| Variations of Name | The Rosabel Watson Orchestra | Æolian Ladies' Orchestra |
| Biography | The Aeolian Ladies Orchestra was the first all-female Orchestra in the UK.
It was founded by Rosabel Watson. She was mentioned in The Common Cause, a Suffragist newspaper, in 1910 where, at a reception for the President and Council of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies given by Lady Frances Balfour,
.Miss Rosabel Watsons orchestra will give a programme of music. Miss Watsons band is composed largely, if not entirely, of ardent suffragists who are also excellent artistes
The Aeolian Ladies Orchestra was the first all-female Orchestra in the UK.
Watson was a double bass player, a viola player and also was described as the best woman horn-player in England; evidently she was an excellent all-round musician. |