Clarinet Player - Maidstone & Medway Sinfonia

The Maidstone and Medway Sinfonia are recruiting a regular clarinettist for their forthcoming season. We are a friendly orchestra, rehearsing at St Martin’s Church, Northumberland Road in Maidstone every Friday from 19:45-21:45. Because of the music we play, we are looking for someone of a Grade 7+ standard.

We have an exciting programme lined up for 2024/25, including four pieces by female composers - two of which have never been published before so will be heard for the first time. We are also collaborating with the Maidstone Choral Union in the Spring.

Saturday 7th December 2024 Brompton Academy, Marlborough Road, Gillingham ME7 5HT

• Ruth Gipps - Variations on a Theme by Byrd
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C
• Louise Farrenc - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor

Saturday 29th March 2025 St. Martin’s Church, Northumberland Road, ME15 7LP

***Joint concert with Maidstone Choral Union, conducted by Ciara Considine***

• Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
• Mozart - Laudate Dominum
• Mozart - Su’ll Aria
• Mozart - Symphony No. 1 in E-flat
• Mozart - Excerpts from Requiem
• Haydn - Nelson Mass

Saturday 5th July 2025 Valley Park School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT

• Alice Mary Smith - Endymion Overture
• Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
• Alice Mary Smith - Andante for Clarinet & Orchestra
• Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D

Clarinet - Sarah Williamson (www.sarah-williamson.co.uk)

We are conducted by Ben Knowles, who has worked with groups including New Sussex Opera, City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Dartford Symphony Orchestra and the North Downs Sinfonia. He also features as assistant conductor on three CDs of previously unheard works, including the first recording of C.V. Stanford’s opera, The Travelling Companion.

For more information on joining, please email us at MandMSinfonia@gmail.com