Rotherham Symphony Orchestra

RSO was only 3 years old as we entered the pandemic of 2020, meaning that most of our goals and plans hadn't even had chance to thrive. 

Since beginning rehearsals once more in September 2021 our orchestra has built from strength to strength with an influx of new members, a new organising committee and we now have bigger goals than ever.

In the summer of 2025, we collaborated with the Children's Capital of Culture Initiative with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, performing Prokofiev's fantastical Peter and the Wolf. At this event, not only did we feature ourselves and the young musicians from Rotherham Music hub, but we also collaborated with Landmarks Specialist College to create a miniature art gallery where all works were inspired by the music and story from Peter and The Wolf. It is the first time we have ever produced a multimedia, fully accessible event and we were thrilled with the outcome. Hopefully we will be able to continue to produce epic events like this in the future too.

We are particularly interested in working within the local community through partnered concerts with other musical organisations, promoting music to the younger generation and we even want to look at partnering with professional organisations such as the BBC orchestras as we did when we very first started.