saturday 6th February
Getting ready to perform a concert is a special time, full of anticipation of the thrills to come, satisfaction at
Read moreGetting ready to perform a concert is a special time, full of anticipation of the thrills to come, satisfaction at
Read moreWe’re so excited to make our first Covid lockdown commissions available to APO members (if you’re not an APO member
Read moreWith the latest lockdown due to end next week, we’re excited to announce that we’ve commissioned two fabulous musicians to
Read moreBack at the end of July, I wrote about ‘The path back to normality…whatever that looks like!‘. A few months
Read moreThe APO committee has announced the start of a series of online projects. Here’s why… It’s been around six months
Read moreFollowing the success that our assistant MD, Mel, has had with Reading Youth Orchestra’s ‘virtual rehearsals’, we’re going to offer
Read moreBBC South Today’s Peter Henley interviewed professional harpist, Sally Pryce, and APO Music Director, Andrew Taylor, about our crowdfunding project
Read moreSally Pryce is a harpist who lives in Reading. She enjoys a busy freelance life as a soloist, chamber musician
Read moreKate Addis is a professional double bassist who has been engaged many times by APO to boost our section. She’s
Read moreAs a non-professional orchestra, we engage freelance professionals to fill gaps in the ranks for our concerts, paying them the appropriate
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