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.

A fisheye photo of the Saffron Hall auditorium

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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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Piano Day

Join us on Sat 29 March for a celebration of the piano across Saffron Walden

Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy

Behind-the-scenes with English Touring Opera

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1945: A Kind of Haunting

Friday 28 March 2025, 7.30pm
80 years after the end of WWII, we hear musical responses from then and now

Brad Kella

Saturday 29 March 2025, multiple performance times
The winner of Channel 4's 'The Piano', joins us at Saffron Walden Town Hall for a truly unique performance

Martin James Bartlett

Saturday 29 March 2025, 4pm
A programme that showcases the piano's extraordinary range of expression from 2014's BBC Young Musician of the Year