The GCO is always on the look-out for new
players. We currently have vacancies for
cellos and double basses. Details on how
to join the orchestra can be found by
clicking the link below.
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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)
Brilliant performance by the GCO at the
Coats Choral concert in Paisley Abbey on
Sunday night. Very appreciative audience
and choir, with many plaudits for our soloists.
Well done!
Tuesday is our next normal rehearsal night
for our summer concert, while Thursday
(26/3) brings an additional rehearsal for the
Greenock Philharmonic Choir concert. This
will start at 7.30pm as usual in Sherbrooke,
with their conductor Nick Wilks.
The Greenock concert itself is on SATURDAY
28 March in Greenock Town Hall. rehearsal
times will be confirmed on Thursday, but
please note the concert itself starts at
7.00pm.
Rehearsal Update
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On Saturday 28 March,
we travel down to
Greenock for our annual
concert with the
Greenock Philharmonic
Choir. This year, the
choir will be performing
Vivaldi’s Gloria and
Benjamin Britten’s St
Nicholas. This latter work includes the
Voices of Inverclyde Senior Schools and St
Mary’s Primary School.
GCO on the Road
Summer Concert
Our final concert for
the 2025-26 season
sees the return of one
of our popular past
soloists in the shape of
Iona McDonald, this
time with her partner
Jonathan Fong, to play
the formidable Brahms
Double concerto for
violin and cello.
Bookending this momentous work are two
Beethoven favourites, the Overture to The
Creatures of Prometheus and the mighty
Eroica Symphony A concert not be missed!
We are back to our traditional concert venue
of Sherbrooke Mosspark Church for this
concert, which takes place on Sunday 31
May at 7.30pm.
Tickets are now available from our ticketing
agent Trybooking. Simply click on the
button below to go to their web site.