tradition, vision, versatility
Southern Sinfonia
the professional chamber orchestra resident in taunton and performing across the south of england
We at Southern Sinfonia believe everyone deserves the opportunity to experience a wide variety of classical music, no matter what age.Renowned for its musical excellence, Southern Sinfonia performs innovative concerts in Taunton and other venues and accompanies a range of well known Choral Socities in major Cathedral performances. Our musicians are passionate about music education and are developing an Education programme for students as well asrecitals in Care Homes for those living in and around our Garden Town
performances for 2024
friday 13th september 2024southern sinfonia's'last night of the proms'come and 'promenade' from 7pm with a complementary drink included in your ticketthere will be incidental music to entertain you and the orchestra brass section will announce the concert at 7.40pm soloist, richard smith, leader of the orchestra,will perform vaughan williams' 'the lark ascending'the programme includes Music by faure, wagner, mozart, waltonand after the interval all the traditional 'last night' fun with music byelgar, henry wood, vaughan williams, and parry's 'jerusalem'
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saturday 2nd november 2024
duruffle requiem and poulenc's organ concertoat buckfast abbey, devon with buckfast abbey choir and organist charles maxtone-smith conducted by matthew searles
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*13th april 2024 at taunton minster*emma johnson, internationl clarinettist, with southern sinfonia performing finzi's clarinet concertoand the first performance in taunton of matthew coleridge's 'requiem' with the composer and an invited choir,'southern voices'
for performances with choral societies this year to date, please see 'past events'