National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra
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The National Scout and Gudie Symphony Orchestra (NSGSO) was formed in 1976 as a joint orchestra of The Scout Association and the Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom.
Where else could you turn up as a stranger and leave having met some of the best friends of your life?
Since it was formed, the orchestra has met yearly, undertaking a week-long course, finishing normally with 2 concerts. The orchestra also embarks on a tour abroad approximately every four/five years, past tours have taken the orchestra to USA, Greece, Germany, The Czech Republic and, in 2004,Estonia. The orchestra has also been found performing in such prestigious venues as Westminster Abbey, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and The Royal Albert Hall as well as performances for Royalty.
The orchestra comprises of around 70 Scout and Guides between the ages of 13 and 30. The orchestra recruits new members every year, there are no auditions but recommendations from Scouter/Guider and Conductor/Music teacher must be provided.
Recently, the orchestra has tackled pieces such as Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms and Borodin's second symphony in B-minor.
The course is led by an experienced orchestral conductor and supported by a team of professional musicians as section tutors. Intensive rehearsals are interspersed with an active programme of varied sports, crafts, Scouting and Guiding activities.
Through the National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra, its members gain not only orchestral skills to develop their creative talent, but also the fun and friendship which are integral parts of Scouting and Guiding.
Past conductors include Robert Cracknell, Alan Bell, and the present conductor is Leon Gee.
[edit] Past Courses
- 2006 - Cardiff Bay (Concerts in Bristol Cathedral and Cardiff University Concert Hall)
- 2005 - Barnard Castle (Concerts in Ripon Cathedral and Elvet Methodist Church)
- 2004 - Berkshire (Estonia Tour, concerts at Rakvere Castle and a Masonic Hall, Tallinn)
- 2003 - Fleetwood (Concerts in Marine Hall Fleetwood and Chorley Town Hall)
- 2002 - Reading
- 2001 - Matlock (Concerts at Worksop and St John's Church, Buxton)
- 2000 - Horsham (Concert at Christ's Hospital and Prague Tour, concerts in Karvoly Vary, Marianske Lazne and The Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague)
- 1999 - Belfast (Concerts at Coleraine and Waterfront Hall Belfast)
- 1998 - Durham
- 1997 - Burnham-on-Sea
- 1996 - Cardiff
- 1995 - Norwich (Concerts in Norwich and Ipswich)
The 2007 annual orchestral course will be held from the 28th July - 5th August 2007 in the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, near Ipswich.
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