The GCO is always on the look-out for new
players. We currently have vacancies for
violins, violas and double basses. Details on
how to join the orchestra can be found by
clicking the link below.
Click on the button below to find out more about how YOU
can support your favourite chamber orchestra!
Join the GCO !
Support the GCO !
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Glasgow, and has been making music here for over 50
years. We give 3 main concerts each year, usually in March, May 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.
Follow the GCO on
Facebook and
Instagram!
Welcome !
Rehearsals
Next Tuesday’s rehearsal (27 October) will be a Sectional
rehearsal, with the strings taken by Bernard Docherty in
the church sanctuary and the wind and horns taken by
Robert Baxter in the small hall downstairs. The full
schedule can be found by clicking on the button below.
GCO Winter Concert
Our Winter Concert is now fast approaching!
Sunday 22 November promises to be another
exciting concert with the added highlight of
Alison McNeill singing several of the beautiful
Songs of the Auvergne by Canteloube.
Poulenc’s Sinfonietta is a light-hearted, fun
piece full of dancing rhythms and melodic
tunes, all cast in a symphonic 4-movement
format. The full programme is
Vaughan WIlliams
Overture - The Wasps
Canteloube
Songs of the Auvergne
Soloist - Alison McNeill
Poulenc
Sinfonietta
Our on-line booking system is now open, so
you can book your tickets now and get the date
in your diary!
VENUE: SHERBROOKE MOSSPARK
CHURCH, NITHSDALE ROAD
Young Lives vs Cancer
Christmas Concert
We are once again delighted to be the “house band”
for the next edition of the YLvC Christmas Concert, to
be held this year on Friday 11 December at 7.30pm in
the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. This is always a fun-
filled evening of Christmas celebration combined with
fundraising for a very worthy cause. Alastair Digges
returns to the podium with another fine selection of
guest stars. You can get your tickets by clicking on the
button below.
GCO 70th Anniversary Season !
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra traces its origins back to the formation of the
Glasgow Strings Orchestra in 1956. The name was subsequently changed to the
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra in 1967, when the decision was taken to add wind,
brass and percussion to the group in order to tackle a wider range of smaller-
scale orchestral repertoire.
Our plans to celebrate this anniversary are still being developed, but we have
already scheduled a dinner for the orchestra on Tuesday 1 June, and our final
concert of the season, promises to be a very special occasion, with music from
Copland, Barber and Dvorak.
More details on our celebrations will be published as soon as they are
confirmed, but this should be a very exciting season for our players and
audience alike!
The GCO is always on the look-out for new
players. We currently have vacancies for
violins, violas and double basses. Details
on how to join the orchestra can be found
by clicking the link below.
Click on the button below to find out
more about how YOU can support your
favourite chamber orchestra!
Welcome !
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra
based in Glasgow, and has been making music here for
over 50 years. We give 3 main concerts each year, usually
in March, May 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.
Photo courtesy of Neil Stuchbury (@what_stuch_saw)
Next Tuesday’s rehearsal (27 October) will be
a Sectional rehearsal, with the strings taken
by Bernard Docherty in the church sanctuary
and the wind and horns taken by Robert
Baxter in the small hall downstairs. The full
schedule can be found by clicking on the
button below.
Rehearsal Update
Follow the GCO on
Facebook and Instagram !
The GCO is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256
GCO Winter Concert
Our Winter Concert
is now fast
approaching!
Sunday 22
November promises
to be another
exciting concert
with the added
highlight of Alison
McNeill singing
several of the
beautiful Songs of
the Auvergne by Canteloube. Poulenc’s
Sinfonietta is a light-hearted, fun piece
full of dancing rhythms and melodic tunes,
all cast in a symphonic 4-movement
format. The full programme is
Vaughan WIlliams
Overture - The Wasps
Canteloube
Songs of the Auvergne
Soloist - Alison McNeill
Poulenc
Sinfonietta
Our on-line booking system is now open, so
you can book your tickets now and get the
date in your diary!
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra traces its
origins back to the formation of the Glasgow
Strings Orchestra in 1956. The name was
subsequently changed to the Glasgow Chamber
Orchestra in 1967, when the decision was
taken to add wind, brass and percussion to the
group in order to tackle a wider range of
smaller-scale orchestral repertoire.
Our plans to celebrate this anniversary are still
being developed, but we have already
scheduled a dinner for the orchestra on
Tuesday 1 June, and our final concert of the
season, promises to be a very special occasion,
with music from Copland, Barber and Dvorak.
More details on our celebrations will be
published as soon as they are confirmed, but
this should be a very exciting season for our
players and audience alike!
We are once again delighted to be the “house
band” for the next edition of the YLvC
Christmas Concert, to be held this year on
Friday 11 December at 7.30pm in the
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. This is always a
fun-filled evening of Christmas celebration
combined with fundraising for a very worthy
cause. Alastair Digges returns to the podium
with another fine selection of guest stars.
You can get your tickets by clicking on the
button below.
Young Lives vs Cancer
Christmas Concert
GCO 70th Anniversary Season!
