A spectacular end to SELO’s 2025 with a December concert featuring music by Borodin and Mussorgksy, as well as the captivating Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No 2 performed by the wonderful cellist Yoanna Prodanova. SELO will be back with its next concert of Scottish music in March 2026. We wish all our members, audience and friends a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New year.
Our Next Concert
SELO’s next concert will be on Sunday 22nd March 2026 at 4.30pm at St Michael and All Angels Church, Beckenham. We will be featuring music that all has a connection to Scotland, and we are thrilled to be welcoming back violin soloist Fenella Humphreys!
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🎉 Final concert of 2025 in the bag! And what a concert, with cellist Yoanna Prodanova's stunning interpretation of the Kabalevsky being a particular highlight 🎻 Special mention as well to Chloë Meade for being guest leader from rehearsal 1 through to the concert 👑 Here are some photos of a very memorable evening. Thank you everyone 🙏
About Us
South East London Orchestra is one of south London’s leading amateur orchestras with a reputation for exciting, high quality concerts and a genuine connection with our community.
Our concerts feature great pieces of classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Weber. SELO is equally at home with the music of the twentieth-century, performing works by Bartok, Copland, Britten, Shostakovich, Debussy, Nielsen, Ravel and Sibelius.
We are proud of our tradition of performing music by British composers, from Boyce, Elgar and Vaughan Williams to more recent works by Lennox Berkeley, Joseph Horovitz and Richard Rodney Bennett. In 2016 we gave the UK premiere performance of a work by Fung Lam.
Based in Beckenham, we have many members from the local area and others from further afield. Our short rehearsal periods, led by conductor David Smith, are designed to appeal to busy musicians, and rehearsals are a fine balance of hard work and enjoyment.
SELO was founded in 2012 by our Music Director, David Smith, and Natalie Cole. Since then we have grown the orchestra and embedded ourselves in the heart of Beckenham’s cultural life.
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We are very interested to hear from all strings and brass players of grade 8 standard or above and/or substantial experience of playing with large ensembles. See our Joining page for more details
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