Orchestra
- Comprises approximately 25 string players and full woodwind and brass sections
- Weekly rehearsals, with string sectionals taken by the Carducci Quartet, conducted by the Director of Music
- Accompanies the most advanced scholars in Concerto performances
Repertoire for 2011-2012 includes
Ruy Blas Overture - Mendelssohn
Crown Imperial - Walton
Cello Concerto in E minor - Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 2 - Elgar
Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney-Bennett
The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
Soirées Musicales - Britten
Fantasia on British Seasongs - Wood
Symphony no 8: 1st movement - Dvorak
Karelia Suite - Sibelius
Sinfonia
- Comprises the department's most advanced string players
- Weekly rehearsals and sectionals led and directed by the Carducci Quartet
- Often augmented with wind players for performances of Mozart symhonies and concerti
- Lunchtime recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Performs annually at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Repertoire for 2011-2012 includes
- Clarinet Concerto - Mozart
- Simple Symphony - Britten
- Viuolin Concerto in G major - Mozart
- St Paul's Suite - Holst
- Folkdance Suite - Philip Lane