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Ulster Orchestra at Townsend EHOD 2025

32 Townsend Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT13 2ES
Ulster Orchestra at Townsend EHOD 2025

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Visit the home of the Ulster Orchestra on Townsend Street! Join us on Saturday 13 September from 11:00 to 14:30 as we open the doors to our beautiful Grade B+ listed building, formerly Townsend Street Presbyterian Church, where the orchestra has been based since 2022.

Built in 1878 and designed in Romanesque revival style by the remarkable Belfast firm Young and MacKenzie, Townsend Street Presbyterian Church has stood at the heart of the community for almost 150 years, and was once the centre of a thriving network of national schools which served the local area. Find out more about this fascinating history with a talk and mini-tour of the church building with our Heritage Officer at 11:15 and hear expert local guide Frank Higgins, who grew up and lives in the area, talk about the history of Townsend Street, and those shaped it.Frank will give two talks exploring different aspects of Townsend’s history at 11:45 and 12:45. There’ll also be music of course, with two very special performances from orchestra players at 12:15 and 13:15.

As part of this year’s EHOD theme: ‘Architectural Heritage: Past Structures, Future Connections’ we will celebrate our site’s architectural treasures, including beautiful stained glass windows by Wilhelmina Geddes and Ethel Rhind, members of the pioneering Dublin cooperative studio An Túr Gloine (The Tower of Glass). We will also look ahead to the building’s future, as through generous support from the Foyle Foundation and National Lottery Heritage Fund, the orchestra has embarked on a project to create a rehearsal space and music learning and community engagement hub to remove barriers to music for all.

Our European Heritage Open Day this year will offer a unique opportunity to explore the building as it stands today before restoration and renovation works begin in 2026. 

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