The Endcliffe Orchestra
Welcome!
Welcome to the website of the Endcliffe Orchestra.
The Endcliffe Orchestra is a development group that provides a friendly and welcoming environment within which amateur musicians in Sheffield can rehearse and perform together.
Rehearsals take place every Monday during school term time from 7.30pm until 9.30pm in the Parish Hall of Holy Trinity Church, Millhouses, which can be reached from both Millhouses Lane and Grove Road.
The orchestra usually performs three concerts per year (one per school term) and uses these events to raise money for charity.
Interested in joining the Endcliffe Orchestra? Please complete our membership enquiry form.
Our Recent Charity Winter Concert
The Endcliffe Orchestra performed a selection of film music, including The Great Escape, ET, Gladiator, Titanic and pirates of the Caribbean, Walton’s music from Henry V and Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe at our recent Winter Charity Concert on Saturday 16th January 2010 at 7.30pm at St. Luke's Church, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. Our chosen charity for the evening was the Sheffield Cystic Fibrosis Appeal.
Vacancies
We are looking for new players in all string sections, French horn and percussion. Interested? Please complete our membership enquiry form.
Our Recent Concert with the Sheaf Singers
The Endcliffe Orchestra performed a concert with the Sheaf Singers, a Sheffield-based choral group conducted by Miss Olive Walker. The Winter Concert took place in the Victoria Hall Methodist Church on Saturday 28th November 2009 at 7pm. All proceeds and donations were in aid of LUPUS UK, the only national registered charity supporting people with systemic lupus and discoid lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis.
Endcliffe Orchestra Tests Crucible Theatre Refurbishment
As part of the refurbishment of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre the Endcliffe Orchestra has assisted with testing of new facilities by performing two pieces of music in a private concert which took place in March.
The Crucible, which replaced the old Sheffield Playhouse, opened in 1971 and was, at the time, one of the most advanced theatres in the country. But in recent years it has become increasingly clear that facilities no longer matched the star-studded and award-winning productions on its world-famous thrust stage.
The first phase of the ambitious £12.5 million refurbishment plan to bring the historic theatre up to 21st century standards began in May 2007, immediately following that year's World Snooker Championships.
The financing package includes more than £6 million through funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the Arts Council England, with additional funds contributed by Sheffield Council, trusts and other foundations.
Over the two year refurbishment, the building has been undergoing a major transformation, including:
- the installation of a new thrust stage
- new seating, lighting, sound system and temperature control
- wheelchair access to all floors of the theatre
- a complete overhaul of bar and restaurant facilities and the creation of new function rooms
- a new box office and new entrance area with distinctive facia, incorporating a giant plasma screen
- backstage improvements including upgraded dressing rooms and modernised scenic and props workshops.
Work is scheduled to be completed by Autumn 2009. The Endcliffe Orchestra played a part in testing the new facilities of the theatre, including accoustics, lighting and staging.
Friends of the Endcliffe Orchestra
We have formed a Friends of the Endcliffe Orchestra group for ex-members, spouses and partners and anyone with a non-playing interest in the orchestra.
Find out more
The Orchestra section of the website provides information about our constitution, history and organisation. In the Membership section you will find useful information for those considering joining the orchestra as well as for existing members. The orchestra undertakes a wide range of activities to help develop the ensemble and performance skills of its members as described in the Development Programme section of the website. Forthcoming concerts are listed in the Forthcoming Concerts section while information on past concerts can be found in the Past Concerts section.
