St Albans Rehearsal Orchestra - SARO

11/03/2026

A lovely visit to Wood End School this morning. Hopefully we inspired the next generation!

09/09/2025

SARO restarts tomorrow!! New term, new conductor, new music……!! Are we all excited??!!

02/07/2025

A great play through in Wheathampstead today 🎵 and a touching thank you presentation to Matt for being such an excellent musical director. Thank you Keith for all the delicious cakes 🍰

28/04/2025

The next three weeks will be a little different at SARO as we audition three candidates to be our new Musical Director. Exciting times!

12/03/2025

Three separate workshops for the children at Crabtree School this morning. Lovely to see how enthusiastic they all were. Hopefully we have inspired them a little! 🎵

16/01/2025

New Musical Director needed:

SARO seeks a permanent Music Director from September 2025 who has not just the musical abilities but also the aptitude for the educational ethos of working with an enthusiastic and friendly non-professional orchestra.

Please visit our website if you are interested and would like to apply

St Albans Rehearsal Orchestra is an amateur orchestra in Hatfield rehearsing classical music on Wednesday mornings. It is a friendly and welcoming community group.

08/01/2025

It’s back to SARO day 🥳🥳🥳

03/12/2024

Tomorrow we have our end of term play through with three very talented music students. Please stay for some festive treats at the end 🎄🎹🎵

06/11/2024

Following our AGM this morning we welcome David as our new Chair and Rosie as our new secretary.
A huge thanks to Caroline who has been a fantastic secretary for many years and to Roger for covering the role of Chair for the last year.

10/09/2024

Tomorrow is the start of a new term for SARO and we are excited to see everyone again. One of the items we are working on is Beethoven’s piano concerto no.3 with a talented student 🎹

02/07/2024

Tomorrow is our end of term rehearsal with SARO Winds at Woolmer Green. Please remember to bring a music stand, a mug and the food item you kindly volunteered to bring.

14/05/2024

Just a reminder that we are at Benslow tomorrow for those that have signed up. Please try and car share where possible as parking will be limited.