It’s always positive when research for a piece leads down some rather unexpected roads. Before writing for the Thame Chamber Choir, and the associated children’s choir TCC2, I would have thought myself rather unlikely to be delving into 13th Century liturgical chant, or the pronunciation of Middle English. Yet, here I was, following the learned Dr James Cook of the University of Nottingham/Cambridge University round the library as he pulled hefty tomes from the shelves.
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Post date: Friday, 25 September 2015 - 12:26pm
Adopt a Composer 2014, Michael Betteridge with the Cobweb Orchestra.
Post date: Friday, 25 September 2015 - 12:04pm
An update on the Cor World Choir event taking place in Cardiff on Saturday 21 May 2016 and how to register.
Post date: Friday, 25 September 2015 - 11:25am
Making Music presents an exciting opportunity with Brighton Early Music Festival for our members to programme an early music ensemble and receive a substantial subsidy towards their fees
Post date: Thursday, 24 September 2015 - 5:48pm
In his first diary column for Classical Music, roving critic Michael White has mixed feelings as he reacquaints himself with the Albert Hall and goes from the sublime to the riotous during a musical sojourn in the south of France.
Post date: Thursday, 24 September 2015 - 4:48pm
Friday Afternoons is a project to get kids singing on the Friday nearest Britten’s birthday in November. New songs and free resources are provided each year.
Post date: Tuesday, 22 September 2015 - 12:00am
I hope it is not too patronising to call Thame a quintessentially English market town. Some of it is, after all, quite literally out of scenes from Midsomer Murders.
Post date: Saturday, 19 September 2015 - 12:00am
Adopt a Composer 2015, Neil Tòmas Smith
Post date: Sunday, 13 September 2015 - 12:00am
Sunday afternoon, Chesham Bois near Amersham (Bucks) I met CYCO for the first time...
Post date: Saturday, 12 September 2015 - 12:33pm
Adopt a Composer 2014, Mark Carroll reflects on his journey
