The orchestra hasn’t put out a news letter for a long time but now seems to deserve one.

Firstly, I must thank Emily for being our conductor for seven years, creating a lovely friendly and encouraging atmosphere at all our rehearsals.  As Emily stepped down last year, we have been so lucky that James was there ready to bring us forward.

We have been playing some really interesting music arranged especially for us by James.  Orchestra numbers are growing and miraculously we now have four cellos but we are still seeking viola and more violins.  James has ensured we have some good timpani for our excellent percussionist to play and with an extra trumpet and tenor saxophone we now have nineteen members.

We are looking forward to seeing many of our supporters at our annual Concert in Blenheim Gardens on Sunday 5^th July at 2pm and hope they enjoy our program.

In January this year we held our first AGM. Bronwen reported the accounts to be healthy and two new members were voted onto the committee.

Sadly this year we will not be able to play in Blenheim Gardens but have already booked to play there on Sunday 6th July 2025!

The orchestra are making progress with some very adventurous repertoire, including Fledermaus Overture, Schubert’s 5th Symphony, Shostakovich Waltz No. 2, and Music of the Beatles. Our orchestra comprises of two 1st violins, one 2nd violin, 1 cello, 2 flutes, 1 recorder, 1 bassoon, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 alto saxophone, 1 trumpet and percussion. As you can see we really need more strings. If you know any string players please encourage them to join us!

We are holding our Summer Concert in the Methodist Church Hall on Monday 8th July at 7.30pm when we plan refreshments will be served.

MCO may also be playing at Dunster Castle on 30th June but watch this space for details.

Monday 5th December our rehearsal will be at

MINEHEAD METHODIST CHURCH HALL