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