The Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra with Dominic John, winner of the Young Soloist Competition
The Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra with ESO patron John York
Concert at the the new Birley Centre Eastbourne
Haydn's Creation in Chichester Cathedral with: Graham Jones (conductor), John Hancorn, Helen Dolton, Pascal Charbonneau and Kishani Jayasinghe
About The Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra
Welcome to the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra. We are currently in our 31st season and are keen to find more musicians with a passion for music and performance who would like to join us.
ESO’s members are top-quality musicians from Sussex and further afield who rehearse and perform a wide range of classical music. We are an orchestra directed and led by professional musicians.
ESO gives three concerts a year one if which is a choral concert which numbers some 170 performers all together.
ESO plays a wide repertoire of music; details of all our concerts are listed on this website.
This Competition is another of the ESO’s prestigious events and is now in its twentieth year. It attracts very high standard competitors from all over the UK and abroad and both the early rounds and, in particular, the final attracts large audiences. As well as generous cash prizes, the winner has the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra. Previous winners are listed on this website.
Graham Jones, Musical Director
Brought up in Holt, Norfolk, Graham Jones was educated at Gresham’s School and Durham University where he was an Organ Scholar. He joined the Music Department at Eastbourne College in 1976 and was appointed Director of Music in 1991. He co-founded ESO (then the Eastbourne Sinfonia) in 1979. He is particularly keen on local people making music of a high standard which is at the same time accessible to the whole community. Graham has conducted most of the ESO concerts and has worked with many leading soloists.