July 2021 saw the ESO venture out, literally and figuratively to perform outdoors in the grounds of Poltimore House on a damp and cloudy Saturday afternoon. After 18 months of...
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Massive thanks to all who made our Winter Concert such a huge success. The orchestra was in sparkling form under the batons of our new(ish!) conductor, Arturo Serna and our...
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We asked Ross Knight, the fine Tuba soloist for our November concert, a few questions about his Musical life (and a few other things too...) ESO: Why the Tuba? RK: I started...
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We are pleased to announce that Arturo Serna has been appointed as our new Musical Director as of January 2020. Brian is due to retire following the November concert, after...
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Next up In our occasional 'meet the orchestra' series, we speak to Julia Iddon... WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY, AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT? I play the violin. I...
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The canon of indigenous music to be found in South East Asia is enormous and immensely diverse. Twenty-three years of living there brought me into contact with a wonderfully rich…
It was a great pleasure to have Laura Rossi playing in the ESO for a while several years ago, and while she sat and played in the second violins I...
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