Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra

05/10/2026

Looking for a couple of violas for our Beethoven, Maurice and Debussy concert. Great music to a v high standard with a v friendly group, a lovely conductor Christopher Stark, an amazing soloist Megan Glover and lots of cake! Rehearsals sundays 11 oct (am) and 18 oct (pm) on camden and concert Oct 25th at St John's waterloo.
Interested? Contact us on [email protected]

04/10/2026

Great rehearsal today for our Beethoven, Maurice and Debussy concert. We were delighted to welcome our wonderful soloist Megan Glover and had the best time working with her! It's going to be a great concert - join us on October 25 at St John's Waterloo
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15/09/2026

Meg Glover

Meg studied at RWCMD and is currently studying at the RCM supported of The Ramona and Trevor Swale Scholarship Fund. Highlights include winning both colleges' Concerto Competitions, performing Tomasi’s Saxophone Concerto at St Davids Hall in Cardiff and Dubois’ Saxophone Concerto with Martyn Brabbins and the RCM Philharmonic. She has played with BBC NOW, appeared at Wigmore Hall alongside Ensemble 360 and has been featured as a soloist at the international arts event Gala Da Danza at Westminster Central Hall....

Meg studied at RWCMD and is currently studying at the RCM supported of The Ramona and Trevor Swale Scholarship Fund. Highlights include winning both colleges’ Concerto Competitions, performin…

10/09/2026

Off to Trinity Laban Students’ Union and RAM Students' Union freshers fairs tomorrow. Come and say hi!

15/07/2026

London based musicians - are you looking forward to autumn and getting back to orchestral playing?

The Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra is one of London's leading and longest established amateur orchestras playing to a v high standard with lovely conductor Christopher Stark. We are a very friendly group and share a lot of good cake!

Next season has some great music, starting with a concert that includes Beethoven 1 and a beautiful saxophone piece performed by our winning Soloist of the Year Megan Glover

We are always keen to hear from strings and also brass.

Interested? contact us on [email protected]

erso.london

25/06/2026

Calling strings and brass in or near London
Looking for some high level playing with a friendly group? The Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra is one of London's leading and longest established amateur orchestras. We rehearse in Camden on a few Sundays prior to each of our 3 main concerts at St John's Waterloo and play challenging rep to a really high standard with our lovely conductor Chris Stark. Plus we have a lot of good cake!

Interested? Check us out on https://erso.london/ and email us on [email protected]

24/06/2026

At the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra some of our sections have so much fun that they take a team selfie at the end of each concert. Started by the cellos and adopted by bass and wind. When will the upper strings and brass get in on the act??

23/06/2026

What an amazing evening we had on Sunday at our Shostakovich, Hummel and Papp concert St John's Waterloo! And our lovely audience clearly enjoyed it as much as we did!

22/06/2026

At the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra we are committed to providing opportunities for talented early career musicians. Last night's Shostakovich, Hummel and Papp concert was a great example with Joint 2025 Winner of our Soloist competition Emily Ambrose giving a superbly accomplished performance of the Hummel Bassoon concerto, expertly conducted by Assistant Conductor Alice Knight. The evening opened with the UK premiere of a beautiful piece, Frieden, by Alex Papp who was a former winner of our competition for emerging composers.
And our string Section Leaders ensured that the string sections sounded amazing, with some lovely cello solos in Symphony no 1 by Shostakovich from Principal Cellist Alex Lavine

15/06/2026

Join us on Sunday at johns waterloo for the chance to hear the massively talented perform the Hummel Bassoon Concerto. Its a treat not to be missed!

Programme also includes the fantastic 1st Symphony by Shostakovich and a new piece by talented young composer Alex Papp

Find out more about Emily at https://erso.london/blog/

Advance tickets: £12 for adults and £5 for children and students from We Got TIckets

On the door tickets: £15 on the door and £5 children and students