Finchley Symphony Orchestra...
...a successful, friendly London amateur orchestra with Music Director Christopher Stark. We rehearse weekly and give five high standard concerts each year. We enjoy playing great music together, working hard while having fun.
Discover Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Our programmes for 2024-25 include an intriguing mixture of popular and little-known music from three different centuries. Regular rehearsals start on Thursday 19th September.
Our concert on 23rd November will feature Dvorak's 7th Symphony along with the only completed movement of an early symphony by Rachmaninov and Jordan Brooks playing Coleridge Taylor's Violin Concerto.
Later in the year we have our regular 'Glory of Christmas' concert with Finchley Chamber Choir and in 2025 we will perform works by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak (again), Prokofiev, Scriabin and Stravinsky.
Play with us
Our members come from across London and south Hertfordshire. We welcome approaches from people interested in joining; at present we have room for string players and in some other sections. We operate a deputy system for wind and brass so even if there is no current vacancy you have a chance to play and we can get to know each other. There is no subscription in a new member's first term - so if you would like to try us out do get in touch. See the 'Members' page for more details.
We play everything...
...from baroque to large scale romantic works, 20th century music, new commissions, symphonies, concertos and – at Christmas – carols!
We've played with...
Valeriy Sokolov, Michael Foyle, Asagi Nakata and many others - see our Artists page.
Quick links
- Finchley Chamber Choir – our sister choir with whom we perform regularly.
- Book for our next concert
- Support us at no cost via Give as you Live
Find us
Our normal concert and rehearsal venue is:
Trinity Church, North Finchley
N12 7NN
FSO is a registered charity no.289382 and is affiliated with Making Music.
For general queries email: info@finchleysymphony.org
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