Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra

Who we are

We are a Cheltenham-based amateur orchestra which studies and performs large-scale orchestral music.

We play four concerts a year in the glorious surroundings of the Princess Hall, Cheltenham Ladies College. We are always delighted to welcome enquiries from new players.

The orchestra tries to maintain the tradition of performing music which would otherwise not be heard in Cheltenham. Rarities have included Julius Tausch’s concerto for six timpani and orchestra, Spivakovsky’s concerto for harmonica, Charles Ive’s Symphony No.1 and Paul Creston’s Marimba Concerto. New works by local composers; Tony Hewitt-Jones, Philip Lane, Graham Whettam and Neil Luck have also been featured. 

Audiences have been delighted by a succession of outstanding young soloists playing with the orchestra, including the cellist Rebecca McNaught, violinist Diana Galvydyte and pianists Marcel Zidani and Joanna MacGregor.