"The Fun Orchestra" Blog

Stay on top of the latest news, events, and announcements from the North Downs Community Orchestra.

Recent Updates & Activities

Jul 7

Farewell Rehearsal with Sara Young

On Wednesday 3 July 2024, NDCO held a farewell rehearsal with our outgoing Music Director, Sara Young, at St John's Church in Hurst...

Jun 27

‘For One Night Only’ – Sara Young’s final performance with NDCO is a sell-out success

by Jolene Ebrey The North Downs Community Orchestra’s summer concert was a resounding triumph with all 530 seats sold for the remarkable...

‘For One Night Only’ – Sara Young’s final performance with NDCO is a sell-out success

Mar 21

Soiree for the Spire

A superb evening of music making at St Andrew’s church ( March 17th 2024 ) St Andrew’s seems like a tardis, looks small on the outside...

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Past Updates

The history of our orchestra, through our past blogposts

Jul 7

Farewell Rehearsal with Sara Young

On Wednesday 3 July 2024, NDCO held a farewell rehearsal with our outgoing Music Director, Sara Young, at St John's Church in Hurst...

Jun 27

‘For One Night Only’ – Sara Young’s final performance with NDCO is a sell-out success

by Jolene Ebrey The North Downs Community Orchestra’s summer concert was a resounding triumph with all 530 seats sold for the remarkable...

Mar 21

Soiree for the Spire

A superb evening of music making at St Andrew’s church ( March 17th 2024 ) St Andrew’s seems like a tardis, looks small on the outside...

Dec 15, 2023

Christmas Capriccio

The Bawtree Hall at Hazelwood School was packed again for our Christmas concert on Sunday 26th November 2023 and made for a great...

May 31, 2023

An Evening of Summer Smooth

On Sunday 21st May, North Downs Community Orchestra held their "Summer Smooth" Concert at Hazelwood School in Oxted. Launched back in...

Jan 4, 2022

COVID-19 Precautions for 2022

The NDCO takes COVID-19 seriously and has put in place precautions to minimise transmission.

Aug 21, 2021

Members How-To: Log In and Use Your Account on the NDCO Website

This post will walk you through how to log in, book rehearsals with your account, view your events, and view your saved payments.

Aug 1, 2021

Members How-To: Sign Up for an Account on the NDCO Website

We have added a way for individual orchestra members to sign up for an account on the site. Here's how to set one up.

Jul 1, 2021

Back to in-person rehearsals, updates from lockdown, and our new website

We've launched our shiny new website, plus in-person rehearsals and lockdown highlights (via Zoom, of course!)

Mar 1, 2021

Reflecting on a year in lockdown

Well, we are in unknown territory now and have been since our last full and normal rehearsal in March 2020!

Mar 20, 2020

North Downs Orchestra to celebrate 4th Birthday Concert with new commission

A special commission composition by Richard Cross will debut at North Downs Community Orchestra’s 4th Birthday Concert.

Dec 8, 2019

Double Sleigh Ride!

The North Downs Community Orchestra held its 3rd concert in 2019 at St John's, Hurst Green on November 30th.

Oct 30, 2019

Percussion Project Master Class

We were very lucky to have Richard Scarff spend an afternoon with our percussion section.

Aug 6, 2019

Introducing our new Musical Director, Sara Young

The North Downs Community Orchestra is very pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Young as our new Musical Director and conductor....

Jul 25, 2019

Summer Prom Success!

NDCO's summer concert, "A Summer Prom", featured a rich variety of tunes shared with an enthusiastic audience.

Jun 1, 2019

NDCO at The Caterham Festival

We met plenty of people who visited the Caterham Festival. Lots of our Summer Prom fliers were distributed.

Mar 28, 2019

"The Fun Orchestra" celebrates its third birthday in style

On Sunday 24th March, North Downs Community Orchestra celebrated their third birthday with a concert.

Mar 26, 2019

You can't have a birthday without cake!

We had an amazing 3rd birthday cake, with about half our amazing players, just before the start of our 'Party Pieces' concert!

Feb 6, 2019

Attentive 9 year olds meet our instruments and join in with a range of musical pieces

Our North Downs Ensemble was invited to visit Pine Class at Marden Lodge Primary School Caterham.

Dec 12, 2018

NDCO chooses Mozart and movie tunes for winter concert

The North Downs Community Orchestra hosted its winter concert at the Bawtree Concert Hall at Limpsfield’s Hazelwood School.

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