sentences:  The orchestra's Music Director is conductor and former trombonist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Bassano.The CRSO has 60 playing members, both amateur and professional musicians, who perform concerts at The Central Theatre, Chatham, and other venues in Kent.Recent concerts include a joint performance with Rochester Choral Society in Rochester Cathedral, with a programme that included Brahms's "Schicksalslied" and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.