The Conductors

A chronological list of the conductors of the orchestra:-

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J Henry Taylor 1877-1878
William Rea 1878-1881
Max Schroter 1878-1879
M H Bell 1879-1880
Giuseppe Nifosi 1880-1883
Joseph H. Beers 1883-1905
Cuthbert Horsley 1905-1932
Arthur Milner 1932-1947
J Wolstenholme 1947-1954
Ridley Dobson 1954-1973
Robert Falconer 1973-1981
Ken McKenzie 1981-1993
Gillian Coop 1994-Present
 
Rehearsal Venues
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Chronological List of Rehearsal Venues of the N.O.S.

1877-1878 Mr. J F Ayton's house, 9 Osborne Terrace; Mechanics' Institute, New Bridge Street
1878 Academy of Arts, Blackett Street
1878-1880 The Society's Rooms, 10 Market Street
1880-1881 Bath Lane School rooms, Bath Lane
1881-1886 Surgeons' Hall, Victoria Street, Westmorland Road
1886-1890 The Berwick Club, Pilgrim Street
1890-1896 The Johnson Laboratory, Durham College of Science in Newcastle
1897-1914 Lovaine Hall, Geographical Institute
1914-1915 The Drawing Room Cafe, Northumberland Street
1915-1919 No rehearsals during the war years
1919-1939 King's Hall, Armstrong College of Science
1939-1945 No rehearsals during the war years
1945-1949 All Saints Church, Northumberland Road
1950-1955 St. Jude's Church Hall, Shieldfield
1955-1961 Trinity Hall, Northumberland Road
1962-1971 Snow Street School
1972-1974 St. Mary's Convent, Fenham
1974-1993 Trinity Hall, Northumberland Road (Newcastle Polytechnic)
Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend
Wallsend Library, North Shields Library
West End Resource Centre, Benwell
St. George's Church Hall, Jesmond
South Gosforth Primary School
1994-Present Central High School Music Building