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.
Holst's The Planets Playday, Saturday 5th July 2008
As part of the orchestra's ongoing development programme, the Endcliffe and the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra are linking up for the day on Saturday 5 July 2008 to rehearse and have an informal playthrough of Holst’s The Planets. This playday will provide members of the two orchestras with an opportunity to work on this exciting piece.
Amateur Chamber Music Weekend
The Endcliffe Orchestra ran its second successful Amateur Chamber Music Weekend in conjunction with Music in the Round on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October 2007 at Greystones Primary School, Hunters Bar Sheffield. The Music Director for the event was Robin McEwan, with tutors Matt Hunt, Guy Eshed, Naomi Atherton (all of Ensemble 360), Steve Cullisson of the Tempest Quartet and Matt Bugg.
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.
Endcliffe Composition Competition
We are delighted that two students from Silverdale took up the challenge of each composing a short piece for us. Joseph Cooper and Rosie Reading (pictured left) have each composed a short piece that was performed at arecent concert . We are truly impressed and thrilled with the results and, indeed, their enthusiasm and commitment, and were delighted to perform both works in our concert. We are sure this is just the start of an exciting series of collaborations with local composers.
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.
