Guest post – A view from the ‘cornettos’
Trumpeter Dr. Helen Julia Minors reflects on rehearsals for #ShadowOfStalin on Sunday 5th October, 2019 This rehearsal was memorable for
Read moreThe blog of APO Music Director, Andrew Taylor.
Trumpeter Dr. Helen Julia Minors reflects on rehearsals for #ShadowOfStalin on Sunday 5th October, 2019 This rehearsal was memorable for
Read moreThe London Philharmonic Orchestra has published a series of innovative marketing videos on social media, recently. The kind I’m referring
Read moreAhead of the first concert performance of her APO-commissioned piece, ‘Interwoven’, on Saturday 18th May (tickets available here), composer Alice
Read moreAPO, like every voluntary organisation, relies on hours of blood, sweat and tears from its members. For those of us
Read moreThis is a guest post from horn player and one of APO’s wind coordinators, Tom Brett. The day in question
Read moreBack in December, I interviewed Laura Shipsey, composer of APO’s latest commission, ‘Samara’, which will have its first performance during
Read more‘First clarinet – you hurry!’ So said the imploring but kindly Sir Colin Davis, in a rehearsal moment captured as part
Read moreI’ve just about recovered from two weekends ago, when we presented a hugely-rewarding, high-quality performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony. It
Read moreKat Hatton, who often leads our viola section, has got together with our new leader, Mel Le Breuilly, to put
Read moreMy formative musical education came about through being a choirboy, at St. Peter’s Church, Earley, under the guidance of the
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