# City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096457
- **Other names:** CAMBRIDGE STRING PLAYERS, CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 11, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1096457


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 Cavendish Avenue, CAMBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** CB1 7US
- **Phone:** 07544 841597
- **Email:** info@ccso-online.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ccso-online.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS (&quot;THE OBJECTS&quot;) ARE (1)  THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF MUSIC, FOR EXAMPLE BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: BY HOLDING CONCERTS AND LECTURES ABOUT MUSIC TO WHICH THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ADMITTED WHETHER ON PAYMENT OR OTHERWISE; BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC BY AMATEUR PLAYERS OF STRING INSTRUMENTS; BY ISSUING PUBLICATIONS CONDUCTIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION; AND/OR BY UNDERTAKING AND EXECUTING ANY CHARITABLE TRUSTS ESTABLISHED OR CONSTITUTED WHOLLY FOR PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION, STUDY OR PRACTICE OF MUSIC: AND (2)  TO PROMOTE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING YOUNG MUSICIANS, BEING PERSONS OF MODERATE OR LIMITED MEANS, IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING.

**Activities:** City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra has around 60 playing members; holds rehearsals; performs six public concerts in West Road Concert Hall Cambridge in a normal season; publishes programmes and publicity materials in the Cambridge area and online.  Young soloists are engaged for most of the concerts, and a young conductor&#x27;s competition has recently been held.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** CAMBRIDGE.
- Cambridgeshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **David William Bartlett** | Chair | June 19, 2018 |
| Dr Alexander William Nigel Reid |  | May 10, 2022 |
| Dr John Roger Petter |  | March 14, 2023 |
| Hugo Jonathan Verner Macey |  | June 10, 2025 |
| SHEILA VON RIMSCHA |  | May 22, 2012 |




