CCO logo Cambridge Concert Orchestra
Registered Charity no. 263524

We are an amateur orchestra in Cambridge (UK) specialising in light music with regular concerts throughout the year.

We try to vary our concert venues in order to provide entertainment for those who rarely get the chance to hear live music in the Cambridge area, by visiting churches, community centres, etc. Most of our concerts are fundraising events in association with other charities.

Our President is Brian Kay.

Future concerts

Saturday 26th May 2012

At St Luke's Church in aid of Christian Aid Week. The concert flyer is available here and the programme is available here.

Saturday June 30th 2012

In the Farnsworth Hall, Chesterton Community College. In aid of Centre 33, the young people’s counselling and advice centre in Cambridge. The concert poster is available here.

Sunday September 23rd 2012

Afternoon concert following the AGM of the Light Music Society. Venue yet to be confirmed but it will be central Cambridge.

We are always eager to play in new venues and we are now taking bookings for next year. If you would like to arrange a concert please email our Concert Manager at concerts@cambridgeconcertorchestra.org.

Vacancies

We are particularly keen to hear from local cellists, viola, horn, and trumpet players. We have a healthy membership in most other sections (our woodwind section is full), but there are vacancies. For information on joining please email vacancies@cambridgeconcertorchestra.org.



This term's repertoire

You can get a sense of what we play by glancing through the music we have in our pads presently. Some of this will show up in our forthcoming concerts and some pieces are just there because we enjoy playing them in rehearsals.


CCO Rehearsals - Current Pad Contents
Celebration Overture Philip Lane
Two Shakespeare Sketches from ‘The England of Elizabeth’ R. Vaughan Williams
Jamaican Rumba Arthur Benjamin
2nd Movement from Symphony no. 7 Beethoven
Elizabeth of England — Grand March Haydn Wood
Jubilee Dances (Vivat Regina) William Mathias orch. Philip Lane
State Occasion — March for Orchestra Robert Farnon
Shepherd’s Hey (British Folk-Music Settings No. 16) Percy Aldridge Grainger
Cambria — Welsh Fantasie Frederick G. Charrosin
The Wee MacGreegor. Highland Patrol H. G. Amers
Three Irish Reels (To Mary) Ivor Slaney
March — Youth of Britain (The Princess Elizabeth) from The Three Elizabeths Eric Coates
Leap Year Waltz form The Dancing Years Ivor Novello
Caribbean Caprice Stevens
Irish Journey Gilbert Vinter
French Comedy Overture Kéler Béla
Six Scottish Dances Hamish MacCunn