Next Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra event features Mozart's Oboe Concerto

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Apr 2018, 13:07 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:09 BST
Mia Clift and Katie DerhamMia Clift and Katie Derham
Mia Clift and Katie Derham
The members of Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra are entering the final few weeks of rehearsals for their forthcoming concert.

The event is set to take place on Saturday, May 12, at St Andrew’s Church, Burgess Hill.

The orchestra has had a great deal of success over the past few years and has been able to put on ever more challenging and ambitious concerts, including the phenomenally successful concert tribute to film composer John Williams, the orchestra’s first collaboration with president Katie Derham.

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For this concert conductor Michael Stefan Wood BEM is continuing his recent trend of recruiting guest soloists from within the orchestra.

Oboist Mia Clift will be performing Mozart’s Oboe Concerto.

Orchestra publicity officer Alison Biggs said: “Music has been a big part of Mia’s life since she started learning the recorder at seven years of age.

“She fell in love with the sound of the oboe as her recorder teacher, Carole Fitsell, also played the oboe, and so at the age of 13 she took it up, successfully achieving Grade 8 and passing her Advanced Certificate.