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The LGSO is the UK's oldest LGBT Orchestra and one of only a handful in the world. We welcome players of all abilities, and all genders and sexualities.

Founded in 1996, the LGSO has given concerts four times (or more) every year for the past sixteen years at venues throughout the UK including the Royal Festival Hall; we’ve toured internationally to Paris, Cologne and Zagreb; performed with Jimmy Somerville, Simon Callow, Rosalind Plowright and Sue Perkins; recorded a score to the cult film Pervirella; commissioned new work from upcoming composers; raised thousands of pounds for charities including Amnesty International, The Food Chain, Crusaid and The Albert Kennedy Trust and were recently semi-finalists in the BBC's 'All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge'. To enquire about playing with us please contact: [email protected]

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08/10/2026

22/09/2026

Meet the players #2

Introducing Peter Reynolds, star piccoloist and former LGSO chair 🪑 !

Ahead of our 30th anniversary concert on the 18th of October, we’d like to (in)formally introduce some of the talented, passionate, and fabulous people that make the LGSO.

Hit the link in our bio to our very special concert on the 18th of October!

28/08/2026

Meet the players #1⁣
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Introducing Anna Ploszajski 🎺⁣
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Ahead of our 30th anniversary concert at Cadogan Hall on the 18th of October, we’d like to (in)formally introduce some of the talented, passionate, and vibrant people that make the LGSO. So stay tuned!⁣
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Hit the link in our bio for tickets to our concert on the 18th of October!⁣
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08/05/2026

Hello our Wonderful Audience!!

Our 30th Season Finale is upon us and we are going out with a bang! This programme is a celebration of orchestral power and is chock full of energy, movement, and driving rhythms.

From the explosive opening of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture to the driving, Mexico City nightlife-inspired rhythms of Gabriela Ortiz’s Antropolis (complete with pounding timpani cadenza) this programme never sits still.

John Adams’ The Chairman Dances adds a surreal, slightly whimsical twist; a dreamlike foxtrot full of hypnotic pulse and motion from his opera Nixon in China, before we close with the sheer scale and power of Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 set against the backdrop of WW2 Russia, and a yearning for freedom.

Join us on Sunday 21st June for a finale to remember!! Doors are at 6:30pm, baton down at 7pm sharp!

🎟 Tickets via the link in bio 🔗

Address

St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St Avenue
London
EC2Y8DA

Website

http://www.lgso.org.uk/

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