Imperial College Sinfonietta

Imperial College Sinfonietta
Orchestra

Founded	1998
Concert hall	Imperial College London - Great Hall
Principal conductor	William Carslake
Website	www.union.ic.ac.uk/arts/sinfonietta/

Imperial College Sinfonietta (also known as IC Sinfonietta or just Sinfonietta) is a full symphony orchestra with 60-70 musicians from Imperial College London, ranging from first-year undergraduates to post-graduates and staff. It was founded by Daniel Capps in 1998, and is currently conducted by William Carslake.

Repertoire

Sinfonietta performs concerts in and around South Kensington at the end of the Autumn and Spring terms, and often provide opportunities for Imperial students to perform concerti. The orchestra performs a wide range of works, mainly Romantic and Twentieth Century. Recently they have also performed modern film scores, including a performance of selections from Disney's Fantasia set to the film.

Recent repertoire has included

Beethoven - Triple Concerto (Soloists from the Valencia Orchestra)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Beethoven - Leonore Overture
De Falla - Noches en los jardines de España
Franck - Symphony No.1
Holst - The Planets
Márquez - Danzón No. 2
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Messiaen - L'Ascension
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Maurice Ravel - Ma mere l'oye
Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 (Soloist: Robin Newman)
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 2 (Soloist: Olivia Jarvis)
Shostakovich - Festive Overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Sean Riley)

Tours

Summer 2015 - Valencia
- Sinfonietta had a very successful tour to Valencia collaborating with Casino Musical de Godella where they performed to capacity audiences around the city. Their program included Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and his Triple Concerto with soloists from the Valencia Orchestra and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.

Former chairs

2002-03: James Lazarus
2003-04: Adam Smith
2004-05: Martin Priestly
2005-06: Alex Novo Tellado
2006-07: Hillary Wood
2007-08: Emily Barnes
2008-09: Christopher Rowe
2009-10: Hannah Fletcher
2010-11: Thomas Budden
2011-12: Benjamin Phipps
2012-13: Dorian Kartalowski
2013-14: Anna Selig
2014-15: Enric Juan Alcocer
2015-16: Danielle O'Driscoll

References

External links

Imperial College Sinfonietta's official website

Imperial College London

Academics

Faculties and schools	Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Natural Sciences Imperial College Business School School of Medicine

Departments and centres	Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Partnership for Child Development (PCD) London Centre for Nanotechnology OPAL Soil Centre Royal School of Mines Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Campus	Albertopolis Beit Hall Exhibition Road Halls of Residence Queen's Gate Queen's Lawn Queen's Tower Silwood Park Skempton Building South Kensington Wilson House

People	President & Rector: Alice Gast Provost: James Stirling Visitor: Chris Grayling Academics List of Imperial College London people List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Imperial College London

Student life	Bottle match El Salvador Project Felix Imperial College Boat Club Imperial College Gliding Club Imperial College Radio Imperial College Symphony Orchestra Imperial College Sinfonietta Imperial College Union International Volunteers (Project Nepal) Royal College of Science Union

Other	Academic dress Diploma of Imperial College Imperial College Act 1997 Imperial Innovations

Affiliates

Medical	Central Middlesex Hospital Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Ealing Hospital Francis Crick Institute Harefield Hospital Hillingdon Hospital Imperial College Healthcare Charing Cross Hospital Hammersmith Hospital Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital St Mary's Hospital Western Eye Hospital Medical Research Council Mount Vernon Hospital Northwick Park Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital St. Mark's Hospital St Peter's Hospital West Middlesex University Hospital

Other	Association of Commonwealth Universities Association of MBAs European University Association G5 Golden triangle League of European Research Universities Oak Ridge Associated Universities Russell Group Thomas Young Centre University of London

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