BSO leader selection: Further to the two rehearsals and the violin sectionals led by our two candidates for BSO leader Alex Collins and Steph Waite, please remember to email your comments and leader preference to Jo at [email protected] by Monday 27th April.
The Committee will be making the decision on the future leader of BSO on Wednesday 29th April.
Many thanks.
Karen Mason
Chair
To reply: [email protected]
BSO Information: Wednesday 29th April, 7.30pm BGI
Sinfonia Information: Rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday this week!
Message from Jane Sieling:
Transporting a timp from Wootton Upper School
We are able to borrow Wootton Upper School’s 28” timp for the concert at St Paul’s on 2nd May. If there is someone who could possibly pick up the timp the day before, deliver it to St Paul’s on the Saturday, take the timp after the concert, and deliver it back to Wootton Upper School on the Monday, please drop me a line at [email protected] or call me on 07737 043632. Thank you so much.
Message from Ann and Georgina for Publicity:
Buy tickets here:
Tickets are selling pretty well (about 50% sold), but we need every member of Sinfonia to bring friends and family, if we’re going to have a full house!
What is amazing is the number of young people coming to this concert! 25% of the audience so far are under 18!
Please remind your school contacts that this is the perfect concert for those doing GCSE/A level Music or Music Tech, where they will hear incredibly impressive compositions done by their peers. They are very welcome - and it’s free for them.
Rupert has paper tickets available for you to buy at rehearsals this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks, Rupert!
The QR code on the programme links directly to the pdf of the programme notes, but they are not that easy to read on a phone. Please advise your guests to print them off before they come, if that helps. Moving forward, we’ll try to change the layout of the pdf to make it more phone friendly.
Podcast episode: it’s been a while since we’ve done a podcast episode and here is a great one with Mark Phillips, who has led our Young Composer’s Competition where we talk about music education, composition and the role of amateur organisations. He leaves us (BOS) with a real challenge for the future!
Do take a listen and share:
https://bedfordsymphony.com/about/podcast/
Thank you so much to everyone who is helping to share posts on social media - we've really noticed more engagement and it's the difference between getting 400 views and 6000 when you share/like/comment! Thank you!
Open Rehearsal: May 6th with U3A
We are delighted to be welcoming 48 people from U3A Bedford/Kempston (University of the Third Age) for a visit to see BSO in action. This is a paid event and is therefore intended to be not only informative, but also fun, entertaining and “an experience”!
Our guests will be seated in front of and around the orchestra and on the raised seating area and we will serve refreshments for them in the break on the terrace, if the weather is good enough. The break will be short, but slightly extended. Bjorn will also take some time to chat to them during the rehearsal to explain what we are doing and guide them through the evening.
A couple of things to help with the organisation:
- Please allow extra time to arrive and set up, especially if you usually use the lift (double basses). Our guests will be arriving early.
- Put ALL your cases, coats and stuff in the theatre area behind the folding doors (behind Bjorn). With so many extra people, many of whom are elderly and not very mobile, we need to keep the stairs, raised seating area and floor clear of clutter, to prevent anyone tripping over
- If you would like to help with serving refreshments, please let me or Georgina know on Wednesday - a team of 4 would be great, 3 for drinks and 1 for cake.
- Please come and talk to them during the break. We would love this to be a regular “outing” for them on their calendar and the contact with YOU is the most important part of the experience. Some are from the classical music world, some have never heard a live orchestra. The aim is that everyone finds something interesting and most of all, that they feel welcome and want to come again!
- Concert tickets will be on sale for them at the end of the evening at the Reception desk upstairs. They will start to leave at 9.15pm to give them time to leave and buy tickets before we need to leave and be out by 9.45pm
- Please could everyone help to stack chairs at the end - there will be a lot!
Thank you in advance!
Reminder: Open Rehearsal: BSO POTENTIAL NEW RECRUITS May 20th
FOr more info, please see below. We already have a couple of sign-ups, which is encouraging!
Booking link: https://www.ticketsource.com/bedfordshire-orchestral-society/open-rehearsal-for-new-recruits-for-sept-2026/e-vrgdzd
Best wishes
Ann and Georgina
PS to reply to Ann: [email protected]
Reply to Georgina: [email protected]
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