Welcome
Kent Sinfonia is a freelance professional orchestra based in the County of Kent, comprising skilled professional musicians from Kent and the surrounding area; many also play with major London orchestras.
We provide:
- Live classical concerts
- Live opera performances
- Arts projects, educational workshops and presentations for schools and the community
- Music for corporate and other events
- Opportunities for arts funding and sponsorship
- Availability to accompany choral societies, opera companies and other performing groups and artists.
Our work aims to build the future of classical orchestral music through programmes for all ages. Our education projects support children’s musical development, especially those lacking exposure to live orchestral music. We affect positively children’s development and overall learning with interactive workshops and concerts, introducing a hugely diverse range of music. Our children’s programme Birds and Beasts! has been performed in multiple venues.
Kent Sinfonia supports contemporary music and has a special interest in performing works by lesser-known 20th century British composers. Our first album, Lost England, featured George Butterworth and Walter Leigh, both killed in World Wars.
Our creative practice is rooted in more than 20 years operating as a professional orchestra and registered charity, with proven ability to deliver diverse concerts and events cost-effectively to a high standard. Examples include three tours to China, regular engagements performing with choral societies, providing an orchestra for opera performances, devising and implementing concerts and workshops for schools.
‘…the Kent Sinfonia responded generously to Nicholas Jenkins’ characteristically expansive direction, not least in the many deftly edged orchestral solos…’ (Mark Pappenheim, ‘Opera’ magazine – Vaughan Williams: ‘The Poisoned Kiss’ with New Sussex Opera).
‘The playing of Kent Sinfonia was a sheer delight as they filled the church with a full-on, well-blended sound, with many opportunities for the individual instrumentalists to shine in Haydn’s masterpiece. Whether playing in their own right
or underpinning the soloists and choir, they were consistently superb…’(Haydn: The Creation, with Ashtead Choral Society, conductor Andrew Storey)
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