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•  We are delighted to welcome Adrian Charelsworth back as leader and would like to take this opportunity to thank Liz Norton for leading our orchestra for the last year.  

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• A wonderful evening of romantic music at our Valentine's Concert, with a lovely balance of operatic works, classical favourites and new music.  We were delighted to welcome back Thomasin Trezise (soprano) and Paul Hopwood (tenor) plus Christopher Beaumont (xylophone) who delighted us with his playing and dancing! It was also a privilage to welcome back Alice Younger, a former member of the orchestra, who is now in her second year of music college, it was also a pleasure to hear our principal clarinetist Joanna Baxter perform a movement from Mozart's clarinet concerto.  Read more about this concert here

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• A fabulous afternoon of music, song and dance at our Christmas Spectacular concert at the De La Warr Pavilion.  The atmosphere in the theatre was fabulous. Everyone was captivated by the beautiful dancing from ESSPA, Cellist Rupert Sheppard gave a stunning performance of excerpts from Polo Piatti's Old World Cello Concerto and 45 children from St Richard's Catholic College Choir thrilled the audience with 2 stunning pieces.  The concert ended with the audience joining in with a lively version of 12 Days of Christmas,  We all had so much fun.     ​

• We were honoured to be invited to perform for the Hastings Winkle Club’s special 125th Anniversary Concert.  Such a lovely afternoon performing outside with soloists Thomasin Trezise (soprano) and Christopher Beaumont (xylophone) in the beautiful grounds of Camelot in Westfield.

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• Nearly a full house and an amazing atmosphere for our Fiesta concert – a celebration of unforgettable music from Spain and South America with 70 musicians, 45 singers, 11 ballet dancers,  2 tango dancers, a Flamenco dancer with guitar, plus soprano and solo harpist  Rosanna Rolton who performed 'Baroque Flamenco' by Deborah Henson Conant  ​

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•  Yet another full house at St John's Church for our annual Valentine Concert, a thrilling programme that spanned the centuries, offering well-known and loved melodies. We were thrilled to welcome mezzo-soprano Thomasin Trezise and tenor Paul Hopwood, who enchanted us with romantic arias from Puccini, Bizet and Verdi.

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•  Another full house and a fabulous atmosphere at the De La Warr Pavilion  with our spectacular Music From The Movies Concert, the large orchestra was joined by dancers from the East Sussex School of Performing Arts and the choir from      St Richard's Catholic College Choir.

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• The String section of Hastings Sinfonia was delighted to once again be performing with the London Mozart Players at the De La Warr Pavilion with Create Music strings and with Alice Younger performing Bartok Romanian Folk Dances as part of their Stories Of Folk Concert.

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• A full house at the Christmas Spectacular Concert at the De La Warr Pavilion with guest dancers, singers and International Soloist Giulio Tampalini performing the World premiere of Polo Piatti's Christmas Concerto for guitar and orchestra.

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• Hastings Sinfonia has recently performed with the London Mozart Players the premiere of Polo Piatti's Multi-Faith Oratorio Libera Nos at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. 

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• One of the orchestras that took part in The Battle Of The Somme Centenary Tour.

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• Have performed short interactive concerts at local primary schools.

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• Performed at the  International Composers Festival.

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• Performed at Hastings Midsummer Fish Fests in the Old Town, Hastings, plus have dressed up and had great fun being part of Hastings Pirates Day celebrations.