Provincial Amateur Orchestras (Hansard, 2 July 1991)

§ Mr. Renton

Last year no fewer than 132 amateur orchestras, as listed, received support from the English regional arts associations and the Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils.

Support for amateur orchestras by the regional arts associations and the Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils is usually through the payment of the fees of professionals working with the orchestras. Some organisations pay support directly to the orchestras; others channel the support through independently constituted bodies like the Welsh Amateur Music Federation.

I have listed the orchestras supported in this way by the original funding agency.

Scottish Arts Council

Dundee Orchestral Society
Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
Glasgow Orchestral Society
Helensburgh Orchestral Society
Kirkaldy Orchestral Society
Meadows Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh
Perth Orchestral Society
St. James Orchestra, Paisley

Welsh Arts Council

Abergavenny Orchestra
City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra
Philomusica of Aberystwyth
St. Mary's Orchestra, Monmouth
University College (Cardiff) Choir and Orchestra
University College of North Wales (Bangor) Orchestra

Eastern Arts

Bedfordshire Orchestral Society
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Cambridge Philharmonic
Cambridge University Music Society
Essex Symphony Orchestra
Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra
Haverhill Sinfonia
Hertford Symphony Orchestra
Hitchin Concert Orchestra
Huntingdonshire Philharmonic
Ipswich Orchestra Society
Luton Symphony Orchestra
Norwich Philharmonic
Peterborough Philharmonic
Southend Symphony Orchestra
Watford Philharmonic Society
Welwyn Garden City Music Society
Wolsey Chamber Orchestra, Ipswich

89W

East Midlands Arts

Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra
Northampton Symphony Orchestra
Nottingham Symphony Orchestra
Rutland Sinfonia

Greater London Arts

Chelsea Opera Group
Collegium Musicum of London
Croydon Philharmonic Society
Ealing Symphony Orchestra
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Forest Philharmonic Society
Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Royal Orchestral Society for Amateur Music
Salomon Orchestra
Tallis Chamber Orchestra Society
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra
Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra

Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts

Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Stamford Chamber Orchestra

Merseyside Arts

Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Concerts Society

Northern Arts

Darlington Orchestra
Durham Sinfonia
New Tyneside Orchestral Society
West Lakeland Orchestra Society
Westmorland Orchestra

North West Arts

Blackburn Sinfonia
Haffner Orchestra, Lancaster
Oldham Symphony Orchestra
Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra

Southern Arts

Abingdon and District Music Society
Aylesbury Orchestral Society
Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra
City of Southampton Orchestra
Havant and District Orchestral Society
Henley Symphony Orchestra
Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra
Milton Keynes Sinfonia
Newbury Symphony Orchestra
Oxford Symphony Orchestra
Petersfield Orchestra
RAE Symphony Orchestra, Farnborough
Reading Symphony Orchestra
Winchester Music Club
Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra
Woodstock Music Society Wycombe Sinfonia

South East Arts

Canterbury Orchestra
Claud Powell Concerts Society, Guildford
Dartford Symphony Orchestra
Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra
Epsom Symphony Orchestra
Folkestone and Hythe Orchestral Society
Jupiter Chamber Orchestra, Haywards Heath
Maidstone Orchestral Society
Mid Sussex Sinfonia
Oare String Orchestra
Redhill Society of Instrumentalists
Rochester Arts Orchestra
Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra
Surrey Philarmonic Society
Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra
University of Kent Orchestra
Woking Mozart Players
Woking Symphony Orchestra

North West Arts

Bath Symphony Orchestra
Bristol Opera Company
Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra
Cornwall Youth Percussion Ensemble
Devon Opera
Dorset Philharmonic Society
Duchy Opera
East Cornwall Bach Festival
Exeter Musical Society
Exmouth Choral and Orchestral Society
Glastonbury Music Co-operative
Gloucester Opera
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra
Keynsham Orchestra
New Stroud Orchestra
Plymouth Symphony Orchestra
Somerset County Orchestra
Somerset Opera Group
Wedmore Opera

West Midlands Arts

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Leamington Chamber Orchestra
Sutton Coldfield Chamber Orchestra
Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra

Yorkshire Arts

Airedale Symphony Orchestra, Shipley
Guildhall Orchestra, York
Halifax Orchestral Society
Harrogate Chamber Orchestra
Huddersfield Philharmonic Society
Settle Orchestra
Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonia of Leeds
Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra
Todmorden Orchestra
York Symphony Orchestra