The GCO is always on the look-out for new players.
We currently have vacancies for violins, violas and
double basses. Details on how to join the orchestra
can be found by clicking the link below.
Click on the button below to find out more about how YOU can support
your favourite chamber orchestra!
Join the GCO !
Support the GCO !
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Glasgow, and has been making music here for over 50
years. We give 3 main concerts each year, usually in March, May and November. You can find out lots more about the
orchestra and its music in the pages of this web-site. Hopefully, you will be encouraged to come along to a concert, or if
you are a musician, you may be interested in joining us.
We invite you to browse through the site, and if you need more information, there is a Contacts Page so that you can
get in touch.
Follow the GCO on
Facebook and
Instagram!
Welcome !
Rehearsal Advanced Notice
Its a long way away, but our first rehearsal for the new
2026-27 season will be on Tuesday 8 September at
7.30pm. Meanwhile, don’t forget our Play Day on the
previous Saturday, and have a lovely relaxing summer.
Concert Sponsored by
GCO Summer Concert
Wow! What a concert!! Our final concert
for the 2025-26 season saw the return of one
of our popular past soloists in the shape of
Iona McDonald, this time with her partner,
Fong Ho Man Jonathan, to play the
formidable Brahms Double concerto for
violin and cello. And what a performance
they put on for us! The audience was
spellbound as they took us through this
glorious work and showed its pleasure with a
thunderous and extended round of applause
and extra curtain calls.
The orchestra, too, was inspired, and its
performance of Beethoven’s mighty Eroica
Symphony was full of outstanding playing
from all sections of the orchestra. Well done,
everyone! And a special thanks to Robert, our
conductor, who brought the best out of
everyone on the night. The only problem now
is - how do we top that?
Annual General Meeting
Members please note the date of the Annual General
Meeting will be Tuesday 16 June, starting at 7.30pm. The
meeting will be held over Zoom, and details for the Zoom
link will be issued prior to the meeting. Please make
every effort to attend. This is a great opportunity to air
your views on all things GCO!
GCO Play Day !
The first ever GCO Play Day takes place on Saturday 5
September from 10am to 4pm at our rehearsal venue of
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church!
A great way to dust off the summer cobwebs from your
instrument before the season starts, our Play Day
repertoire will comprise nothing less than Schubert’s
Symphony No 9 in C major (The Great)! Led by
conductor Nick Wilks, we will explore this amazing
symphony in a relaxed setting - no performance and no
audience!! Make sure you have this date in your diary
and come along to renew acquaintances and sharpen up
your technique, in preparation for our new 70th
anniversary season.
We will provide tea/coffee etc for interval breaks, but
please bring your own packed lunch. The cost for the
day will be £15, which will allay expenses of hall hire,
music hire etc.
The GCO is always on the look-out for new
players. We currently have vacancies for
violins, violas and double basses. Details
on how to join the orchestra can be found
by clicking the link below.
Click on the button below to find out more
about how YOU can support your favourite
chamber orchestra!
Welcome !
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra
based in Glasgow, and has been making music here for
over 50 years. We give 3 main concerts each year, usually
in March, May and November. You can find out lots more
about the orchestra and its music in the pages of this
web-site. Hopefully, you will be encouraged to come
along to a concert, or if you are a musician, you may be
interested in joining us.
We invite you to browse through the site, and if you
need more information, there is a Contacts Page so that
you can get in touch.
Photo courtesy of Neil Stuchbury (@what_stuch_saw)
Its a long way away, but our first rehearsal
for the new 2026-27 season will be on
Tuesday 8 September at 7.30pm. Meanwhile,
don’t forget our Play Day on the previous
Saturday, and have a lovely relaxing summer.
Rehearsal Update
Follow the GCO on
Facebook and Instagram !
The GCO is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256
Concert Sponsored by
GCO Summer Concert
Wow! What a
concert!! Our final
concert for the
2025-26 season saw
the return of one of
our popular past
soloists in the
shape of Iona
McDonald, this time
with her partner,
Fong Ho Man
Jonathan, to play
the formidable Brahms Double concerto
for violin and cello. And what a
performance they put on for us! The
audience was spellbound as they took us
through this glorious work and showed its
pleasure with a thunderous and extended
round of applause and extra curtain calls.
The orchestra, too, was inspired, and its
performance of Beethoven’s mighty Eroica
Symphony was full of outstanding playing
from all sections of the orchestra. Well
done, everyone! And a special thanks to
Robert, our conductor, who brought the
best out of everyone on the night. The
only problem now is - how do we top that?
Annual General Meeting
Members please note the date of the Annual
General Meeting will be Tuesday 16 June,
starting at 7.30pm. The meeting will be held
over Zoom, and details for the Zoom link will
be issued prior to the meeting. Please make
every effort to attend. This is a great
opportunity to air your views on all things
GCO!
The first ever GCO Play Day takes place on
Saturday 5 September from 10am to 4pm at
our rehearsal venue of Sherbrooke Mosspark
Church!
A great way to dust off the summer cobwebs
from your instrument before the season starts,
our Play Day repertoire will comprise nothing
less than Schubert’s Symphony No 9 in C major
(The Great)! Led by conductor Nick Wilks,
we will explore this amazing symphony in a
relaxed setting - no performance and no
audience!! Make sure you have this date in
your diary and come along to renew
acquaintances and sharpen up your technique,
in preparation for our new 70th anniversary
season.
We will provide tea/coffee etc for interval
breaks, but please bring your own packed
lunch. The cost for the day will be £15, which
will allay expenses of hall hire, music hire etc.
GCO Play Day !
