PERHAPS THEY´LL LISTEN NOW ?

PERHAPS THEY´LL LISTEN NOW ? the late Steve Goodman Forty years ago we were just a pair of collaborative songwriters amongst several others at our local folk clubs. Among those we hugely admired but who, like us, had careers and families…

Classical Festival, six concerts: two free

Festival Internacional de Musica de Canarias The 36th yearly edition of Festival Internacional de Musica de Canarias (FIMC) will be here on the islands of Lanzarote and La Graciosa as early as January and February to offer six of the concerts…
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THE VICTORIA STRING QUARTET by Graham Marshall

VICTORIA STRING QUARTET by Graham Marshall The Victoria String Quartetplayed at Heywood Civic Hall for Rochdale Music Society The Victoria String Quartet contains some of the most experienced chamber musicians in the UK. The four players…
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ALCHEMY, FUSION AND FUNDING

ALCHEMY, FUNDING AND FUSION Back in the UK I was occasionally involved in successful crowd funding campaigns. For instance, we raised a required six thousand pounds to script, cast, direct and produce a film to be used in schools to examine…

LENDANEAR TO MUSIC

LENDANEAR: NOW AND THEN I fell in love with poetry through listening to the lyrics of old songs my dad would sing as he drove the family on weekend trips throughout my childhood such as On The Street Where You Live, Unforgettable and A…

CORNETS, CLARINETS AND BIG TROMBONES

OLDHAM BAND (LEES) LIVE AND ON C.D. Editor´s Notes. Any of our readers who have been following the Oldham Band (Lees) on http://www.oldhamband.co.uk/ will be aware that they have recently been attaching achievements to their ambitions.…

SEEKING A PLACE IN THE CHOIR

SING MISS MELODY, SING A recent enquiry led us down new Sidetracks and Detours and gave us this idea for this new post. It also took me hurtling back in time all across the arts to the days when afternoons in Manchester city centre were…
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TRONDHEIM VOICES CALLING OCCUPANTS

A MOMENT IN A UNIVERSE They will soon have been in existence for twenty years and in that time have become widely famed as a vocal group delivering improvised performances in the jazz genre. The Norwegian group, Trondheim Voices, were formed…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: with VERONIKA SHOOT, classical pianist

VERONICA SHOOT, CONCERT PIANIST She was, when only six years old, predicted by Lord Yehudi Menuhin as ´destined to become a great pianist´ and Veronika Shoot is now identified by distinguished musicians and audiences alike as ´one of…

BRIGHT NEW DAWN FOR OLD MUSIC

BRIGHT NEW DAWN FOR OLD MUSIC In 2019 The Rochdale Music Society (RMS) is celebrating forty years of promoting great music performances by excellent artists. Graham Marshallmusician composerwriter all across the arts regularly receives…