User:Vgecko2/New London Orchestra

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New London Orchestra
Symphony orchestra
Years active1988-present
MembersPrincipal Conductor
Ronald Corp
Past membersFounder
Ronald Corp
Websitewww.nlo.co.uk


The New London Orchestra, based in

Newham
.


Concerts

The trademark of the New London Orchestra is its programming of unusual repertoire. Composers who have been particularly featured over the last 20 years include

Sibelius
.

Building on the success of its 'Newham Welcomes the World' community project, from 2009 the New London Orchestra is focusing its concert giving activity in

Carnival of the Animals
. A concert series for 2009/10 is planned to follow. All of the New London Orchestra's concerts in Newham aim to be affordable and accessible, offering reduced price tickets to schools and local community groups and opening rehearsals up to school groups to experience the orchestra up close.

Recordings

The New London Orchestra has recorded over 20 discs on the independent label Hyperion Records. These fall into three categories:

  • British Light Music
    Classics and other light music, including works from America and Europe
  • chamber orchestra repertoire by composers such as
    Prokofiev

  • operettas by composers such as Sullivan and Sidney Jones

Its forthcoming disc, due for release in November 2009, features works for string orchestra by the female Polish composer

Grazyna Bacewicz.[1]

Education and outreach work

The New London Orchestra’s curriculum-based education projects have sought to enhance children’s learning in the key subjects of Maths, Literacy and Science through music-based activities. The Orchestra have worked in the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Camden, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, and Newham.

Other projects have included:

  • Residencies in schools for deaf children
  • Workshops with adults with learning difficulties from Look Ahead Housing and Care Centres
  • Reminiscence projects with the elderly in Camden
  • Workshops with adults in homeless hostels in Camden
  • Theatre projects with the Bloomsbury Theatre, including a collaboration with City & Islington college called Underground Reflections

Newham Welcomes the World

In 2007, the Orchestra devised an ongoing series of large-scale projects in the Olympic borough of

Newham; working with a huge variety of people from across the borough of all ages, and collaborating with a number of local institutions including the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Each year, the Orchestra work with different groups within the community to create new music and give performances. So far these have included primary and secondary schools, local sports teams, Look Ahead Housing and Care residents and theatre groups and in the future aims to incorporate dance groups (including Newham's world ranked cheerleaders the Ascension Eagles), music groups, local heritage organisations and also cross-Channel groups. Its latest project culminated in a concert at the Stratford Rex in June 2009, featuring local sports teams performing anthems, alongside live orchestra and electronic music.[2]


References

  1. ^ http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67783&f=New London Orchestra
  2. ^ http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED01%20Jul%202009%2009%3A58%3A02%3A613


External links

New London Orchestra website
New London Orchestra blog
New London Orchestra Facebook fan site
New London Orchestra's recordings on Hyperion Records

Category:Musical groups established in 1988 Category:London orchestras

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