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The Darwin Ensemble Chamber Orchestra (DECO) was founded in September 2008, with its inaugural concert on 31 January 2009 in Lichfield Cathedral - its home base. In its first full year, DECO has already been broadcast on Classic FM and performed in the Lichfield Festival. Concerts have been enthusiastically received:
The orchestra is formed from the highest calibre classical musicians in the West Midlands, with a strong emphasis on the employment of young, exciting players in the early stages of their professional careers. DECO's Artistic Director is Alexander Laing, and the Conductor is Philip Scriven. The orchestra has a fresh approach to concert-going, with a commitment to bringing to a wider audience (especially young people) the pleasure and excitement of hearing accessible classical music played to the highest standard. Children's tickets are sold at a much reduced price.
The Darwin Ensemble Chamber Orchestra (DECO) was founded in September 2008, with its inaugural concert on 31 January 2009 in Lichfield Cathedral - its home base. DECO stages three regular concerts a year - winter, summer and autumn - and during the year contributes to the music of three Cathedral services:
The orchestra is formed from the highest calibre classical musicians in the West Midlands, with a strong emphasis on the employment of young, exciting players in the early stages of their professional careers. DECO's Artistic Director is Alexander Laing, and the Conductor is Philip Scriven. DECO aims to draw the local community into the world of classical music in the inspiring setting of one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the country. The orchestra has a fresh approach to concert-going, with a commitment to bringing to a wider audience the pleasure and excitement of hearing accessible classical music played to the highest standard. DECO's remit also includes sharing the experience of the live orchestral sound with young people, who will form both the audiences, and potentially the providers, of classical music into the future. Children's tickets are sold at a much reduced price. DECO's highly successful opening years have included two broadcasts on Classic FM Following this success DECO was invited to participate in the Lichfield Festival performing Paul Patterson's Little Red Riding Hood. DECO has also attracted the attention of the country's finest performers. Our first soloist was Simon Blendis (leader Schubert Ensemble and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and other notable soloists include Rowena Calvert (cello), George Caird (oboe) and Jack Liebeck (Classical Brit Award winning violinist).
The Darwin Ensemble Chamber Orchestra (DECO) was founded in September 2008, with its inaugural concert on 31 January 2009 in Lichfield Cathedral - its home base. DECO's remit is to serve the Cathedral and the local community which, it in its turn, is served by the Cathedral. It is an entirely local venture and is unique: there is at present no comparable orchestra with resident affiliation to a cathedral or church foundation in the region. DECO stages three regular concerts a year - winter, summer and autumn - and during the year contributes to the music of three Cathedral services:
The orchestra is formed from the highest calibre classical musicians in the West Midlands, with a strong emphasis on the employment of young, exciting players in the early stages of their professional careers. DECO's Artistic Director is Alexander Laing, and the Conductor is Philip Scriven (until 2010 Lichfield Cathedral Organist and Master of the Choristers). DECO has forged strong relationships with local choirs including the Ceramic Choir of Stafford and Lichfield Cathedral’s own Chamber Choir and Cathedral Chorus. DECO's repertoire is mainly popular and accessible classical music. It aims to draw the local community into the world of classical music in the inspiring setting of one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the country. The orchestra has a fresh approach to concert-going, with a commitment to bringing to a wider audience the pleasure and excitement of hearing classical music played to the highest standard. DECO's remit also includes sharing the experience of the live orchestral sound with young people, who will form both the audiences, and potentially the providers, of classical music into the future. Children and accompanying adults are invited to attend afternoon rehearsals free of charge to see how an orchestral concert is put together. Rehearsals reveal details of the interpretation of instrumental music - historical style, tempi, dynamics, and musical colouring - and show the techniques used to achieve the desired effects. In the evening children can then hear the 'finished product' that they witnessed being shaped: children's tickets are sold at a much reduced price. DECO's highly successful opening years have included two broadcasts on Classic FM – the first, a Christmas concert in collaboration with the Lay Vicars Choral and boys of the Cathedral Choir: The second a complete orchestral concert broadcast in October 2010 as one of Classic FM's "Full Works" series. Following this success DECO was invited to participate in the Lichfield Festival performing Paul Patterson's Little Red Riding Hood. DECO has also attracted the attention of the country's finest performers. Our first soloist was Simon Blendis (leader Schubert Ensemble and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and other notable soloists include Rowena Calvert (cello), George Caird (oboe) and Jack Liebeck (Classical Brit Award winning violinist).
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