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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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Introducing Handel’s Organ

Friday 19 July 2019

Our Principal Artist John Butt introduces a spectacular bespoke chamber organ, built to recreate the sounds of Handel's era.

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Can you dance to Bach’s orchestral works?

Thursday 3 July 2025, 2:38pm

In this short video, Kim Brandstrup explains how working with young dancers at Acland Burghley School has been…

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"Even though it's a very small unit, you have a huge range of sounds which, in a sense, mimics the entire orchestra."

John Butt, Principal Artist

Violinist Julia Kuhn and bass player Cecelia Bryggemyer playing in the playground at Acland burghley School
Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki conducts the OAE with singer Florian Stortz
OAE musicians run a workshop in a school classroom

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