The orchestra meets for rehearsals on Tuesday evenings during school term time in North Leeds, 7.15pm to 9.30pm with a tea break in the middle. We rehearse in three blocks (following school terms) of around ten sessions with a concert at the end, usually a Saturday or Sunday.
We don’t have any openings for wind players at the moment but if you are interested in going on our dep list then please get in touch. We are very happy to hear from String players looking to join, particularly Double Basses. Our members are around grade 7-8 playing standard or above. We don’t audition but we will invite you along to a Tuesday for an informal trial rehearsal.
If you want to know more about what our music is like, you can find links to parts from a couple of recent pieces we’ve played below – click on these IMSLP links and scroll down to ‘Sheet Music’, then click the ‘Parts’ tab.
Our repertoire varies from concert to concert and we do play music with a bigger brass section and full percussion sometimes so if you’re a trombone or percussionist looking to play orchestra rep in a ‘turn up and play’ capacity then you are very welcome to get in touch!
If you are interested in joining us, please contact us as bridgeleeds@gmail.com and let us know what instrument you play.