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Harvest Music Weekend  />This will take place on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September 2010 The programme is as follows 8.00pm Concert with the Choir of St.Mary's Church Tickets £5  St Mary’s Church has a long history of providing music for services and there is photographic evidence of an established Church Choir in the 1920’s although no written evidence to say how far back it actually goes. In the 1980’s the choir boasted as many as 20 youngsters and visited Cathedrals and Churches in other Parishes as far afield as Scotland and Dorset. Now it has a regular membership of fifteen adults and sings a range of music from Tallis to Taverner and beyond. Peter Hunt—Choirmaster. Peter’s musical career started at the age of six singing with his parents church choir in Scotland and at the age of nine he was awarded a place at the Cathedral Choir School of St Mary’s Edinburgh, where his musical education took off. He sang internationally with the Scottish Opera Chorus and Edinburgh Festival Chorus as well as a number of operatic and choral societies. After moving south in 1979, he took charge of St.Mary’s Choir in 1985. He has taught children to RSCM award winning standards and enjoys nothing better than setting the current choir the challenge of testing music. Children's Workshops 10.00am to 11.00am Storytelling, singing and dancing 11.00am to 11.45am Drumming workshop PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT Entry £2 Saturday 25th 3.00pm to 4.00pm Shanty Workshop featuring Short Drag Roger Entry £2  Come and join in singing the worksongs used in the days of tall ships and tea clippers. After their international summer tour, Short Drag Roger are returning to St Mary’s Church to entertain and educate. You can learn about the different kinds of worksong used and join in with the rousing choruses. Don’t worry if you think your singing isn’t good enough, these men produce lots of volume. The emphasis is on having a go. Short Drag Roger was formed in 2003 and have performed the length and breadth of the country at festivals, pubs and even weddings. Their reputation as one of the finest shanty crews has recently spread across to the Continent and to Ireland. They have recorded 3 CD’s, the latest “Not bobble hats and bling” was recorded here in St Mary’s Church. 8.00pm Folk Concert, featuring Smith & Gardner of Tandara Mandara Jenna Fentimen Troubshort & Turnipseed and Lee Gabel and Kate Saunders Tickets £10   Unfortunately Jim Greenan of Tandara Mandara is unable to perform this weekend so Ben Smith (fiddle) and Chris Gardner (double bass)will be performing part of their repertoire. They will make the evening a memorable one. As Tandara Mandara say “If the soulful sound of the fiddle over a cheeky bouncing rhythm doesn’t get your goat, well...we also have very nice shoes.” Jenna Fentimen delighted the audience at her last appearance in St.Mary's and we look forward to seeing and hearing her again. Troubshort and Turnipseed, aka Pete Orton and Harvey Rhodda are also favourites at St.Mary's having wowed the audience at our last music weekend. Lee Gabel and Kate Saunders with Rhiannon Fentimen will be performing their versions of traditional and contemporary folk music and songs from the British Isles, with guitar, fiddle and voices. Lee and Kate have been favourites at St Mary’s for many years now having performed at both Amnesty International and St Mary’s Folk Concerts. They are pleased to be joined on double bass by the very talented and experienced Rhiannon Fentimen. The programme will be as follows: 8.00-8.20 Smith & Gardener 8.25-8.45 Jenna Fentimen 9.00-9.20 Troubshort & Turnipseed 9.25-10.00 Lee & Kate 3.00pm to 4.30pm Tea Concert featuring Andrew Jarvis (Baritone) and Chamber Group Tickets £5 including afternoon tea  Andrew Jarvis (baritone) is a talented baritone whose talents have been used with English National Opera, English Touring Opera and many others. He is an experienced performer and has sung at the Royal Opera House, Garsington Opera and the Royal Albert Hall as well as other venues. For the concert Andrew will perform a mix of opera and contemporary songs.  Catherine Jarvis (violin) will be leading the chamber group made up of local musicians. The music they will be performing will include the Bach Double Violin Concerto. Catherine is the co-leader and organiser of Ealing Symphony Orchestra. There will be a 30 minute interval when tea will be served. 5.30pm Taize Service and end of the Music Weekend with Sam Richards and Ian Cohen Weekend Tickets £20, or tickets are available for individual events at prices shown above. For more information please contact 01865 891357. |
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