ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Tudor Orchestra - Friendly Amateur Orchestra in North London</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tudorstyle.css"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="Jocasta Perry"> <meta name="description" content="Amateur Orchestra based in North Finchley, North London, welcoming players of all abilities. We play more adventurous repertoire than a typical community orchestra (not Tudor music!), and each concert includes a concerto with a soloist of a professional standard."> <meta name="keywords" content="orchestra, amateur, community, North London, Finchley, Barnet, Enfield"> </head> <DIV id=container> <DIV class=clearfix id=holder> <DIV id=heading> <H1>Tudor Orchestra</H1> <P>Friendly amateur orchestra in North London</P> </DIV> <DIV id=navigation> <UL> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/index.html">HOME</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/rehearsals.html">REHEARSALS & CONCERTS</A></LI> <LI><A class=selected href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/join.html">JOIN US</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/meet.html">MEET US</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/photos.html">PHOTOS</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/contact.html">CONTACT US</A></LI> </UL> </DIV> <IMG class=header alt="" src="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/Images/Top-bassoons.jpg"> <!-- ### End of top section - heading, navigation and picture ### --> <DIV id=content> <H1>Who can play?</H1> <P>We give the opportunity to play to anyone who has commitment and basic abilities. The orchestra currently includes active and retired professionals, accomplished amateurs, people returning to their instrument after a break and people learning their instrument as an adult.</P> <P>There is no formal audition process; if you feel that you can read and play well enough to contribute to the orchestra, please sit in on a rehearsal and see how well it works. All we ask is that players make a commitment to come to the weekly rehearsals, and practise when they can!</P> <H1>What vacancies are there?</H1> <P>We can give an immediate welcome to string players, particularly violin and viola players, and also to oboists, bassoon players, trumpeters, and tuba players. </P> <P>With woodwind, doubling up on parts normally doesn't work for the orchestra as a whole or for the individual part players. Players do have other life commitments, so we encourage you to take part for an evening and leave your details so that we can let you know opportunities that arise.</P> <H1>What about finances? </H1> <P>It does require funds to hire good premises and to secure good professional input from the conductor, leader and soloists. Participants are expected to support the orchestra by subscriptions of £75 a term (£70 for those who pay promptly!), which compares well with other orchestras.</P> <P>New members are encouraged to try out the orchestra before they commit themselves, and people for whom the fee could be an obstacle to membership are invited to discuss this with the committee; we don't want money to be a reason for not joining the orchestra.</P> <H1>What if I don't play?</H1> <P>We will always welcome volunteers to help, either selling tickets or serving refreshments at concerts, or preparing and distributing concert programmes and flyers.</P> <P>You would also be highly valued if you could take on a role such as librarian (organising library loans of scores, distributing and collecting back parts), coordinating extra players (such as brass who may only want to come to concerts) or treasurer (mainly collecting subscriptions).</P> </DIV> <DIV id=news> <DIV class=newsItem> <h1>Forthcoming Concerts</h1> <strong>24th March 2012</strong> <p>7:30 pm at Trinity Church, Nether Street, N12</p> <p>Vaughan Williams</br>Haydn</br>Gustav Holst</br>Imogen Holst</br>Butterworth</p> <p><strong>Tickets</strong> are available on the door: £8 and £6 concessions.</p> <p>Rehearsals start for this concert on <strong>9th January</strong></p> </DIV> <DIV class=newsItem> <H1>Vacancies</H1> <P>We presently have vacancies for an <STRONG>oboist</STRONG>, for a <STRONG>bassoonist</STRONG>, a <STRONG>trumpeter</STRONG>, and a <STRONG>tuba</STRONG> player. If you play the oboe, bassoon, trumpet, or tuba and have an interest in this position, do please contact us through the Contact pages of this website or on tudor.orchestra@gmail.com.</P> <P>We will always give a warm welcome to new string players, particularly violin and viola players.</P> <P>We have a <STRONG>no auditions</STRONG> policy, so if you're thinking of joining why not come along and give it a try? What have you got to lose?!</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=footer> <UL> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/index.html">HOME</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/rehearsals.html">REHEARSALS & CONCERTS</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/join.html">JOIN US</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/meet.html">MEET US</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/photos.html">PHOTOS</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.tudororchestra.org.uk/contact.html">CONTACT US</A></LI> </UL> <P>Registered charity number 1116684</P> </DIV> </DIV> </html>