The orchestra rehearses on Mondays from 19:30 to 22:00 at Bishop Justus CE School, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley BR2 8HZ. Please bring a music stand to rehearsals. Bowed string parts are available online after the first rehearsal and string players mark up their own parts. Tea, coffee and biscuits are normally available for 50p during the rehearsal interval – please bring your own mug if possible.
We welcome applications from prospective members and ask new members to complete a registration form and Gift Aid declaration after their first rehearsal. We collect an annual subscription from members who attend rehearsals, with a 50% discount for students. Seating positions are rotated where possible and there are opportunities to perform solo parts.
Playing members commit to the full rehearsal series for each concert they play in. If an absence is unavoidable please contact your section leader immediately, and if you were due to rehearse a solo part, please find a deputy. Members are also expected to put in the necessary time outside rehearsals to learn and practise the pieces they perform, and to promote ticket sales for all the orchestra’s concerts.
There is a facebook members group ‘BSO Tutti‘, an official facebook page to like and follow, an X feed @BromleySymphony and an Instagram account bromleysymphony. Many instrument sections have WhatsApp groups – ask your section leader to be invited. Some members socialise at The Two Doves in Oakley Road after rehearsals and The Railway in West Wickham after concerts.
Rehearsal and Event Schedule
Dates for next season are provisional.
| Monday 6th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | 19:30 Elgar |
| Tuesday 7th Jan, 2025 19:00 - 21:30 | Note Tuesday and early start 19:00 Nielsen |
| Monday 13th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | 19:30 Elgar 20:45 Nielsen |
| Saturday 18th Jan, 2025 14:00 - 17:00 | 14:00 Elgar 16:00 Nielsen |
| Saturday 18th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Brook (BSO Leader 1989-2012) Elgar Violin Concerto Nielsen Symphony 1 |
| Monday 20th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 27th Jan, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 3rd Feb, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 10th Feb, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 24th Feb, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 3rd Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 10th Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 15th Mar, 2025 14:00 - 17:00 | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 15th Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Schubert Symphony 8 (Unfinished) Strauss Four Last Songs Mahler Symphony 4 |
| Monday 17th Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 24th Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 31st Mar, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 28th Apr, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Tuesday 29th Apr, 2025 19:00 - 21:30 | Note Tuesday and early start Rehearsal |
| Tuesday 6th May, 2025 19:00 - 21:30 | Note Tuesday and early start Rehearsal |
| Monday 12th May, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 17th May, 2025 14:00 - 17:00 | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 17th May, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Ravel Alborada del gracioso Brahms Double Concerto Shostakovich Symphony 5 |
| Monday 19th May, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 2nd Jun, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Monday 9th Jun, 2025 19:30 - 22:00 | Rehearsal |
| Sunday 15th Jun, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 | Rehearsal |
| Sunday 15th Jun, 2025 17:00 - 19:30 | Concert Order and Orchestration: Childrens’ Concert Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba Richard Brown Pageant of the Seas |
| Monday 16th Jun, 2025 20:00 - 22:30 | 20:00 AGM, library |