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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).

Forthcoming Concerts

Family Concert 2023

Date: December 10, 2023
Time: 16:00
Location: King Henry VIII School Hall

This year our popular free family concert will be on the theme of Heroes and Villains, including music from James Bond, Star Wars, Mary Poppins and 101 Dalmations.

Free event. There is no need to book tickets for this event.

Conductor: Michael Bell, MBE

Spring Concert 2024

Date: March 17, 2024
Time: 14:30
Location: Our Lady & St Michael's RC Church, Abergavenny

Conductor: Michael Bell, MBE

  • Humperdinck – Hansel & Gretel Overture
  • Fauré – Dolly Suite
  • Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

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