Play for Pleasure!
Are you a player?
Every year, after our summer break, we get together for an afternoon to rehearse and then play through a symphony, just for the fun of it – no audience, no pressure! This year, on Sunday afternoon, 7th September, we’ll be doing Tchaikovsky’s 2nd Symphony, a work that was instantly successful. It was written largely in Ukraine, and incorporates three Ukrainian folk songs.
If you’d like to join us for the afternoon, please use our contact form to let us know what instrument you play. Music and cake provided! We will start at 2.30pm and finish around 5pm.
Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra
We are celebrating eighty years of bringing live orchestral music to Sevenoaks and the surrounding area. Continuing to grow in size and popularity, we are proud to attract some of the finest young solo artists who are carving out impressive careers on the world stage. Recent performances to sellout audiences have firmly established our reputation for excellent musicianship and challenging repertoire - see reactions below to our most recent subscription concert.
Each season we put on three traditional concerts, mostly of 19th and 20th century masterpieces, and a Family Concert each October. During the 2025 Sevenoaks Summer Festival we joined forces with the Sevenoaks Philharmonic choir for a very successful concert of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax.
Details of the concerts for our 2025-26 season are available via the 2025-26 Season menu item. If you would like to receive information from us, or have questions, please see our Get in touch page.
If you wish to attend our three traditional symphony concerts in November, March and May you can save money by buying a Season Ticket (opens in a new tab).
Recent audience reactions
“The orchestra played really well on Sunday and gave of their very best and produced a memorable evening for audience and orchestra alike.”