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Position Vacant: Guest Conductor
Saturday, December 31st, 2011The Brunel Sinfonia is seeking to appoint a guest conductor for 2012.
A full job description is available here.
Application Materials
Qualified applicants should submit the following materials:
- YouTube link or video showing applicant conducting. Please contact Paul Packwood directly on pp007a3557@blueyonder.co.uk if you do not have this available
- Letter of interest
- Resume
- Highlights of repertoire conducted, including orchestra conducted for each work
Further application materials may be requested by the Brunel Trustees.
Submitting an Application
Applicants should submit the materials electronically to Paul Packwood, Brunel Trustee at pp007a3557@blueyonder.co.uk by January 15th 2012; or email Paul to arrange a postal application. Finalists may be contacted for an interview after January 15th 2012, or move directly to an audition with the orchestra (for their vote) on the upcoming seasons programme.
Rehearsal schedule available for Autumn 2011
Thursday, September 8th, 2011The rehearsal schedule for the Autumn season is now up online. First rehearsal is on Wednesday 14th September starting at 7.15 pm. Location is the usual place, Bristol Grammar School JCR.
Please have a look and let your section co-ordinator know if you can’t make any of the rehearsals. Key wind players are asked to try and find a deps when they are absent, particularly if you are playing 1st.
A Romantic night in with Rachmaninov
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011A balmy June evening saw the Brunel Sinfonia perform to a good audience with their second performance of Rach 2. As far as symphonies go, this is as romantic as it gets, and it was an excellent performance from the orchestra. The Glinka provided a lively opening to the evening which was followed by a master class in fiddle playing from Roger Huckle, who mesmerised us with his performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto. The general feeling amongst the players was one of happiness, as this was a much improved performance of the Rach then when we attempted it back in 2007.
So join us in November for a bit of Elgar, Bruch and Wagner!
Rehearsals for Summer 2011
Monday, April 4th, 2011For all current players, the rehearsal schedule for Summer 2011 is now up on the rehearsals page.
Please check and let your section coordinators when you are unavailable.
Orchestra Social
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011The Spring term Orchestra social will take place on 11th March at Goldbrick House. The festivities will start around 7pm. Hope to see as many of you down there as possible!
A Night at the Movies
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The Brunel Sinfonia’s Night at The Movies turned out to be a phenomenal success. Performing to a packed Victoria Rooms, the play list included some of the most well-known film scores from Hollywood. The evening didn’t quite start as planned, however, when, just the players were taking the stage, the fire alarm went off. It proved to be a short delay though, and it wasn’t long before the first notes of 20th Centuray Fox Fanfare signalled the concert’s start. This was followed by Star Wars, with selected themes from the first film, Episode IV: A New Hope. The audience were allowed to catch their breath with The Godfather before Jurassic Park got things going again.
Other films appearing in the first half were Barber’s Adagio for Strings (Platoon), Gladiator and James Bond. The second half kicked off with Harry Potter taking the baton in place of the usual conductor, Tom Gauterin, and started with Pirates of The Caribbean. A beautiful performance of Schindler’s List, including a quite magnificent solo from leader Tina Mehta followed, before renditions of The Big Country, ET and Lord of The Rings. The party was crashed by Wallace and Gromit at the end, who refused to let the Orchestra leave without playing their theme tune.
Well done to all the orchestra, it was a truely memorable evening, made all the more special by the various costumes dotted around! I’ve been humming Pirates of the Caribbean for the last few days! Many thanks to all our audience, and we hope to see you all again in April for The Planets.
Among the audience was the winner of out Twitter competiton, the24thframe, whose report of the evening you can read here.
Brunel embracing Social Media
Friday, September 24th, 2010
The Bunel Sinfonia is fully embracing social media! You can now follow us on Twitter, or join our Facebook group!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brunelsinfonia
Voting for pieces for 2009/10 season
Friday, February 27th, 2009Voting is now complete; the orchestra's choices for the three concerts in the 2009/10 season were as follows:
November 2009: Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C# minor
March 2010: Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
June 2010: Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor
So – three great twentieth-century classics for what will be a very exciting season.
If you'd like to make suggestions for next year, please send an email to Tina saying what you'd like to add to the list.
AGM
Friday, January 30th, 2009The Brunel Sinfonia's AGM will be held in the second part of the reherearsal on Wednesday 4th February. Please do come along so we can get a good idea of everybody's views. This is a good opportunity to ask questions or to find out how you can help so it woudl be great if as many of you as possible can stay for it.
