+ Essex Concert Orchestra

‘The Essex Concert Orchestra performs popular programmes three or four times a year. Works included in the programmes are typically preceded by a short verbal analysis presented by the conductor, during which sections of the Orchestra may play selected excerpts before the performance in full. This has become the Orchestra’s popular characteristic style of performance. The Orchestra is a “not for profits” organisation and, as such, occasionally makes donations to charities ... It is also seen as a high calibre semi-professional orchestral body ... made up of top musicians from the Essex area. These individuals include professional performers, students at prominent London and Essex music colleges, and local music teachers.’