WARWICKSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The WSO has been performing in Leamington and Warwick since 1940, and as the Leamington Orchestral Society before that. Its players are drawn from all over the county and beyond. The orchestra performs in many venues including Warwick Hall, All Saints Church and the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington, and Coventry Cathedral.

Over the years, the orchestra has worked with many illustrious soloists such as Peter Donohoe and Nadine Benjamin, and also younger performers. In 2014 Roger Coull was appointed permanent principal conductor; he has enhanced the WSO tradition of achieving the very highest musical standard.

The WSO’s repertoire includes popular classical pieces and concertos, the annual family concert with its Associate Conductor, working with choirs such as the Leamington Bach Choir and the Coventry Cathedral Chorus, and ambitious and major works such as Holst’s The Planets, Elgar, Mahler and Shostakovich symphonies, Stravinsky’s Firebird and Verdi’s Requiem.