SWON Goes to the Isle of Wight on a tour that was postponed for 2 years due to the Covid Pandemic. We have very successful concerts in Cowes and Shanklin.
SWON appoints a new musical director, Dwight Pile-Gray, in October 2021
SWON resumes full band rehearsals and a normal term schedule.
As restrictions ease, SWON gets back to playing in smaller, socially-distanced groups for a short summer term.
In an effort to keep playing during the lockdowns, SWON band members take on at-home challenges to record and share music from around the world and different genres.
As with many other organisations, SWON suspends planned programme and rehearsals due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
After several successful years with Matthew Hardy, SWON welcomes a new musical director; Christopher Braime.
SWON celebrates 20 years and premieres Vortex, a work commissioned by the orchestra and composed by Leo Geyer. Read more about Vortex here.
Following our successful collaboration in 2017, SWON invited Formby Band to London and, alongside Finchley Children’s Music Group, reprised a performance of To The Stars!
SWON has a very successful tour to Poole & Bournemouth, playing open-air concerts in Poole town centre, at Upton Country Park and on Bournemouth Lower Gardens bandstand.
