About

Saffron Hall is an award-winning concert hall uniquely located on the campus of Saffron Walden County High School. Built with the generous support of the Yellow Car Charitable Trust, Saffron Hall has become a vibrant, pioneering model of community cultural provision and arts education since its opening in November 2013.

The Hall is a dual-use space, operating as both the school hall and as a world-class performance space, hosting some of the finest cultural experiences in the country, including both world-class and local soloists, folk and jazz ensembles, orchestras, dance and opera. Our critically acclaimed acoustic attracts world-renowned artists to the stage including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Kathryn Tickell, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, The Hallé, Nicola Benedetti and Jess Gillam, to name a few.

Our schools and community programme brings opportunities to experience and participate in the performing arts to people of all ages and backgrounds. Our work includes a programme of performances, open rehearsals, side-by-side workshops, and masterclasses for both primary and secondary school students, and pioneering community initiatives including Together in Sound, our music therapy project for people living with dementia and their companions and Come Together building an intergenerational creative community across Uttlesford and beyond.

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Our partners

Exterior of Saffron Walden County High School

Saffron Walden County High School

Saffron Hall is built within the grounds of Saffron Walden County High School, a local comprehensive of exceptional quality.
Three smiling Britten Sinfonia players chat mid-rehearsal holding their instruments

Resident Orchestras

Discover more about our Resident Orchestras Britten Sinfonia and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Teenagers holding sheet music smiling

Saffron Centre for Young Musicians

SCYM provides emerging musicians aged 5-18 in the East of England with unique opportunities for music tuition

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Ten for £10

Celebrate our 10th Birthday with £10 tickets
Group of young women and non-binary musicians hold their instruments in a school classroom

Summer wins from Saffron Centre for Young Musicians

We caught up with Kate Llewellyn, Head of our partner organisation Saffron Centre for Young Musicians, about their eventful summer.

Actors Charlotte Ritchie & Karl Queensborough join Aurora Orchestra at Saffron Hall

Charlotte Ritchie (Call the Midwife, Ghosts) and Karl Queensborough (Hamilton in the West End) join the orchestra for a dramatisation of the origins of the piece, reliving the scenes of its creation and its notorious concert premiere.

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SWCHS Prospective Year 7 Students’ Open Evening

Thursday 28 September 2023, multiple performance times
This event is only for the parents and carers of children currently in Year 6 along with their Year 6 child
Black and white photo of Christian Tetzaff stood against a white wall playing his violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Dvořák Symphony No.7

Friday 29 September 2023, 7.30pm
A programme full of the rhythms, dances and melodies of central and eastern Europe and a visit from one of the world’s great violinists
Alex Mendham stands in front of a big band group in a mint green 20s style room

Alex Mendham & His Orchestra

Saturday 30 September 2023, 7.30pm
The glamour, charm and white-tie elegance of Hollywood’s golden age recreated for our times