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Hereford
Symphony Orchestra

Herefordshire's only regular adult orchestra

The Hereford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) was founded in September 1958 as Hereford String Orchestra, an advanced strings evening class.

It quickly became established as an independent orchestra, and today it is the only regular adult orchestra in Herefordshire. The HSO has played under several conductors, Richard Coppack, Kenneth Woods, James Slater, Tim Harrison and currently Michael Bell MBE . Today the HSO consists of thirty to forty string players plus a number of of associate wind/brass/percussion players.

The Hereford Symphony Orchestra performs at least three concerts a year with music that has ranged from major symphonic classics by Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Brahms, to the film music of John Williams

Family Concert 2025: St Peter's Church, Hereford

6th December 2025, 3.00pm

A concert of seasonal favourites and great film music conducted by Michael Bell MBE  

Peter and The Wolf. Narrated by Kate Bliss
Film music including The Sound Of Music, Frozen and Star Wars
 

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Spring Concert 2026: St Mary's Church, Hay on Wye

28th March 2026, 3.00pm

 
Rossini The Italian girl in Algiers
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 'Italian'
 

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Our Upcoming Concerts

Discover the wonder of classical music with the Hereford Symphony Orchestra

The Hereford Symphony Orchestra performs three concerts a year, ranging in size from smaller string based concerts through to full symphonic concerts. Tickets for all our upcoming concerts are available to purchase online.

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