Please have a look and add to your diaries. If you are going to be absent, please let your section co-ordinators know. And please try and arrange a dep if required.

A full job description is available here.

Application Materials

Qualified applicants should submit the following materials:

1. YouTube link or video showing applicant conducting. Please contact Paul Packwood directly on pp007a3557@blueyonder.co.uk if you do not have this available
2. Letter of interest
3. Resume
4. 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 15^th 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.

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 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!

Please check and let your section coordinators when you are unavailable.

We’re all going to take a break now until May, when we re-group to start building up to our Rachmaninov concert on Saturday 25th June, so make a note in your diaries people! We hope we see some of you there.

In the mean time, big shout out to Jon Lightfoot and his pals in The Bristol Concert Series Players, they’ve got a concert coming up. Thursday 14th April 2011 @ 8pm, Circomedia, St Paul’s Church, Portland Square, Bristol. Strauss – Metamorphosen, Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto (featuring Thom Petty) and Sibelius – Andante Festivo, Romance in C Major. More details here.

Rehearsals start at 7.15pm and finish around 9.30pm on Wednesdays with the first one being on Wednesday 9th February 2011. All rehearsals are at the JCR in Bristol Grammer School, click here for a map. There will also be the usual pre concert rehearsal at The Victoria Rooms on the day of the concert.

Click here for the complete scedule.

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.