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| March 2008 |
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St Giles Orchestra's website has moved to www.stgilesorchestra.org.uk. After eight years of being hosted by an internet service provider, we found we were falling behind in search engine rankings, which meant it was difficult for people to find the site when using common searches such as 'oxford orchestra'. So we decided it was time to get the site properly hosted and with a more relevant domain name. Our webmaster, Geoffrey Bushell (also our conductor and musical director!) first created our website in 1999 and has now created the new version. Over the years, our website has attracted many new players, more soloists than we can cope with, and requests from choirs and other partners to hire the orchestra.
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| June 2007 |
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We gave the first amateur UK performance of Frank Bridge's "Isabella".
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| January 2006 |
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We gave only the second amateur UK performance of Alfvén's "A Legend of the Skerries".
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| September 2004 |
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Our list of forthcoming concerts has been updated to include links to clips and opportunities to buy CDs of the works we will be performing. These pieces are marked with the  icon.
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| July 2004 |
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We believe we gave the first UK amateur performance of Bruch's Symphony no 2.
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| April 2004 |
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Our list of forthcoming concerts has been updated to include the ranking in the  2004. This shows that over half of our forthcoming pieces are amongst the top 300 of the most popular works as voted for by Classic FM listeners.
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| April 2004 |
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St Giles Orchestra has been awarded grants by both Didcot Town Council and South Oxfordshire District Council for its Didcot concert on 9 October 2004.
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| February 2004 |
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Congratulations to former SGO members Lorna Dick (horn) and Jonathan Duke (trumpet) on their engagement. Allegedly, Lorna proposed to Jonathan on 29 February! Lorna and Jonathan met at an SGO rehearsal and have since moved to Manchester.
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| January 2004 |
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8 January saw a new record of 21 violinists at a regular rehearsal (51 players in all)!
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| May 2003 |
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St Giles Orchestra announces that it is about to give what is believed to be the first amateur performance of Tchaikovsky's 7th Symphony.
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