The Dalhousie University Orchestra performs several different roles. Primarily a training orchestra, this ensemble performs approximately four concerts per year with varied repertoire from the Baroque to Contemporary periods. It takes the role of accompaniment for student concerto performances and for fully staged opera productions, performs with choir, and performs as a full symphonic ensemble. Directed by Professor Philippe Djokic, the orchestra also has invited guest conductors to take the podium. Regular rehearsals are once a week and performances take place on the Dalhousie University campus at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium and the Sir James Dunn Theatre.
Membership is open to members of the community by audition.