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Concert Dress

Concert dress is all black, with black shirt with no bow tie or jacket for men. Any change to these stipulations will appear here!


Rehearsal Schedule


Rehearsals are in the William Aston Hall from 7.15-9.30 unless indicated. Please bring a music stand. If you are unable to be at any rehearsal, please let us know as soon as you can, as we may be able to reflect this in the rehearsal schedule. Retrospectively the schedule will endeavour to show what was actually rehearsed if it differed from what was planned.



Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 2.30pm - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University

Conductor: Stephen Threlfall

Soloist: Elizaveta Saul

East meets West

Lutoslawski: Little Suite

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Copland: El Salón México

Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’

Copland: Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’

Dec 11: Canteen. Lutoslawski, El Salon, Tchaikovsky first movement

Dec 18: On the Town, Rodeo, followed by Christmas Party!

Jan 8: El Salon, Rodeo

Jan 15: All works

Jan 22: All works

Jan 29: Tchaikovsky, Rodeo

Feb 5: El Salon, On the Town

Feb 12: On the Town, Lutoslawski

Feb 19: Tchaikovsky with soloist, El Salon

Friday Feb 21:  Both Coplands, On the Town

Sunday Feb 23: Rehearsal 10-1 Tchaikovsky, both Coplands, Bernstein, Lutoslawski. Concert 2.30pm.


Saturday 3rd May 2025 at 7.30pm - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University

Conductor: Richard Howarth

Soloist: Kiana Chan

Symphonic Steps

Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini 2d1,2,2d1,2 4,4+2,3,1 Tx3 P

Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 2d1,2,2,2 2,2,3,0 T

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 2+1,2+1,2+1, alto sax,2+1 4,3,3,1 T P Hp Pno

Feb 26: Venue to be confirmed. Berlioz, Rachmaninoff mvts 1&3

Mar 5: Rachmaninoff mvts 2&3

Mar 12: Rachmaninoff, Berlioz - Strings only (to be confirmed)

Mar 19: Saint Saens, Extracts from Rachmaninoff (Saint Saens players only)

Mar 26: Berlioz, Extracts from Rachmaninoff if time (Berlioz players only)

Apr 2: Rachmaninoff mvts 1&2

Apr 9: Rachmaninoff mvt 3, Berlioz

Apr 16: No Rehearsal

Apr 23: Saint Saens, Extracts from Berlioz and Rachmaninoff (Saint Saens players only)

Apr 30: Rachmaninoff complete

Friday May 2: Berlioz, Saint Saens

Saturday May 3: Rehearsal 1.30 Saint Saens, 2.30 Berlioz followed by break, 3.05 Rachmaninoff, 4.30 finish. Concert 7.30pm.


Sunday 1st June 2025 at 2.30pm - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University

May 7:

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May 28:

Friday May 30:

Sunday June 1 Rehearsal 10-1, concert 2.30pm.


Saturday 12th July 2025

Proms in the Park

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Jun 25:

Jul 2:

Jul 9:

Friday Jul 11:

Saturday Jul 12: rehearsal and concert times to be confirmed.




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