West Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA
020 7759 1060
info@abo.co.uk
Porterage categories
Group A - Double Bass, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar
Group B - Bass saxophone, Contra Bassoon, Tuba
Group C - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet + 1 additional wind instrument, Trombone + 1 other brass instrument, French Horn + 1 other brass instrument, 2 Saxophones, Cello
Group D - Harp, Kit Drums, Percussion instruments, Timpani, Organ, Electronic keyboards
ABO Category 1 Orchestras
The highlighted orchestras below are members of the ABO, but also have their own Collective Agreements. Their links will take you to the appropriate Collective Agreement page.
- Academy of Ancient Music
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Arcangelo
- Aurora Orchestra
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
- Britten Sinfonia
- Chineke! Orchestra
- City of London Sinfonia
- Dunedin Consort
- English Baroque Soloists
- English Chamber Orchestra - MU steward is Andrew Sutton
- The English Concert
- Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Glyndebourne Sinfonia
- The Hanover Band - MU steward is Bob Farley
- London Chamber Orchestra
- London Contemporary Orchestra
- London Mozart Players
- London Philharmonic Orchestra - MU Steward is Fiona Higham
- London Sinfonietta
- London Symphony Orchestra - MU Steward is Patrick Laurence
- Manchester Camerata
- Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
- Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Orchestra of The Sixteen
- Orchestra of St Johns
- Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
- Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
- Philharmonia Orchestra - MU steward is Soong Choo
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - MU steward is Peter Graham
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra - MU steward is Cerys Ambrose Evans
- Sinfonia Verdi
Where an MU steward is not listed against one of these orchestras, the role of steward is currently vacant. If you work at one of these orchestras and are interested in discussing the role of MU steward, please contact orchestral@themu.org.