Rodewald Concert Society

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The Rodewald Concert Society (RCS) is a promoter of musical education and chamber music in Liverpool City Region. It was established in 1911 as the Rodewald Concert Club, in memory of Alfred Edward Rodewald, an amateur conductor in Liverpool. It is the second oldest chamber music society in the UK.^{[citation needed]} It changed its name to the Rodewald Concert Society in 1916. Its founding chairman was Ernest Bryson, a composer. Its first Honorary President was Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. The first concert was given by the Rawdon-Briggs String Quartet at the Carlton Restaurant on 16 October 1911.