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Photos from string workshop
July 6, 2024
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Music Director Report to 2024 AGM
February 3, 2024
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Guest blog: Dancing between cultures
October 8, 2023
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Photos – season launch event and autumn concert rehearsals
October 5, 2023
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Guest blog: Tom and Caroline’s APO birthday celebration
August 28, 2023
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Photos – Beethoven on the Bridge
August 14, 2023
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APO to return to Reading station for ‘Beethoven on the Bridge’
April 23, 2023
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Music Director’s report to APO AGM – 4th February 2023
February 6, 2023
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A musicians’ non-musician
October 22, 2022
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Musical bravery
October 12, 2022
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APO shortlisted in Making Music Awards
September 13, 2022
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APO at 20 – favourite moments
August 8, 2022
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Music Director Report to 2022 AGM
January 29, 2022
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APO teams up with Reading Youth Orchestra for Making Music’s Adopt a Music Creator project
January 18, 2022
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The same, but different
September 29, 2021
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APO – The Professionals – thank you to our backers!
September 25, 2021
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A word on awards (and rewards)
September 14, 2021
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APO shortlisted for RPS Inspiration award!
September 2, 2021
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Tallis Fantasia with Berkshire Maestros goes ahead despite the rain
August 1, 2021
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APO performs at Reading Together Civic Memorial Service
June 20, 2021
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APO to team up with Berkshire Maestros for Abbey event
June 12, 2021
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APO Record Challenge Weekend and ‘Desert Island Passions’
March 13, 2021
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Music Director report to 2021 AGM
January 17, 2021
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Dress Up to Stay In – Saturday 6th February
January 12, 2021
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New year JOY!
January 3, 2021
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APO announces lockdown commissions
November 25, 2020
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Staying online
October 4, 2020
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The path back to normality…whatever that looks like!
July 29, 2020
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Covid-19 news: live events suspended but new programme of online events announced
July 29, 2020
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BBC South Today feature on APO’s Covid19 crowdfunder
May 24, 2020
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Interview: the hand to mouth existence of a top professional musician
May 12, 2020
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Guest blog post: Kate Addis on the impact of Covid-19 on a professional musician
May 3, 2020
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APO launches crowdfunder to support self-employed freelance musicians
April 28, 2020
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Covid-19 update – effect on events
April 24, 2020
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#APOplanets – our best day
February 9, 2020
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#APOplanets – programme introduction
February 9, 2020
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Blast from the Brass: a section-eye’s view of The Planets
January 27, 2020
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Visual and video guides for #APOplanets
January 27, 2020
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Additional relaxed performance of The Planets following award of public funding
January 10, 2020
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Assistant music director and string principals
December 18, 2019
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Proud of Reading
November 14, 2019
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#APOplanets performance poetry competition
November 14, 2019
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Derri Lewis’s ‘River Image’ (2019 version)
October 28, 2019
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Progcast – Derri Lewis ‘River Image’
October 16, 2019
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Guest post – A view from the ‘cornettos’
October 9, 2019
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Two education events for #ShadowOfStalin
October 7, 2019
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APO in ‘Art After Dark’ at the Reading Thames Festival
September 26, 2019
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APO strings play Down at the Abbey
September 7, 2019
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APO’s summer of festivals concludes with Down at the Abbey
August 20, 2019
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In pictures: Scandinavia at the Station
July 28, 2019
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APO launches Crowdfunder for #ScandiAtTheStation
June 26, 2019
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APO strings play at Reading Cultural Awards ceremony
June 24, 2019
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APO begins partnership with the John Madejski Academy
May 31, 2019
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APO launches new monthly informal string repertoire workshops
May 26, 2019
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The game of inner pulse
May 10, 2019
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Progcast – Alice Knight’s ‘Interwoven’
April 30, 2019
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APO plays the Are You Listening? Festival 2019
April 28, 2019
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Next APO Young newsletter inbound!
April 24, 2019
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Artist portrait: Elizaveta Tyun
March 24, 2019
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APO’s Rubbish Hero
February 2, 2019
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Tonight! ‘Music of Desire’ going ahead as planned
February 2, 2019
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Guest post – The View from the Back: a day in the life of APO
January 27, 2019
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Opportunity to participate in/watch public flute masterclass – Saturday 26th January
January 21, 2019
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Progcast: Laura Shipsey’s ‘Samara’
January 20, 2019
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Preview: APO in 2019
December 30, 2018
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Hurry, hurry, hurry!
December 3, 2018
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APO announced in line up for ‘Are You Listening?’ Festival
December 2, 2018
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Addition to ‘Music of Desire’ programme
November 23, 2018
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Learning, leading and peak performance
November 4, 2018
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Guest post: musings and guidelines for section leaders
November 4, 2018
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APO’s new leader – Mel Le Breuilly
October 30, 2018
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Video – emotional evening of epic Mahler
October 22, 2018
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Reserve list for Saturday’s sold out Mahler concert
October 19, 2018
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Lines on length
October 17, 2018
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#WhatMahlerTellsMe pre-concert player panel
October 16, 2018
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APO Young launch enhances build up to Mahler 3
October 9, 2018
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Updated: programme note for Mahler’s Third Symphony
October 7, 2018
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APO launches new fan club for 5-15 year olds
September 28, 2018
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New APO players’ rehearsal and practice wiki
September 22, 2018
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Mourning the loss of a venue; hopeful for the future
September 19, 2018
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Season 17 launch pack available
September 13, 2018
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#WhatMahlerTellsMe – how much should we know in advance?
September 6, 2018
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Mahler for geeks – devising a rehearsal schedule for a monster
August 27, 2018
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New MD blog
August 26, 2018
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Violas, Cellos and Double Basses sought to boost Mahler 3 numbers
August 18, 2018
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APO cooks up Latin Flavours at the Reading Fringe Festival
July 28, 2018
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APO wins ‘Performance of the Year’ at the Reading Cultural Awards!
June 28, 2018
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Emotional farewell to long-standing leader at Back to Beethoven concert
May 19, 2018
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APO wind soloists perform in Düsseldorf
April 30, 2018
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APO receives nominations for Reading Cultural Awards
March 26, 2018
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#APOdances gets rousing world premiere
February 8, 2018
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APO octet to perform in Düsseldorf
November 26, 2017
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Glowing review of joint concert with Tamesis Chamber Choir
October 26, 2017
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Video celebrates success of station event
August 26, 2017
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APO prepares for two special events
July 10, 2017
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APO composer Alice Knight wins Reading Cultural ‘Young Talent’ Award!
June 26, 2017
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APO shortlisted in two categories for the Reading Cultural Awards
June 1, 2017
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APO featured in Making Music Case Study
May 1, 2017
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APO to show the ‘Route to the River’ with ‘Schumann at the Station’ and two new commissioned works about the River Thames
April 1, 2017
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Marking the 70th anniversary of Reading’s twinning with Düsseldorf
March 1, 2017