The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256

The Orchestra is affiliated to Making Music Scotland - Supporting & Championing Voluntary Music

Welcome to the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra !

The GCO is an amateur orchestra based in Glasgow, and has been making music for over 60 years. We give 3 main concerts each year in March, June and November.  You can find out lots more about the orchestra and its music in the pages of this web-site.  Hopefully, you will be encouraged to come along to a concert, or if you are a musician, you may be interested in joining us.  We invite you to browse through the site, and if you need more information, there is a Contacts Page so that you can get in touch.

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Join the GCO !

The GCO is always on the look-out for new players. Details on vacancies and how to join the orchestra can be found by clicking the link below.

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Next Concert

This will be on Saturday 16 March 2019, again in Sherbrooke Mosspark Church. Click on the button below to read full details.   

Winter Concert

Congratulations to everyone for another fantastic concert on Saturday night.  The orchestra was on top form, and our soloist Graeme Brown was outstanding.   The concert was recorded, so hopefully CDs will be available in the near future for members to purchase.

It’s back - Get your GCO Bookmark from any member of the Orchestra!  

Rehearsal Update

There will be a short rehearsal for the Glasgow Caledonian University Carol Service on Tuesday evening at 7.30 pm in Balshagray Victoria Park church.

Thereafter, rehearsals will resume for our Spring Concert in Tuesday 15 January at 7.30pm in BVP.

GDPR comes to the GCO!

In accordance with the new GDPR legislation introduced this summer, GCO is implementing the necessary policies and procedures to ensure our compliance with this important new law.   To read our Data Protection and Retention Policy, please click on the link below.

CLIC-Sargent Christmas Concert

Congratulations also to the all the players who turned out for the annual CLIC Sargent Carol Concert at the GRCH on Friday night.  Once again, the GCO was a star of the show with some really fine playing throughout, while our party piece - the overture to A Secret Marriage - went down a storm with the large audience.

This was Ian McCrorie’s last concert as the CLIC Sargent conductor, so understandably the programme was primarily comprised of favourites from his reign. Next year, Alastair Digges will be the conductor, and it is hoped that more use will be made of the orchestra in accompanying the choral pieces.  

The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra wishes all its friends, members and supporters a peaceful and happy Christmas, and a prosperous and musical New Year!

Conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones leads the GCO in full festive mode!