Ulster Orchestra Starring at the Proms
The Ulster Orchestra celebrates a Belfast centenary at this year’s BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Conducted by Principal Conductor Kenneth Montgomery, the Orchestra will delight a Proms audience with a special concert which includes music by the Belfast-born composer Howard Ferguson, born exactly one hundred years ago. He was a pupil of Vaughan Williams and the Orchestra’s Proms concert opens with Ferguson’s Overture for an Occasion, commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland as part of the 1953...
Around the World with the Ulster Orchestra
Following the success of last year’s Music Around the World, an education project based on the theme of music from all over the world, the... Read the Full Article
Ulster Orchestra unveils its new season
Alfie Boe, Cleo Laine and Charlie Chaplin are just some of the stars headlining the Ulster Orchestra’s new season, unveiled today.
Rousing fanfares...
Read the Full Article
Website re-launch
This week sees the 15th anniversary of the birth of the Internet - perfect timing for the launch of the Ulster Orchestra's new website. The... Read the Full Article
-
Primary School Pupils Making Music In Orchestra Education Scheme
-
Chief Executive's response to Draft Budget proposals re arts funding
I am writing in response to the published details about the Executive’s Draft Budget 2008-2011. However tight a spending round...