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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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Introducing the Hurdy Gurdy

Thursday 21 May 2020

OAE's Adrian Woodward introduces us to the Hurdy Gurdy

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The Whole World is an Enigma.

Wednesday 17 April 2024, 2:55pm

Secret themes, lost manuscripts, broken celebrity crushes… we explore the myriad ways that the music in our 2024/25…

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"If I'd been a musician in the sixteenth century, I probably would have picked the Hurdy Gurdy because I imagine it would have made me very popular. Wherever I would have gone, I would have started a party."

Adrian Woodward

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