University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra
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The University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra
based in the University of Warwick
music centre in West Midlands
, England
and is composed mainly of university students, together with some staff and members of the local community.
The performing orchestra numbers nearly 150 people, and the orchestra performs throughout the year at various venues, including the Warwick Arts Centre
's Butterworth Hall.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
based in the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
music centre in West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and is composed mainly of university students, together with some staff and members of the local community.
The performing orchestra numbers nearly 150 people, and the orchestra performs throughout the year at various venues, including the Warwick Arts Centre
Warwick Arts Centre
Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. It attracts around 300,000 visitors a year to over 3,000 individual events embracing contemporary and classical music, drama, dance, comedy, films and visual art.Warwick Arts Centre comprises six...
's Butterworth Hall.