Imperial College Sinfonietta

Imperial College Sinfonietta
Orchestra
File:Imperial College Sinfonietta logo.jpg
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

• 1999-00: Christopher Woodruff
• 2000-01: Robert Chatley
• 2001-02: Martin Cloke
• 2002-03: James Lazarus
• 2003-04: Adam Smith
• 2004-05: Martin Priestly
• 2005-06: Alex Novo Tellado
• 2006-07: Hilary 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

External links

• Imperial College Sinfonietta's official website