A viola player during a break in play at rehearsal, laughing. They are resting their instrument on their knee, holding it by the neck close to the body of the instrument.
Two-Day Course

Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps &
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring

20 February 2027 ‐ 21 February 2027

Sports Hall, Grey Coat Hospital School
98 Regency Street, London
SW1P 4GH

Cost
  • Non student
    £65
  • Student
    £35

Join us to work on Stravinsky’s revolutionary ballet score that shattered traditional rules of tonality and rhythm, marking the dawn of musical modernism, plus Boulanger’s miniature evoking the bright and festive spirit of a spring morning.

The nearest station to the Grey Coat Hospital School’s Sports Hall is Pimlico (Victoria Line), or Victoria (Victoria Line, District & Circle Lines, National Rail). There is free parking in the surrounding streets on Saturdays after 1.30 pm and all day on Sundays.

Please note that while the hall is in the central London congestion charge zone (fee £15, payable online), it only operates on Sundays only if you’re driving through the zone between 12.00 and 18.00, which should mean players are not affected.

(The London Ultra Low Emission Zone applies all day, every day. Check here to see if your vehicle is affected.)

Repertoire:

D’un matin de printemps

Lili Boulanger

Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky

Conductor:

Levon Parikian

Schedule

Saturday 20 February

14.30-17.30

Sunday 21 February

10.30-13.30

14.30-17.15

Open Rehearsal

Sunday 21 February at 17.45

All course fees are subsidised by our fundraising activities and fees are further reduced for students. Some bursary funding is available: please enquire when applying for courses. In addition to the general full and part bursaries we offer, we have two specific bursary schemes:

  • Co-Principal Strings Student Bursary scheme

    If you are currently studying full-time at a UK conservatoire and would appreciate the opportunity to work intensively on large-scale symphonic repertoire with professional conductors, without the pressure of public performance, at the same time as benefiting directly from the experience of our professional string principals, why not apply for the Co-Principal Strings Student bursary scheme? Successful applicants will be offered a bursary-funded place on one of our weekend courses as co-principal first or second violin, viola, cello or double bass. A modest contribution to travel costs is available to participants attending London weekend courses who are studying outside London.

  • Play ON bursary programme

    Our newest bursary programme, Play ON, initiated in 2022 by a grant from the Victoria Wood Foundation, enables us to offer a number of bursary-funded places on London weekend courses to current conservatoire students and recent graduates across all sections of the orchestra, particularly those who studied and/or graduated during the Covid pandemic. A contribution to travel costs is available to all participants.

    Are you a young musician from Devon? We have bursaries available to enable you to attend our courses, funded by the Veronica Awdry Charitable Trust.

To apply for these schemes, please email admin@rehearsal-orchestra.org with your CV.