Musical Director: Dennis Simons
Leader: Helena Todd
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 – 9.00 pm at the Dance Hall (Dance Blast), Pen y Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5YT. Check here for directions.
Forthcoming Concerts
Guest Conductor: Michael Bell, MBE
- Suppe – Overture: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna
- Bruch – Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Violin: Helena Todd - Borodin – Symphony No 2 in B minor
Tickets £10 at the door, £8.50 online.
Free entry for students & children
Conductor: Dennis Simons
- Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture
- Iestyn Harding – Abergavenny Music
- Verdi/Lovreglio – La Traviata Fantasy
Saxophone: Manu Brazo - Neville John – Fantasia on Patriotic Themes
- Beethoven – Symphony No 5
Tickets £10 at the door, £8.50 online.
Free entry for students & children
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.
Buy Concert Tickets Online
Concert tickets are available to buy online from about 6 weeks before the concert. Make an advanced booking using your debit or credit card to get a discounted ticket price. Online sales close on the morning of the concert.
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.