Welcome to our new Director of Development
We are thrilled to announce that Lynne Farnell will be joining our LCO team this month as Director of Development. Previously Lynne was Deputy Director of Development at the RNCM and ran an independent fundraising consultancy. LCO will benefit immensely from her experience and skill. We look forward to her significant impact on LCO’s growth and development. “It’s an absolute privilege to be […]
LCO removes dress code
London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) has announced the removal of its dress code for all performances, a move designed to promote inclusivity, equality and diversity within the organisation. The news was announced on 26th October at Cadogan Hall, a performance that marked the opening night of the orchestra’s centennial season. Managing DirectorJocelyn Lightfoot comments: “Every musician […]
Welcome back!
After 1 year and 7 months of communicating through online concerts, we are extremely excited to announce our first in-person concert – ‘The Spirit of Champions’
LCO New
As part of LCO’s 2021-22 Season we are excited to be reviving the orchestra’s emerging composer development scheme, LCO New. LCO New will offer a nurturing and high profile opportunity for 5 composers to work with our Composer in Residence, Freya Waley-Cohen, and have their work performed in concert next season. Past participating composers have […]
Designing a Centenary
The London Chamber Orchestra reaching its centenary year in 2021 has provided an exciting opportunity to draw on the design elements of our founding decade. An area that was particularly enjoyable to research was choosing new typefaces for both our 2020-21 and 2021-22 Seasons as we celebrate 100 years of LCO. The 1920s was a […]
Introducing LCO’s Composer in Residence: Freya Waley-Cohen
We are delighted to announce British-American composer Freya Waley-Cohen will be the London Chamber Orchestra’s Composer in Residence this season. In past seasons, LCO has worked closely with Freya for the performance of her work Changeling for chamber orchestra in February 2020, and her movement ‘yes, five thousand times’ – written for the collaborative work A Century […]
Press Release: Bluestone Vineyards x LCO
The London Chamber Orchestra announces its new partnership with Bluestone Vineyards ahead of the orchestra’s centenary celebrations. Bluestone Vineyards is an award winning English sparkling wine vineyard based in Wiltshire. Founders, brothers Toby and Nat McConnell, are from a family who have long admired the London Chamber Orchestra. The London Chamber Orchestra will be celebrating […]
A Century of Music – play along with LCO!
Perform alongside the London Chamber Orchestra and our friends in a special birthday concert to celebrate LCO’s centenary! We are inviting all musicians: young and old, new or longstanding LCO friend, aspiring musician or rusty musician, to stretch their vocal cords or pick up an instrument and perform in our a section of our birthday […]
Join the Junction (18th September)
It’s at this point in the year that we would normally be travelling around London, visiting schools and surprising pupils with our flashmobs to kick start our educational outreach programme, Music Junction. Although this isn’t possible this year, restrictions won’t stop up spreading the music! Instead, we are bringing music to our Music Junction participants, […]
Composers’ Workshop
Our young composers taking part in this year’s Music Junction started writing a very special piece for LCO’s 100th birthday. Led by this year’s composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, the students took a beautiful poem written by mentee participants from Shaftesbury High School to create a song for us. We can’t wait to share the whole song […]
