The  The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256 The Orchestra is affiliated to Making Music Scotland - Supporting and Championing Voluntary Music
Following our first (and highly successful) concert in St John’s Renfield church, our final orchestral concert of the 2024-25 season returns to the familiar setting of Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, on Sunday 25 May. The concert opens with Schubert’s delightful Overture in the Italian Style. Written in 1817, when Vienna was in the grip of a Rossini music craze, this was Schubert’s take on the style. Light, tuneful and melodic, it makes a great start to our summer concert. Arriaga was a Spanish composer in the classical style. He was born in 1806 but sadly died too soon, of tuberculosis, just before his 20th birthday. He was lauded at the Spanish conservatoire as the “Spanish Mozart”, but such was his short life that his potential was never realised. His Symphony in D has been compared to Mozart’s 40th. Here’s your chance to see what you think! Closing our summer concert is summer music personified. Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony stemmed from a Grand Tour of Italy in 1830. It has been described as “blue sky in A major”, and Mendelssohn himself described it as the happiest music I have ever written. Enjoy!
The GCO is always on the look-out for new players. We currently have vacancies for violas, cellos and basses. Details on how to join the orchestra can be found by clicking the link below.
Details have now been released on our NEW Support the GCO programme! Click on the button below to find out more about how YOU can support your favourite chamber orchestra!

Join the GCO !

Support the GCO !

Join the GCO
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.

Welcome !

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Photos courtesy of Neil Stuchbury (@what_stuch_saw)

Rehearsal Update

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Choral Concerts
Support the GCO

GCO Summer Concert

Please note that our final rehearsal on

Tuesday 20th May will be at our concert

venue of Sherbrooke Mosspark Church.

A full rehearsal schedule can be found

by clicking the button below.

Following the recent EGM , the decision has been taken to move to Sherbrooke Mosspark church for our rehearsals as from September 2025.

Rehearsal Schedule
Well done to everyone who played in our final Choral Concert of the year at St John’s Renfield church on Saturday with the Kelvin Choir. Once again we have received very good feedback from audience members and from the choir. Thanks again to everyone who gave of their time to make this concert possible.
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In our customary fashion, the GCO rounds off its 2024-25 season with a chamber music concert featuring members and friends of the orchestra letting their hair down with an eclectic mix of short musical pieces scored for soloists, duets, trios quartets and ensembles. The concert takes place on Saturday 7th June in St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets for this concert are now available from our ticketing agent,Trybooking, or can simply be purchased at the door on the night iteslf. TIckets are priced at £10, but accompanied chidren are admitted free. Why not come along and enjoy the talents of the GCO in the relaxing surroundings of St John’s Renfield. We can promise you a varied programme of music, from Bach to Beatles and almost anything in between!
Tickets - Adults - £15 Concessions - £10 Children (under 18yrs) - £5

The GCO Chamber Concert!

 Trybooking
In our customary fashion, the GCO rounds off its 2024-25 season with a chamber music concert featuring members and friends of the orchestra letting their hair down with an eclectic mix of short musical pieces scored for soloists, duets, trios quartets and ensembles. The concert takes place on Saturday 7th June in St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets for this concert are now available from our ticketing agent,Trybooking, or can simply be purchased at the door on the night iteslf. TIckets are priced at £10, but accompanied chidren are admitted free. Why not come along and enjoy the talents of the GCO in the relaxing surroundings of St John’s Renfield. We can promise you a varied programme of music, from Bach to Beatles and almost anything in between!
Click on the button to go to our online booking agent to book your tickets now!
The GCO is always on the look-out for new players. We currently have vacancies for violas, cellos and basses. Details on how to join the orchestra can be found by clicking the link below.
Details have now been released on our NEW Support the GCO programme! Click on the button below to find out more about how YOU can support your favourite chamber orchestra!
Welcome !
Join the GCO !   Support the GCO !  
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
Following our first (and highly successful) concert in St John’s Renfield church, our final orchestral concert of the 2024-25 season returns to the familiar setting of Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, on Sunday 25 May. The concert opens with Schubert’s delightful Overture in the Italian Style. Written in 1817, when Vienna was in the grip of a Rossini music craze, this was Schubert’s take on the style. Light, tuneful and melodic, it makes a great start to our summer concert. Arriaga was a Spanish composer in the classical style. He was born in 1806 but sadly died too soon, of tuberculosis, just before his 20th birthday. He was lauded at the Spanish conservatoire as the “Spanish Mozart”, but such was his short life that his potential was never realised. His Symphony in D has been compared to Mozart’s 40th. Here’s your chance to see what you think! Closing our summer concert is summer music personified. Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony stemmed from a Grand Tour of Italy in 1830. It has been described as “blue sky in A major”, and Mendelssohn himself described it as the happiest music I have ever written. Enjoy!
 GCO Summer Concert
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)
Well done to everyone who played in our final Choral Concert of the year at St John’s Renfield church on Saturday with the Kelvin Choir. Once again we have received very good feedback from audience members and from the choir. Thanks again to everyone who gave of their time to make this concert possible.
Choral Concerts  

Please note that our final rehearsal on

Tuesday 20th May will be at our concert

venue of Sherbrooke Mosspark Church. A

full rehearsal schedule can be found by

clicking the button below.

Following the recent EGM , the decision has been taken to move to Sherbrooke Mosspark church for our rehearsals as from September 2025.

Rehearsal Update

In our customary fashion, the GCO rounds off its 2024-25 season with a chamber music concert featuring members and friends of the orchestra letting their hair down with an eclectic mix of short musical pieces scored for soloists, duets, trios quartets and ensembles. The concert takes place on Saturday 7th June in St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets for this concert are now available from our ticketing agent,Trybooking, or can simply be purchased at the door on the night iteslf. TIckets are priced at £10, but accompanied chidren are admitted free. Why not come along and enjoy the talents of the GCO in the relaxing surroundings of St John’s Renfield. We can promise you a varied programme of music, from Bach to Beatles and almost anything in between!
 Rehearsal Schedule
The GCO is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256
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Click on the button below to go to our online booking agent to book your tickets now!
Trybooking
Tickets Adults - £15 Concessions - £10 Children (under 18yrs) - £5

The GCO Chamber Concert!

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