On the 15th of December SHOT and Qharmony, the student orchestra from Nijmegen gave an awesome concert. The concert took place at the University of Applied Sciences of Arnhem and Nijmegen.

According to a lot of music lovers, music is timeless. Therefore music and time go hand in hand. This autumn the student wind orchestra SHOT has brought time and music even closer in their concert SHOT travels through time. The past, present and future segued in the pieces SHOT has performed.

In the piece The Sunken Village by Philip Sparke SHOT travels back to the Middle Ages. It is a symphonic poem based on the medieval legend about the town Vineta. According to this story Vineta was taken down into the Baltic Sea as a punishment for its immoral inhabitants. The piece Stone Age by Thomas Doss is a journey through three periods in human history: the Stone Age, The Middle Ages and the Modern Age. Moreover, Philip Sparke lets us take a glance into the future with his piece Two-Part Invention. Two soloists will show what beautiful inventions their instruments are. This provides hope that in the future equally great inventions will be done.

On the 3rd of October was the half-yearly ALV of SHOT. Half of the board is changed. Pelle, Tanja and Niels said goodbye and Lotte, Mark and Jurgen joined the board. We now have a new secretary, Lotte, a new treasurer, Mark and a new music commissioner, Jurgen! The evening was celebrated with a beer in the sports canteen. We wish the new board good luck and lots of fun!

The composition of the new board is as follows:

Stijn Hulshof - Chairman

Lotte Immink - Secretary

Mark Swinkels - Treasurer

Anke Meesters - General member

Jurgen Grotentraast – Music commissioner

Unfortunately, due to the Corona virus the concert of SHOT and the Littleton High School Orchestra at the 21st of March is cancelled. People who already purchased tickets will get their money refunded.

Are you new in Enschede and looking for a nice orchestra to join? The student orchestra Twente, or SHOT, rehearses on Thursdays at 20.00h in the Audiozaal at the Vrijhof, located at the campus.

The open rehearsels will take place on the 6th of February and the 13th of February 2020. The rehearsels start at 20:00 and end at 22:30.

If you want to join (one of) the open rehearsels, please send an email to secretaris@shot.utwente.nl