This year marked our 10th year of holding a Come and Play String Day and it was a wonderful day of music making. Conducted by our guest conductor, Felicity Cliffe, we started the day with a run through of the three pieces. As has become tradition we warmed up with Libertango and then played through Adrienne Spilsbury’s Suite No 1 Movement 3. We were so lucky to have her playing with us and sharing how she intended it to sound. We then played through Fantasia on a Theme by Tho

This was our first, but hopefully not our only, come and play orchestral play day. We welcomed players from far and wide including Sussex, Lincoln and Liverpool as well as some of our own players. It was a fantastic day playing a fabulous work. We are very grateful to the Gustav Mahler Society UK for their donation towards the day which supported us to provide free places to eleven under 19s and full time students. Helen Harrison (MD and conductor) "What a great day explorin

Wow! What a spooktastic afternoon we had at our Halloween Prom at Blackpool's majestic Grand Theatre. It is such a privilege to play there. Members entered into the 'spirit' of the event coming in a fantastic range of halloween themed costumes. Which was your favourite? The audience participation in Ghostbusters was great and we loved the standing ovation! I ain't afraid of no ghost The Blackpool Grand Theatre   lighting team did a fantastic job as you can see from the pictu