Our Story
The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2010 by a group of musician friends seeking to draw together the best local musicians to make music that would be as rewarding as possible for players, audiences, and our visiting professional artists.
The orchestra has gained an outstanding reputation for its exciting and virtuosic music-making and imaginative programming. We work with a range of different professional conductors and soloists, with many – including Toby Purser, Jacques Cohen, Dominic Grier and John Paul Jennings– becoming regular favourites.
We learn something new from each of these collaborations.
Collaborations
We have collaborated regularly with a number of excellent choirs, including several concerts each year with the Cambridge University Symphony Chorus under the baton of David Young. We enjoy performances with Saffron Walden Choral Society and the combined choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Venues
Our regular venues are: West Road Concert Hall, King’s College Chapel, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden, Essex.
Many of our members make chamber music together, and the EAChO Players feature at smaller concerts of chamber music.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“Precise and sensitive playing...”
“A fantastic group to work with...”
“Intense and inspirational...”
