The Cherwell Orchestra

is based on players in the Banbury and Brackley area and was founded in 1985 under its present director, mainly to provide an orchestra to accompany local choral societies. They have played for choirs based in Banbury, Bloxham, Brackley, Chipping Norton, Eynsham, Stanton Harcourt, Northampton, Shipston-on-Stour and Wellingborough.