Committee

Orchestra Management
Information about the Committee and the management of the Orchestra

The Committee

The Sheffield Chamber Orchestra is managed by a Committee (all of them playing members) elected by the Orchestra members at the Annual General Meeting, plus the Conductor and Leader. Their term of office runs for one year, after which they may stand for re-election.

Committee responsibilities include the choice of programmes and soloists, obtaining the necessary music parts, booking of halls and soloists, paying bills, maintaining proper accounts, publicity, fund-raising, insurance, hiring extra players, concert management, liaison with Making Music, as well as other activities.

Most Committee members are in full-time work outside of the Orchestra. Any paid-up Orchestra member is eligible to serve on the Committee - around half of the current members have been on the Committee at one time or another. If you are a recently joined member, don't let that put you off approaching one of us, if you think you have skills and enthusiasm to offer.

Finances

The Orchestra is financed in a number of ways. Principally, these are:

Ticket Sales
Members' Annual Subscriptions
Friends of the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra donations
Bank/Building Society interest
Gift Aid Tax refunds
Refreshments sales
Advertising

Our main expenses consist of:

Conductors, leader, soloists, and additional players' fees
Hire of rehearsal room and concert halls,
Hire of music (and music still in copyright is extremely expensive)
Printing and publicity
Public Liability Insurance and Making Music subscription

Full details and further information relating to the Orchestra's finances can be obtained from the Treasurer. At the Annual General Meeting, held each November, details of the Orchestra's accounts are made available to every member.

The Mug Shots

Robin McEwan - Conductor (click for more details....)	Richard Howarth - Conductor (click for more details....)	Ralph Dawson - Leader (click for more details....)


Robin Saunders - Chairman	Julie Bashforth - Secretary	Peter Dyke - Librarian

Richard Benson - Publicity	Maureen Anderson - Membership Secretary (strings) & Making Music representative	Steve Dumpleton - Membership (wind and brass) and website manager
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Liz Versi - Treasurer	Judith Sunderland - Concert Manager