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Radio Somerset,4 mins

New orchestra performs for refugees in Somerset

Claire Carter on BBC Radio Somerset

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Taunton Welcomes Refugees hosted the Chamber Orchestra of the West's first concert. The orchestra's artistic director Jacqueline Shave wants to perform for communities in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall which aren't used to hearing live music. Reporter Ruth Bradley talks to Jacqueline, Simon Forrester from Taunton Welcomes Refugees and Kotob Daoud, a Syrian refugee who played his oud for the other musicians.

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