Rising Star provides Orchestral Delight
Finalist in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Musician of the Year competition, Lauren Reeve-Rawlings, will be the soloist for the Wessex Concert Orchestra’s forthcoming concert at St John’s Church, Devizes, on Saturday March 28, where she will be performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4. 

Lauren, 17, from Kington St Michael, near Chippenham, has played with WCO for some years, and is an emerging star, playing in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and recently having secured a place at the Guildhall School of Music.

Alongside the majestic Horn Concerto, the WCO will be offering a resounding programme of popular classics including Beethoven’s Symphony No.8, Faure’s Masques et Bergamasques, and works by Butterworth, and Wagner.  The sublime Adagietto from Mahler’s 5th Symphony also features. The concert begins at 7.30 pm.

The Chippenham-based Wessex Concert Orchestra, continues to go from strength to strength under the musical direction of Andrew Baatz, and this will be the orchestra’s first visit to Devizes for many years.  “This is such an exciting prospect for the orchestra, both to be playing in another town in the Wessex region, and to be working with Lauren.  We’ve watched Lauren grow within the orchestra over the past 5 years, so this a real joy for us, and we are very proud of her”.

Tickets cost £8 (£4 concessions) and are available from Devizes Books on tel. 01380 725944,
or email to tickethotline@wco.org.uk.

For more information contact:
Orchestra Manager, Guy Edwards,
Tel: 07968 319151
E-mail g_d_edwards@hotmail.com. 
Or check out the Wessex Concert Orchestra’s new website at www.wco.org.uk

Concert dates at a glance:
1. Saturday, 28th March, St John's Church, Devizes. 7.30pm.
2. Saturday, 27th June, Keevil Manor. Time tbc (evening).
3. Saturday, 25th July, venue tbc. 7.30pm.
4. Saturday, 28th November, St Joseph's School, Swindon. 7.30 pm.

Wessex Concert Orchestra
The Wessex Concert Orchestra is an exciting adult amateur orchestra based in Chippenham, Wiltshire. We meet on Monday nights from 7:30 - 9:30pm at Monkton Park School, and perform 3 or 4 concerts each year. Our musical repertoire is varied, ranging from light music through to classical works, symphonies and concertos - often with visiting professional soloists. We are a friendly, sociable group and are very keen to welcome new players - please visit our website for more details www.wco.org.uk