Schools Music Project 2010
04/09/2010 05:51
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At last – March 2010 and the sun was actually shining and the crocus blooming in Norwich to greet Chroma who arrived from London to bring – it seemed – Spring! – as well as music workshops and a concert to six Norwich schools.
The structure is for the schools to attend a free classical music concert at the John Innes. This is preceded by a workshop in each school over a period of three days when the Chroma talk about their instruments and the music. The only cost for the schools is their transport to and from the concert.
The theme this year was “Fairy Tales” including Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite as well as Rory Boyle's Cinderella (based on the Roald Dahl version). Chroma is a group of professional musicians well known to Music Club members They comprised their leader Stuart King (clarinet) Yevgeny Chebykin (horn) Julian Sperry (flute) Martin Cousin (piano and drum!) Emma Harding (bassoon) and Clare Hoskins (oboe plus actions for Sleeping Beauty) An additional non playing Chroma member this year was Angie Wallis who brought her acting skills to the role of narrator in Cinderella.
Schools participating this year were primary schools Eaton, Cringleford V A, Bignold, Tuckswood and Bluebell plus West Earlham Junior. Although numbers for the concert are limited by the capacity of the concert hall at 329, for the workshops in schools we were able to reach an estimated 450 children and their teachers.
Read more at www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk
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BBC Radio 3 Broadcasts of Recent Concerts
04/02/2010 02:19
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Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Concerts will be broadcast on BBC RADIO 3
Afternoon on 3 - Lunchtime Concerts 2010
Wednesday 14th April at 1pm (recorded 20th March)
Kieckman Society Concert Clara Mouriz | mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton | piano
Sitkovetsky Trio Alexander Sitkovetsky | Leonard Elschenbroich | Wu Quan)
RAVEL Shéhérazade
CHAUSSON - Piano Trio in G minor, Op.3
GRANADOS – La Maja Dolorosa
Thursday 15th April at 1pm (recorded 23rd January)
Borodin Quartet
BRAHMS – String Quartet No.2 in A minor Op.51/2
TCHAIKOVSKY – String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op.22
This concert is being recorded by BBC Radio 3 for transmission at 1pm on Friday 16th April.
Guarneri Piano Trio
BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1/3
BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio in D, Op.70/1 “Ghost”
Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Club
02/23/2010 06:27
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Main concerts shown on our web site take place at the John Innes Centre, a modern 300-seat concert hall ideally suited to chamber music acoustics, with comfortable seats and excellent sight lines. There is ample free parking. The Centre is located within Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, on the western side of the city near the University of East Anglia campus and NHS Trust Hospital. To see a location map click here. Tickets for these concerts are on sale to the general public.
The club also promotes a series of concerts for subscribing members only in The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, Norfolk.
The club receives grants from Norwich City Council and Norfolk County Music Fund.
The club also acknowledges generous assistance from the Town Close Estate and Anquish Educational Trusts, the Paul Bassham Trust, Sir Peter Seaman Charity, Norman’s Foundation, East of England Co-Operative Society, as well as donations from many private individuals.
The club is a member of Making Music, which supports amateur performing and promoting uk societies.
General enquires about the club should be made to the Secretary by email at rrowe@paston.co.uk
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Membership for 2009/10 season costs £12 (students under 25 free)
Season Ticket for 2009/10 (15 concerts and annual membership) costs £150 (students under 25, £60)
Guarneri Trio / Beethoven series 3 concerts £39
Application/Renewal Forms for 2009/2010 season should reach the Hon. Membership Secretary by 1/9/2009. A brochure which is mailed to members in June and is available at information points and entertainment venues throughout the Norwich and the county or through the Membership Secretary.
