Shostakovich: Symphony No 11
Hallé St Peter’s,
40 Blossom Street,
Ancoats,
Manchester M4 6BF
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Non student£45
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Student£25
Join us for this massive, cinematic orchestral work composed in 1957 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1917 revolution and the tragic events of the 1905 Russian Revolution.
Applications are invited for all sections of the orchestra from players at Grade 8-plus, or equivalent.
There is a map showing the location of the hall, and information about public transport links and nearby car parks on the Hallé St Peter’s website.
The nearest stations and stops are Manchester Piccadilly Train Station, Piccadilly Gardens and Shudehill Bus Terminals and Metrolink stops, while Victoria Train Station is slightly further away.
There is a short, direct walk to Hallé St Peter’s via the Ancoats Jubilee Bridge and Murray Street from New Islington Metrolink Station. From Piccadilly Gardens, the easiest walking route is along Newton Street and straight across Great Ancoats Street, which takes approximately 5 minutes.
"My association with the Rehearsal Orchestra goes back several years and I’m particularly thrilled that, since 2024, we have added a new Manchester residency in the splendid surroundings of Hallé St Peter’s in order to bring our particular brand of music-making to instrumentalists in the North West. There is a wonderful spirit generated by like-minded people coming together to tackle demanding and technically difficult key repertoire with real gusto and enthusiasm, which is totally infectious and I have to confess I always enjoy our collaborations. I cannot recommend the Rehearsal Orchestra highly enough to students, semi-professional players and keen gifted amateurs alike who I’m sure benefit hugely from the uplifting experience that RO's intense live music-making brings."
Stephen BellAssociate Conductor, Hallé Orchestra; Principal Guest Conductor, RTÉ Concert Orchestra
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:
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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.
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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.
