Ramsbottom Choral Society & Orchestra

Ramsbottom Orchestra meets on a weekly basis at
Greenmount Old School every Thursday at 7.30pm,
and is one of the few permanent orchestras now
remaining in the Bury area.

It is comprised of music teachers, retired musicians
and also many amateur musicians of various ages who
are enthusiastic about performing music together, and none of the regular members of the orchestra gets paid.

The orchestra was formed in 1985 by Barry Sugden, to accompany the choir in the major choral works that they perform. Although they still do this, the orchestra has now built up a considerable repertoire of their own, and performs some of these pieces at the Christmas and Summer concerts. The repertoire includes various overtures, movements from symphonies, and lighter orchestral pieces.

Many of the orchestral members are soloists in their own right and some of them have performed concertos for their solo instruments with the orchestra in the societies concerts over the years.

Groups of players from the orchestra have also combined to play chamber music, such as string quartets and wind quintets.