10th Anniversary Golden Baton for Helen Harrison
September 2021 is the 10th anniversary of Helen Harrison Conductor starting as our MD and Conductor. Together we have been on a journey,...
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Blackpool Symphony Orchestra
Playing for you
since 1921
Centenary +1 Concert Dates
Come and celebrate our Centenary +1 with us. We're so happy to be making music together again.
Centenary +1 Season - Concert Dates 2021-2022
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Saturday 27 November 2021 Hodgson Academy, Poulton
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Saturday 19 March 2022 Family Concert at Marine Hall, Fleetwood 3pm
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Saturday 2 July 2022 Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Come and Play String Day Save the date
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Saturday 22 January 2022
Our Centenary +1 season
Together
Saturday 27 November 2021 7.30pm
at Hodgson Academy, Poulton
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4, Malcolm Arnold Scottish Dances and an overture by
Fanny Hensel
Tickets: Online £12 (under 19s free). On the door £13
We were delighted to be able to play our award winning virtual concert arrangement by Edward Rugman at our Centenary Prom.
It is still possible to make donations to Blackpool Food Bank.
Thank you so much for your support.
Blackpool Symphony Orchestra was founded by Percy Dayman in 1921.
Our Centenary Season had to be postponed due to COVID 19 but our Centenary +1 celebrations will begin with a concert at The Winter Gardens.
Blackpool Symphony Orchestra
Although we weren't able to meet together since the beginning of the first lock-down in March 2020 we continued to find ways for our members to enjoy music making and stay connected throughout lock-down.
We held virtual coffee breaks on Thursday evenings which included desert island discs, a quiz or two and even some signing sessions as well as keeping people up to date on our other projects. We also held some online Come and Plays and were delighted to welcome musicians from across the country to join us.
The first of these was Our Virtual Performance of Over the Rainbow, which was arranged for us by our composer in residence, Ed Rugman, which raised over £3,000 for Blackpool Food Bank. This was followed by our 'The Making of BSO Rainbow' video and Life on Pause.
We are delighted that our BSO Rainbow Lock Down Virtual Performance has been enjoyed by so many people and thrilled that it has been recognised by Making Music, the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Classical Music Digital Awards.
Life on Pause
During the first national lockdown of 2020 we here at BSO quickly realised that we were living through historic times. Annoyance over cancelled concerts quickly turned to a deeper appreciation of the problems being faced by the whole world. Many in the Arts lost their livelihood overnight while other people couldn’t see family or friends or maintain regular social contacts. Hard on the heals of our successful and award winning #BSORainbow project we wanted to do something that would reflect these unprecedented times and how people were coping with the enforced changes to their lives. Life on Pause is a video collection of thoughts, words, images and music from orchestra members plus our friends and supporters. We hope that it proves to be a lasting record of these difficult times, how they have affected us, and of a hope for a brighter future ahead. Once again we are indebted to our friends at Ten Forward Media
for their technical wizardry in pulling everything together and our thanks go out to everyone who volunteered to take part and share their experiences.
Life on Pause
Premiered February 2, 2021
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We love this sound!
In early September we were able to come and play together for the first time since March. Our music making was the experience we needed and is sustaining us through these challenging times. We are sharing this today on what would have been the second of our centenary concerts.
BSO During Lock-down
Virtual Coffee Breaks, Projects and Come and Play Events
We have been holding virtual coffee breaks online and working on projects since the beginning of lock-down 1 in March 2020.
Our virtual coffee breaks include a range of activities such as Desert Island Discs, mystery guests, learning some BSL signed songs and quizzes as well as virtual come and plays. These take place on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm on Zoom. Please email blackpoolsymphony@gmail.com for information.
Our first project was our Over the Rainbow. We have just released our latest project - Life on Pause where members, friends and audience were invited to send music, poems or any media that explains what lock-down has meant for them.