Players' Information
Rehearsals
The rehearsals for the next Radcliffe concert will take place at 8pm-10pm on Tuesdays and one Monday, in either Tingewick Hall, either St Clements Family Centre (here's how to find the Centre) or Beckley Village Hall*, or St Andrews***.at the John Radcliffe Hospital (directions to Tingewick Hall).
There will also be a rehearsal on the afternoon of the day of the concert, Saturday 14th March 2025, starting at 1pm, in St. Andrew's Church.
The rehearsal schedule is as follows:
| Location | 8:00pm | 9:00pm (or as stated) | |
| Tuesday 27 January | Beckley Village Hall | Rachmaninov |
9:15 Gershwin |
| Tuesday 3 February |
Beckley Village Hall | Rachmaninov | Butterworth |
| Tuesday 10 February | Tingewick Hall | Gershwin (with Sunil) | Rachmaninov |
| Tuesday 17 February | Tingewick Hall | Gershwin (with Sunil) | Rachmaninov; 9:30 Butterworth |
| Tuesday 24 February | Tingewick Hall | Rachmaninov | 9:30 Butterworth |
| Tuesday 3 March | Tingewick Hall | Rachmaninov | Gershwin (with Sunil), Butterworth |
| Monday 9 March | St. Andrew's Church | Gershwin (with Sunil) | 8:45 Rachmaninov, 9:30 Butterworth |
| Saturday 14 March | St. Andrew's Church | 1pm to 4pm approx. |
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*Beckley Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UZ
**Sandhills Community Primary School, Terrett Avenue, Sandhills, OX3 8FN
***St. Andrew's Church, Linton Road. OX2 6UG
Dress Code
Dress code for our concerts is as follows:
Ladies: plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) top and black bottoms (long black or short black with black tights)
Gentlemen: DJ with plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) shirt and suitably matching bow tie. (If no such colours, black/white tops as fall back!).
Donations
There is no subscription for playing with the orchestra, but we do ask players to consider making a voluntary contribution of £30 or more per concert to help us to cover our costs.
On the right is a QR code for donations which will take you to https://www.hospitalcharity.co.uk/donate/area-of-greatest-need-2023
Please tick ‘Yes’ to add Gift Aid and in the ‘leave a comment’ box put ‘For Radcliffe Orchestra Fund 0307’ (important!).
Instrumentation
2.2+1.2+1.2 4.2.3.0 timp, harp, strings
2+1.2+1.2+1.2 4.3.3.1 timp, 3 perc, strings
2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1 4.3.3.1 alto sax, timp, perc, harp, strings
Dates of Future concerts
- Saturday 6th June 2026
- Saturday 14th November 2026
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