THE SOUTH WEST SINFONIETTA, as one of the leading professional orchestras in the South West since 1993, is continuing to enhance its reputation under President Julian Lloyd Webber and conductor Tim Boulton . The Orchestra chooses programmes to cover a wide range of styles, from the Baroque to the 20th Century, as illustrated in the two highly acclaimed, digitally recorded CDs of ‘In Concert’ performances.

The SWS regularly holds workshops and master-classes, encourages young rising soloists, and commissions new works from composers in the South West. Guest soloists have included Natalie Clein (cello), Mark Bebbington (piano), Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Mary Owen and Judith Hall (flute), Elizabeth Jane Baldry (harp), Alison Stephens (classical mandolin), Craig Ogden (classical guitar) and Peter Fisher (violin), who premiered 'Mariposas', a composition written especially for him by John Dankworth.

The Orchestra is recognised by the Arts Council England, South West, for the important contribution it makes to all aspects of classical music in the Region.