Darlington Orchestra
NEXT CONCERT
The NEXT Concert – will be 25th January 2025 at 7:30 in Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre, Darlington DL1 5RP
To reflect the history of the orchestra images, that act as page headers, are randomly selected from photographs taken over several years. To see images relevant to the most recent concert (and program notes) go to the Concerts page.Opportunities with Darlington Orchestra
We now have several vacancies in the group because of maternity leave, ill health, recent retirements and changing work commitments for some members.
Would you like to join a local community orchestra? Do you play violin, viola, cello, double bass, trumpet, percussion – both kit and timps players needed – tuned percussion/piano/harp?
The orchestra would be delighted to hear from you. There is no audition process but people need to be playing at Grade 5 level and above to be able to enjoy the music.
Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings during school term-time, from 7.15pm to 9pm, at St Thomas Aquinas Community Hall, Darlington DL1 2PU. All the group’s rehearsals are open rehearsals so you can just call in and say hello. There is free on-site parking.
In Memory of Mike Frankton
Mike passed away as a result of Covid in 2020. At age 95 he was the oldest and longest serving member of the Orchestra. He was an accomplished and versatile musician who played clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet and saxophone. He was a talented arranger of music and served as secretary to the orchestra for a long period. He also performed in several local musical groups
LISTEN TO THE ORCHESTRA
Click here to listen to extracts from the January 2018 concert The Extracts are: Sonatina Symfonicka By Antonín Dvorák Ave Maria By G. Caccini, soloist Sophia Nikolaiets Soundtrack Highlights By John Williams Abba Medley By Beny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson (with audience participation) It is planned to periodically change the extracts. Watch this space.David Plews – Conductor
Winner of the Darlington Evolution Award for Outstanding Leadership.
The Darlington Orchestra is a community orchestra featuring local amateur musicians. We perform two regular concerts per year and occasionally participate in other events. On our Press Comments page you can read the reviews that The Northern Echo and What’s On Darlo wrote of some of our concerts.
Rehearsals are at St Thomas Aquinas Church Hall, North Road, Darlington, DL1 2PU
Tuesdays 7.00 for 7.15 to 9.00 pm
Significant dates for 2024-25:
10th September 2024 – rehearsals re-start
- 29th October 2024 No rehearsal
- 24th December 2024 No rehearsal
- 31st December 2024 No rehearsal
- 7th January 2025 rehearsals re-start
- 25th January 2025 Concert
- 28th January 2025 No rehearsal
- 15th April 2025 No rehearsal
- 22nd April 2025 No rehearsal
- 27th May 2025 No rehearsal
- 5th July 2025 Concert