Mannheim University Orchestra
We are a symphony orchestra of roughly 60 members consisting mainly of students from the University of Mannheim, but also students from other higher education institutions in Mannheim as well as working people from the region. Every semester we develop an exciting concert program, performing works from the First Viennese School (“Wiener Klassik”) to music from the 20th century.
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Take part!
The university orchestra invites all music lovers! Just contact our conductor Manus O'Donnell via e-mail at, so that we get to know each other. Everyone is welcome with us – no matter whether you are a student of the university or other higher education institutions in Mannheim or whether you are working.
Rehearsals and Auditions
Rehearsals are every Monday evening from 7:30 to 10 p.m. There are no rehearsals during semester breaks.
To join the orchestra, you have to audition at the beginning of each semester – Dates will be announced at a later date. Follow the orchestra's social media channels to stay up-to-date.
Dates winter semester 2025
Rehearsals begin: Monday, 8.9.2025
Rehearsal weekend: 31.10–2.11. 2025, Weikersheim
Dress rehearsal: Saturday, 22.11.2025, Aula
Concerts:
Sunday, 23 November, 5 p.m.
Monday, 24 November, 8 p.m.
Program:
to be announced
Concert impressions from 11 May 2025
with Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor (soloist: Yu-Mi Kim) and Strauss's overture “The Gypsy Baron”
Contact
Conductor: Manus O'Donnell, E-mail: manus.orchestergooglemail.com