To Celebrate 15 years of CYO we are started a BRAND NEW initiative in 2009 aimed at complete novices - we offer
FREE tuition and FREE Instrument Loan
(subject to membership of the Orchestra and Availability of instruments)
| Rotary Concert - Congleton Town Hall 31st March 2012 |
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This year's Rotary Concert was held at Congleton Town Hall for the first time for many years. This was the first time they had been included with the Senior Orchestra and it was extremely successful and will be repeated at the Summer Concert. |
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The highlight of the night was undoubtedly the performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue performed by returning CYO Member |
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Soloist - Hannah Donkin |
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| Our Distinguished Guests with our Young Stars ! | ||||||
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To Mark her retirement as Patron of the Orchestra after 16 years, Lady Winterton was presented with a specially commissioned Minton Hollins ceramic tile tray produced by Johnson Tiles, by Leader of the Orchestra, Hannah Boulton at their Concert on 21st November 2010 |
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| One of our Training Group Bassoon Players took part in the BIG DOUBLE REED DAY at the Barbican in London on Sunday, 9th October 2010. | ||
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Alice was so excited about the whole day that she is already talking about going again next year !! |
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The event was run in association with ABRSM, BDRS, Brandenburg Sinfonia, Crowthers of Canterbury, Croydon Music and Arts, Fox UK, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Howarth of London, June Emerson Wind Music, Junior Guildhall, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Merton Music Foundation Last year it was a bassoon-only day when there were 100 participants, but this year at least 150 bassoons and 100 oboes took part with musicians travelling from all over the country to attend. Activities included Masterclasses, Reed Classes, an opportunity to try the Cor/Contra/Baroque Oboe/Baroque Bassoon, along with Solo Recitals and Massed Double Reed Ensembles. |
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| Christmas Party - 19th December 2009 | ||
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Intermediate Woodwind Group at the Buglawton Church Breakfast - Saturday 5th December 2009 |
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BIDDULPH GRANGE - Sept.2009 We were invited to take part in the 150 year Celebrations of this beautiful National Trust Property |
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Our Cellist gets a little "caught up"
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| The Orchestra were invited to perform wth Rode Hall Silver Band at the British Legion Remembrance Concert at Congleton Town Hall on Saturday 25th October 2008. They played alone during the second half of the evening, and then combined with the Band for the Finale. They received rapturous applause from the audience for a wonderful performance. |
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| Congleton Carnival - July 2008 | ||
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Germany 2007
The Orchestra embarked on their first ever European Tour in April 2007. They travelled by coach to Dover, ferry to Calais, and then on to Germany.
The coach company was Bostocks Coaches of Congleton, very well known and highly respected in and around Cheshire.
The travel company responsible for all the concert and itinerary arrangements were NST Music Tours, www.nstgroup.co.uk/music, who are based in Blackpool and are very experienced in organising tours for schools / youth orchestras
We stayed at Hotel Bad Wildstein, 56841 Traben-Trarbach - www.hotelbadwildstein.de - which is situated in a peaceful setting approximately 4km from Traben Trarbach in the centre of an important wine growing area between Bernkastel and Cochem. To the south lies the Roman city of Trier, with Koblenz to the north.
We performed three concerts while in Germany. The first on Tuesday 3rd April at Zeltingen Rachtig commencing at 8pm. Wednesday 4th April saw us performing at Karpark Bad Neuenahr at 3pm and on Thursday 5th April the last concert on the itinerary was at Grosser Kursaal Bad Bertrich. Friday 6th April we departed on the homeward journey back to Congleton.
Our concert programmes included a selection of music with a European flavour includinge a very English composition by Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite. To give a European flavour we included Charpentier's "Te Deum" which is more popularly known as the Eurovision Theme music. Highlights from "Harry Potter" were included along with "Symphonic Reflections" by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Beethoven was included with the Finale from Symphony No. 5. Especially requested by our German hosts - A Touch of Jazz by Duke Ellington, along with Broadway Tonight! and a Tribute to Lerner & Loewe. Something for a variety of tastes. In all the orchestra performed 14 pieces of music at the three venues
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This is the first picture to come through from the party in Germany. It is a photograph of the Concert at Bad Neuenahr which took place at 15.00 hrs on Wednesday 4th April 2007. |
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However, it wasn't all hard work. There was some sightseeing too.
These pictures were taken on the last day - 5th April 2007 and before their final Concert.
Go to the Members' Page for the full picture album of the Tour.
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The orchestra also visited Cochem Castle, situated on the top of a hill some 100 metres above the beautiful River Moselle for one of their excursions.
Something that amused and delighted the members was a visit to Siegfrieds Mechanical Musikkabinett which is situated in Rudesheim. Here they spent some of their free time viewing all the wonderful exhibits.
Last, but certainly not least, was a River Cruise to Rudesheim.
The tour has been subsidised by various organisations, including Congleton Town Council /Congleton Inclosure Trust / Congleton Town Trust / Congleton Young People's Trust / Congleton Twinning Committee / Congleton Carnival Committee and the Eastern Cheshire NHS Primary Care Trust, along with money from the orchestra's own funds.
We are most grateful to all our sponsors for their support.
We are proud to be representing Congleton Borough
