Don't miss the 2010 Conservatoire Folk Ensemble tour!!!

“…tremendously exhilarating (often exhaustingly so!) and joyously life-affirming…

a thoroughly infectious frenzy, a veritable orgy of hyper-energy and orgasmic music-making

that the listener is landed right in the thick of.”

David Kidman - Netrhythms



Friday 21st May Cornerstone, Didcot

Monday 24th May The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham

Wednesday 26th May Leek Arts Festival SOLD OUT

Thursday 27th May The West End Centre, Aldershot

Friday 28th May Lichfield Guildhall

Saturday 29th May Huntingdon Hall, Worcester




Date: 21/5/10

Venue Name: Cornerstone, Didcot

Box Office Number: 01235 515144

Website: www.cornerstone-arts.org

Performance Time: 8pm

Ticket Price: £14, £12.50 (concs), £11.50 (members)



Date: 24/5/10

Venue Name: The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham

Box Office Number: Tickets on the door

Doors open: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: £6

A raucous standing room only gig also featuring The Old Dance School



Date: 26/5/10

Venue Name: The Swan, Leek Arts Festival SOLD OUT

Box Office Number: 01538 483741

Website: www.leekartsfestival.org

Performance Time: 8pm

Ticket Price: £13



Date: 27/5/10

Venue Name: West End Centre, Aldershot

Box Office Number: 01252 330040

Website: www.westendcentre.co.uk

Performance Time: 7pm

Ticket Price:£12.50 (£10 concs under 18s £7.50)



Date: 28/5/10

Venue Name: Lichfield Guildhall
Box Office Number: 01543-262223
Website: www.lichfieldarts.org.uk
Performance Time: 7.30pm
Ticket Price: £12/£11 concs/£10 members £6 students

Also featuring Lichfield’s very own Wildfire Folk



Date: 29/5/10

Venue Name: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

Box Office Number: 01905 611427

Website: www.worcesterlive.co.uk

Performance Time: 8pm

Ticket Price: £14

Carducci Quartet Latest News

Carducci Festival
A few tickets left for concerts at this year's festival. Sunday's finale 3pm concert is sold out, but additional performance at 1pm. Free tickets are also available to children and students. Concert details as follows:


Carducci Festival - Highnam, Glos, UK

Friday 21st May – ‘Death and the Maiden’
7.30pm – Highnam Church

Haydn Op.9 No.4
Moeran String Quartet in Eb
Schubert 'Death and the Maiden'

Saturday 22nd May – ‘Quintets by Candlelight’
7.30pm – Highnam Church

Julian Bliss - clarinet
Weber Clarinet Quintet Op.34 in Bb major
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings K581

Sunday 23rd May - 11am - Gambier Parry Hall
FREE EVENT - FAMILY CONCERT
Join the Carducci Quartet for musical fun and games followed by a chance to ‘paint the music’. Discover the amazing sound world of the string quartet and be creative. Booking is not essential, but please arrive early to be sure of your place. Duration approx 1 hour. Supported by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust.

Sunday 23rd May – 'Fandango Finale'
1pm – Highnam Court Orangery

with Michael O'Toole (guitar)

Programme to include works by Vivaldi, Boccherini and Ginastera.

Concert for Africa Educational Trust at Farncombe

We are delighted to announce a concert at Farncombe in aid of the Africa Educational Trust, AET, to be given in the Gloucester Room in Springfield House at 8.00 pm on Saturday 26 June 2010. William taught in Kenya in 1967 and worked in the south Sudan from 1973 to 1975 and particularly hopes you will support the work of this excellent charity - see www.africaeducationaltrust.org


Pianist and composer Marcel Zidani ( see www.marcelzidani.co.uk) will perform a programme comprising: Chopin - Nocturne No 19 in E minor; Lieberslied; Rachmaninov Prelude OP32 no 13; Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no 2; Mikhashoff - Casta Diva; Chopin - Fantasy Impromptu in c sharp minor and Hungarian Rhapsody No 12.

Tickets: £6 (£4 to AET); Supper £14 (£5 to AET) available from 6.30 in the dining room. Some Saturday night B&B available at Farncombe, £40.


Tickets and, if desired, supper and B&B must be booked in advance. Tel 01386 854100

London Alternative Fringe Festival

The London Alternative Fringe Festival is a celebration of all things Cabaret, Circus, Vaudeville and Burlesque. A showcase of the capitals alternative nightlife running throughout August. In 2010 we’ll be running the festival as part of the London Festival Fringe – a brand new fringe festival for London. If you are involved in London’s alternative nightlife scene in any way, then we want to hear from you!

For more information about the festival and how to get involved please visit - http://www.alternativefringe.com

Contact: Alexander Parsonage info@alternativefringe.com

2010 Chipping Campden Music Festival

The programme for the 2010 Chipping Campden Music Festival is now online - http://www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk .

Win an annual membership to the British music experience

Dayvisits in association with the British Music Experience, Britain’s interactive museum of popular music at The O2, are offering you the chance to win one of five fantastic annual memberships.


Worth £50 each, every member will enjoy-

Unlimited entry without having to queue
Use of their exclusive Green Room, complete with complimentary refreshments
6 free tickets to give to friends and family
Discounts on British Music Experience merchandise and invitations to exclusive British Music Events
To enter the FREE prize draw competition sign-up via the e-news form
http://www.dayvisits.co.uk/news/84/

Blues Concert in Chipping Campden - Connie Lush

Connie Lush & Blues Shouter + The Average Wyatt Band

Saturday 26th September 26th 2009

Chipping Campden School
Tickets £20 (To include a two course dinner)
8.00 p.m. – Midnight (Doors open at 7.00 p.m.)

Licensed Bar provided by The Eight Bells
Tickets available from
Bennetts Fine Wines

Or

William Bennett on: 07817297595
All Profits to the Chipping Campden Music Festival

"That woman makes my heart sing"

BB King

Parish Music Concert 16th May

"Wind music for a summer's evening".

Saturday 16th May 2009 8pm St Nicholas’ Church, Teddington admission £10
(students free)

Trio Ébano makes a welcome return to Parish Music. The group last played for us in November 2004 shortly after their leader, flautist Nicola Shorland, had become Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year. She continues to be a dedicated chamber musician and has acquired an interesting collection of flutes, some of which she will demonstrate at the concert. The programme will also include solos for flute (Debussy’s ‘Syrinx’) and clarinet (‘Tricolour Capers’ by Eric Mandat), duos for flute and clarinet by Rutter, Elgar and Villa-Lobos, and trios by Shostakovich and Mozart.

Nicola is joined in the current ensemble by clarinettist Lucy Tugwell and bassoonist Hannah Wrieden. In 2006 Trio Ébano took their music to Singapore where they performed with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and gave recitals and led workshops in various schools. All the members of the trio value teaching as part of their portfolio. Nicola originally learnt by the Suzuki method with Susie Alington and is now herself an accredited Suzuki Flute teacher.

If you need further information please contact 01386 882060 or Gill Humphrey (01386 881479).

Four World Premieres for Carducci Quartet !

The Carducci Quartet are very excited to be performing four world premieres in 2009. First up is a new string quartet by the Chinese American composer Huang Ruo, for their Carnegie Hall debut on 31st March, in association with the Concert Artist Guild.

On June 17th the Carducci Quartet are thrilled to be performing the world premiere of a new commission, David Matthews' String Quartet No.11. They performed his String Quartet No.10 at the Wigmore Hall to critical acclaim and are delighted to be giving the first performance of his new quartet in London at the 'Proms at St. Judes'.

Next up is a new quartet by Adrian Williams, to be performed at the Presteigne Festival in Wales on the 30th August and finally the Carduccis will join forces with the Brodowski Quartet for the premiere of a new string octet by Simon Rowland-Jones at the North Norfolk Music Festival on Sept 12th. This exciting addition to the octet repertoire will receive it's second performance at the Wigmore Hall on Oct 9th.

Other performances of works by contemporary composers include:
March 14th - 5th Naxos Quartet by Peter Maxwell Davies - Birmingham April 21st - 2nd Quartet by Anthony Powers - Cardiff University May 3rd -5th Quartet by J. Horovitz - Kings Place, London and performances of works by Philip Glass and Huw Watkins.


www.carducciquartet.co.uk

The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble with Joe Broughton

3 Special February Concerts 2009

From riotous 50-piece group to intimate duos and trios (with plenty in between), the shape-shifting Conservatoire Folk Ensemble is a whole festival’s entertainment in one show. Funky arrangements, traditional and original tunes, virtuosic playing, humour, dancing, hats... it’s more fun than anyone deserves!

6th February – The Cross, Moseley
A Spectacular Standing room only warm up gig also featuring Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys, and The Old Dance School! (And a very special surprise guest!)
8pm
£6 on the door but don’t get there too late if you want to get in!

7th February – Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds
7.30pm
£12/£8/£3
0113 343 8730

8th February – Guildhall, Lichfield
8pm
£12 (£11)
01543 262 223

http://www.folkensemble.co.uk/
http://www.joebroughton.com/

Cheltenham Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 2

Cheltenham Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 2
1st – 7th May 2007
Box Office 01242 227979
http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
Tickets for this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival are now on sale!

If you haven’t already booked yours make sure you visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com to read about all the events, order your very own copy of our gorgeous brochure and, of course, to book your tickets.
Our stellar line up offers an eclectic mix of music crammed into seven days. We don’t expect everyone to like all of it – after all, jazz means lots of different things to different people! – but if you’re a music fan and you enjoy great live events, we’re sure you’ll discover plenty of your own highlights. Here are just a sprinkling of ours…

Madeleine Peyroux The festival opens with the smoky voice and poignant tones of Madeleine Peyroux, the French-American singer who took the world by storm last year with her million-selling album, Careless Love.
Charles Lloyd Described by Carlos Santana as an "international treasure", the legendary American saxophonist and free spirit Charles Lloyd joins us with his new quartet and for an exclusive interview.
Marti Pellow The Wet Wet Wet front man turns his honey-toned vocal talents to jazz for a spine-tingling conclusion to the festival.
Koop The kitsch Swedish electronica duo that shot to fame with their albums Waltz For Koop and Koop Islands join us to turn their studio albums into a live experience with the BBC Big Band and guest stars.
The Michael Parkinson Show presents… Presented by the legendary host Michael Parkinson, the weekend kicks off with a live Radio 2 broadcast of classic jazz from special guests including Curtis Stigers, Jane Monheit and Jamie Davis.

Bob Brookmeyer & Eliane Elias Composer, trombonist and all round New York jazz legend Bob Brookmeyer is our artist in residence throughout the festival. For his opening concert, he joins the wonderful Brazilian singer and pianist Eliane Elias for an evening of big band music.

Jerwood Jazz Generation Our rising stars – the young British artists you have seen cutting their teeth at Cheltenham over the last five years – join us for electrifying performances and brand new music. Seb Rochford, Ingrid Laubrock and Gwilym Simcock are just some of the musicians we can’t wait to hear.

How to book tickets
Call the Box Office 01242 227979

To request a brochure call 01242 237377
We look forward to seeing you in May!
The Jazz Festival team