Music Director: Michael Bell, MBE
President: Dennis Simons
Leader: Marisa Riordan
Abergavenny Orchestral Society is one of the oldest amateur orchestras in the UK and we now perform under the title Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra. We are a community orchestra with members of all ages who come from a 40 mile radius. We have weekly rehearsals during school term time and play a wide variety of music, mainly focused towards performing 3 main concerts per year, plus a free children’s concert to give children a flavour of live orchestral music. Occasional orchestral workshops allow us to pull in players from a wider area and looks at some larger scale works.
We rehearse on Sunday evenings, 6.30 – 8.45 pm (see Members page for more details).
Interested in joining us? Do get in touch.
Forthcoming Concerts
Conductor: Michael Bell, MBE
- Grace Williams – Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
- Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1
Cello: Rosie Biss - Dvořák – Symphony No. 5
We are delighted to welcome back Rosie Biss as our soloist
Tickets are now available to buy.
This concert promises to be very popular. Book in advance using your debit or credit card to guarantee your seat.
Tickets are offered at a standard price of £10.00, a discounted rate of £5.00 for 18-25s, and free tickets to children under 18 and anyone in full time education. We can also offer a free ticket to a disabled person to allow them to bring their carer. Make an advanced booking using your debit or credit card to guarantee your seat.
Our popular free family concert will be on the theme of Animals
Next Play Day
This is Strauss’s last tone poem and is absolutely glorious. It describes a day’s climb to the peak and back down an Alpine mountain. Michael Bell, MBE will conduct this full day rehearsal and we would welcome non-members of the society to join us.
Please see the event page for further details.
Email Mailing List
The Orchestra News mailing list is for anyone interested in hearing the orchestra play, and will be used for announcements about forthcoming concerts, and about the orchestra. Typically this will generate 4 or 5 emails per year.