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Summer Concerts 2023

KAO had a busy summer welcoming a Ukrainian accordionist virtuoso to our concert in Hungerford, entertaining the public in the band stand at Swindon’s Town Gardens and a trip to Bournemouth to join our friends in Dorset Accordion Orchestra for a joint concert. Read our report here


Concert at St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford October 2022

The Orchestra was thrilled to be asked to preform in the lovely setting of Hungerford Church........more


Bandstand Concert at Town Gardens Swindon June 2022

On Sunday 19th. June the Orchestra played in the Bandstand...................more


Concert at Town gardens Swindon

The Orchestra played its first outdoor concert since the covid pandemic started...........more


Hadcaf Concert 2021

On Wednesday 7th July the Orchestra.............................................................more


May 2019 Newsletter

The Kennet Accordion Orchestra has had a busy few months.....................more


Summer Concerts 2018

The KAO has had a busy summer season.....................................................more


Movies Night Chilton Foliat 2018

On Friday 11th. May, the Orchestra gave a concert at Chilton Foliat............more


New Milton Music Festival 2018

On Saturday March 17th, the Orchestra travelled to New Milton........more


Advent Concert St. Lawrence's Church, Hungerford.

On Friday December 1st, the Orchestra played in St. Lawrences Church Hungerford

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Minehead Summer Tour

Over the weekend of 24/25th June the Orchestra travelled to Minehead........more


Victoria Park,Newbury

On Sunday May 14th, the Orchestra played at Victoria Park,Newbury.........more


New Milton Music Festival 

The Orchestra recently competed in the accordion section of the New Milton Music Festival. .........more


Redwood House Christmas Concert

The audience enjoyed participating in this festive event........more


Deanwood Park Golf Club Charity Concert.

 

The magnificent sum of £1600 was raised at this event.......more


 

Midland Area Accordion Festival

The fourth Midland Area Festival took place at Dudley on 4th/6th Nov. 2016........more


Since August we have played four very different but enjoyable concerts.  

On a warm evening at the end of August the Orchestra played at the 21st. Birthday Party for the daughter of Ronkey, one of the players in the Orchestra.. more


Isle of Wight Tour 2016 - Last year saw the Kennet Accordion Orchestra undertake a hugely successful tour of the Isle of Wight. Following the success, last weekend the orchestra visited the Island to do it all over again – however this time with a selection of different venues.  ... more


Christmas 2015 - KAO had a busy festive season 2015.  They were asked by two local Rotary Clubs to play at their Christmas parties.  Hungerford Rotary Club held their party in the Town Hall in Hungerford and the orchestra entertained them with festive songs and popular pieces, which had them dancing round the tables!  ... more


26/6/15 - Charity concert raises £2000 for Newbury & District Cancer Care Trust

The orchestra were approached to perform this concert in aid of the Newbury and District Cancer Care Trust. The charity is very close to the heart of our bass player Dodie, who has recently been through some intensive chemotherapy and received wonderful support from the trust throughout. ..... more


'Accordions Aweigh' Spring Tour - The orchestra travelled to the Isle of Wight on 1st May for a short spring tour, which saw the players perform four concerts on the island. Our trip coincided with the annual Isle of Arts festival, which features comedy, drama, music, literature, film, photography, painting and sculpture... more


Congratulations to Ray Lewis who recently took his Grade 6 Theory exam. We are delighted to say Ray passed this advanced level with flying colours, achieving 98%. This achievement also results in Ray being awarded the “Sir James Anderton Challenge Shield”, presented by the British College of Accordionists (BCA) to the candidate who achieves the highest mark (in the country) ............. more


Carillon Accordion Festival Eastbourne, Feb 15 - KAO kicked off 2015 with a fantastic weekend away to the south coast, to participate in the Carillon Winter Accordion Weekend. The event arranged by John Romero saw over 100 accordionists from around the UK come together at the Queens Hotel in Eastbourne, for a few days of fun and music ............. more


December 2014 - As another year draws to a close, the orchestra will be looking forward to a festive break after a busy end to 2014. Following some intensive practice, on 1st November the orchestra participated in the Southern Area Accordion Championships in Wimborne ............. more


September 2014 - The KAO has been busy recently with two concerts, a week apart. The first one was on 6th September at the Deanwood Golf Club and was arranged by the Newbury Lions Club to raise money for their Christmas appeal. The concert was enjoyed by about eighty people and raised over £1,000 ............. more


March 2014 - The end of 2013 saw the orchestra complete a busy festive season, performing at a number of concerts, competitions, shows and accordion club events throughout November and December. ............. more


July 2013 - The players are enjoying a well earned rest following an exhilarating weekend which saw KAO performing two concerts, firstly in Devizes on Saturday evening at St Andrews Church, followed by our annual HADCAF concert at Croft Hall, Hungerford on Sunday. ............. more


April 2013 - The orchestra thoroughly enjoyed supporting one of our local charities, performing a concert within the beautiful Assembly Room within Marlborough Town Hall in aid of The Bruce Trust ............. more