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Main Orchestra

“To see Ben develop over the last four years or so through the NCO, making friends, developing his music, and becoming a young man, has been wonderful. We are so happy for him, proud and grateful that he has felt so able to bring out the best of himself because of the environment you have created.”                                        

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The Main Orchestra performs Bernstein's West Side Story at Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham on 22 August 2009.

Getting a place in Main Orchestra is the ultimate NCO achievement. This full symphony orchestra for children up to the age of 14 showcases the very best of the NCO experience.

Members have two 9-day residential courses, one at Easter and one in the Summer, both of which end with a public concert. Previous venues have included Symphony Hall in Birmingham, Brighton Dome and Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. There is also a Winter non-residential weekend leading up to a concert, usually in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre.

There are occasionally other special concerts by invitation and members of Main Orchestra may be invited to join the NCO Sinfonietta. Main Orchestra has also been invited to tour abroad, going to China in 2006 and Italy in 2008.

2012 Main Orchestra members:

Violin  
   
Emily Adams Stephen Nurse
Jasmin Allpress Scarlet O'Shea
Isabel Blankfield Shana Pampapathi
Alexander Chalk Lois Pennington
Alexander Dawkins Ralph Rusconi
Madeleine Dawson Matthew Sach-Keen
Ellen Dunn Charlotte Sasse
Mila Ferramosca Christopher Savage
Ella Fox Maya Saxena
Athena Hawksley-Walker Sarah Suh
Katie Jankinson Marianne Sutton
Annabel Johnson Phoebe Tarleton
Charlie Lovell-Jones Eleanor Walton
Philippa Marks Raffaella Watson
Nell McCann Jack Weiss
Iona McDonald Lily Winter
Nell Norman Penny Young
   
Viola  
   
Miranda Bailey-Sharam Niamh Meyer
Rhys Barnes David Millross
Takeo Broadhurst Noah Norman
Laura Cooper Natasha Park
Anya Eyres Reuben Philip
India Golding Hannah Roberts
Sehee Lim Bethan Samuel
   
Cello  
   
Susannah Barton Noah Max
Hera Bradly Joe Morford
Maxim Calver Ellen Porter
James Castle Anoushka Sharp
Mike Huang Ellen Sheppard
Osian Jones Eleanor Tsoukkas
Georgina Lloyd-Owen  
   
Double bass  
   
Harry Atkinson Alexander Jones
Edward Ball Emma Prince
Charlie Cox Sophie Walker
   
Flute  
   
Amy Aron-Muellbauer Eleanor-Jane Holland
Lucy Driver Daniel Shlomo
Clara Harris Lydia Wyatt
   
Oboe  
   
Polly Bartlett Emily Stephens
Charlotte Ewins Pippa Stevens
   
Clarinet  
   
Sarah Brienza Jessica Hale
Matthew Essam Raymond Shi
James Gilbert  
   
Bassoon  
   
Lucy Dundas Eleanor Mackie
Isabel Hall Andrew Vettraino
   
French horn  
   
Harrison Dunk Isaac Sanders
Alex Grinyer David Wheeler
Cameron McDonnell William Whitty
   
Trumpet  
   
William Mead Nicholas Smith
Tom Parker Henry Thomas
Dylan Price Zerlina Vulliamy
   
Trombone  
   
David Cox Albert Owen
Isobel Daws Luke Waldock
Jake Jones  
   
Tuba   
   
Reuben Cohen Harry Smith
   
Percussion  
   
Elliott Gaston Ross William Parsons
Max Heaton  
   
Harp  
   
Hannah Allaway Rosie von Spreckelsen
Aoife Miralles  


 

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