It is a non-professional orchestra based in Leeds, Yorkshire, with a membership of around 80 players.
Up to ten concerts a year are given at venues including Leeds, Knaresborough, Wetherby and Horsforth.
The orchestra's repertoire in recent years has ranged from seventeenth-century music to present-day works.
He introduced a notable quantity of French music into the orchestra's repertoire, for which the French government appointed him Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1993.
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