Our 2025-2026 Season is one of our most ambitious yet. For the first time in some years the orchestra will perform outside of Dorchester in addition to the 4 concerts in our regular venue of St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester. This extra concert will take place at the magnificent new Arts Centre in Sherborne – simply named, ‘The Sherborne’.

For more details of our 2025-2026 season download our brochure.

Watch our introduction to the 2025-2026 Season.

Please note that our May Gala Concert is a joint promotion with Dorchester Arts and tickets will be available shortly through them. You can still purchase a ticket from us for this concert if you take advantage of the 3 – ticket saver.

Check out and book tickets for our future concerts by following the links below

Saturday 22nd November 2025 7.30pm

Haydn’s lively and witty ‘Military’ Symphony sets the tone for this varied evening, followed by Britten’s haunting Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. The soloists here will be our very own principal horn, Fiona Brockhurst who will be joined by the tenor, Michael Aitkenhead.

The concert concludes with Beethoven’s bright and exuberant Symphony No. 8 — full of humour and energy.

Symphony No. 100 (Military) – Haydn

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings – Britten

Tenor soloist: Michael Aitkenhead French Horn: Fiona Brockhurst

Symphony No. 8 – Beethoven

Sunday February 22nd 3.30pm

Symphony No. 5 – Schubert

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings – Britten

Tenor soloist: Michael Aitkenhead French Horn: Fiona Brockhurst

Symphony No. 40 – Mozart

Tickets for this concert will be available in due course from ‘The Sherborne’.

Saturday 14th March 2026 4.00pm

Concert for Youth with Martin Clunes featuring Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’.

Tickets here

Saturday 9th May 2026 7.30 pm

Overture – Prince Igor – Borodin

Piano Concerto No. 2 – Rachmaninov

Soloist: Dominic Doutney Winner of the Washington D.C. International Piano Competition and Seattle Piano Competition

Symphony No. 2 – Brahms

Tickets for this concert will shortly be available from Dorchester Arts