Connecting
The ABO connects member to member and the wider industry through networking opportunities, keeping them well-informed and up-to-date with best practice to help build resilience and financial sustainability
The ABO represents the collective interests of professional orchestras, youth ensembles and the wider classical music industry throughout the UK.
The ABO has published a briefing outlining the key issues affecting the UK’s orchestral sector following publication of the EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement.
Are you passionate about orchestral music? Keen to use your professional skills to make a difference? Could you help orchestras to reach a wider and more diverse audience? Would you like to work with others to evolve an art form and the way it connects with society? The Association of British Orchestras (ABO), the representative body for the UK’s orchestral sector, is recruiting new Co-opted Board members. It is actively looking to welcome a diverse range of talents, fresh thinking and lived experience that is representative of the UK communities orchestras connect with to join its dynamic Board. Co-opted board members are appointed by the Board to bring skills and expertise from outside the ABO’s core membership.
Director of the BBC Philharmonic, Simon Webb, has been elected as the new Chair of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO). He succeeds Gavin Reid, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.