SHREWSBURY SCHOOL
Music & Arts 58th Season September 2014 to July 2015 1 2 Welcome Welcome to the 58th Season of the Performing Arts at Shrewsbury School. This is a momentous year for the School, as we welcome our first 13- and 14-year-old girls in September 2014. We look forward to the many advantages that full co-education will bring to the School, not least further strength and enhancement to our musical and theatrical performances.
Our own school concerts and plays are at the heart of the season, at which we celebrate the many talents of current pupils. Galin Ganchev, who has entranced audiences during his time at Shrewsbury with his dazzling piano playing, will give an evening recital and will also perform Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the School Orchestra. There is a wonderful chance to hear some of our talented young performers at the Wigmore Hall in London in February, and to hear the Chapel Choir singing Evensong at two of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings in the country.
At the heart of the first part of our series lies Dr Charles Burney, one of Shrewsbury School’s greatest sons, writer, author, composer, traveller and friend to many 18th century luminaries. 2014 is the Bicentenary of his death, and the Salomon Quartet will lead the commemorations of his long and productive life. The St Cecilia Weekend concerts celebrate Burney and his times, and will include a fascinating illustrated lecture on the man himself. Our Community Choir will also join with pupil choristers and soloists to perform Mozart’s wonderful C Major Mass, the Missa Longa.
In February the Community Choir will join Alex Mason and choristers from prep schools and our own Chapel Choir in Alex LeStrange’s ‘Ahoy!’, a worthy successor to last year’s stunning performance of his exuberant work, ‘Zimbe!’.
Highlights of our professional season include a recital by Laura van der Heijden, the great British Jazz giant Jason Rebello, and another in our series of celebrity piano recitals, this time by the wonderfully talented Angela Hewitt. As ever, our partnership with the Shropshire Music Trust is key to our concert series, and we are delighted to welcome the Trust back again after many years of some wonderful performances.
We look forward to welcoming you to many of our wonderful occasions. The Shrewsbury Team promise you the warmest of welcomes whenever you can be with us.
John Moore Director of Music
3 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL - MASTER SCHOOL MAP
Art School Chapel
Alington Hall
Maidment Auditorium Ashton Theatre
4 How to book
Online: Please note that we now have a very simple to use, online booking system that enables you to book and pay for your tickets in advance online. To avoid disappointment, please do book early.
Please visit www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk
By Post/In Person: Please send details of the tickets that you require along with your address and contact number or email. Enclose a cheque made payable to ‘Shrewsbury School Enterprises’ together with a SAE and post to:
Darren Wood, Events Manager, Shrewsbury School, The Schools, Shrewsbury SY3 7BA
By Telephone: 01743 280812 By Email: [email protected]
Booking for Shropshire Music Trust Events: Tickets may be purchased online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/smt or in person/post from Windband, 9 Greyfriars Rd, Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury SY3 7EN 01743 367482
See page 16 for further information www.shropshiremusictrust.co.uk
5 6 Gift Vouchers Event Sponsorship and Hospitality Opportunities Gift Vouchers are available for SSMA events and can be purchased by If you would be interested to have contacting Darren Wood at the your business, organisation or name address below. Vouchers can be associated with Shrewsbury School’s purchased for £8, £10, £12 and £16. music events then do please consider sponsoring one of our high calibre Group Discounts & performances. School Offers We offer a variety of sponsorship Discounts are available on all packages where we can promote Shrewsbury School Musical Activities your brand, organisation or kindness events for groups of 10 or more. at a level to suit you. You can have Shrewsbury School is also committed your name on all of the promotional to building links with other schools and literature and press communications is always more than happy to discuss associated with the event including special rates for parties from schools posters, press releases, programmes, that would like to attend our events. website promotion and promotion at the concert itself. Mailing List & Email Communication Alternatively if you would like to entertain your clients, family, friends Why not keep in touch with or associates then why not speak to forthcoming events at Shrewsbury us about our hospitality packages School by registering your interest which include free tickets, reserved and receive news updates from the concert seating, canapés and drinks School. Email or phone Darren Wood receptions if required. with your preferred method of communication.
Please contact Darren Wood to discuss sponsorship and hospitality opportunities in more detail on 01743 280812 or email [email protected] 7 Shrewsbury School Charities
During the 58th Season of Music & Arts at This year the School continues to support two Shrewsbury the School’s student-led Charities main charities, The Shewsy (our Youth Club Committee will once again be organising retiring in Everton) and Medic Malawi which runs a collections following a number of our FREE to hospital and orphanage in Malawi. This year the attend concerts. student-led Charities Committee has also chosen to support The Brain Tumour Charity, Rosie’s We hope that if you have enjoyed one of our free Rainbow Fund (music therapy for sick children), concerts, you will be happy to help support the Riding for the Disabled and The Ark (helping School’s fundraising efforts by popping a few the homeless in Shrewsbury). coins or a note into the collection bucket at the end of the concert. For further information on our Charities Committee please contact Lesley Drew at You can be assured that every penny that is [email protected] collected will go into our charities account and be distributed to the School’s nominated charities for the School year.
The Charities Committee work very hard with their fundraising. Last year they amassed an amazing £35,000 with a total of 24 charities benefitting from the monies raised.
8 FRIENDS OF SSMA
Join the Friends of Shrewsbury School Musical Activities
If you enjoy attending concerts and recitals at Shrewsbury School then why not get more involved by joining the ‘Friends of SSMA’?
Our Friends make a significant contribution to the concert season at Shrewsbury, and enable us to schedule many high-quality concerts. This gives parents, pupils and the local community a chance to enjoy a huge range of prestigious events given by eminent national and international musicians.
Benefits of becoming a Friend of Shrewsbury School Musical Activities include reserved concert seating if required, FREE online booking, regular email updates, a copy of our Music & Arts Brochure and an invitation to a special Friends annual dinner with canapés and champagne on arrival followed by an evening concert.
The cost of annual Friends of SSMA membership is just £15 for a single membership and £25 for a double membership. For details and to join our Friends please call Darren Wood on 01743 280812 or purchase your Friends of SSMA Subscription online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool
9 Shrewsbury School Community Choir
Shrewsbury School Community Choir has Our next concerts include appearances over been in existence for over 30 years. The non- the Saint Cecilia weekend in late November auditioning parent Choir fluctuates between and our annual performance of Handel’s 100 – 130 members, with a smaller group Messiah in Shrewsbury Abbey on 23rd forming the Shrewsbury Festival Chorus December. Please check the website for and English Haydn Festival Chorus with information on these and future concerts professional orchestras and soloists. We also www.shropshirecharityconcerts.org.uk have charitable status as Shropshire Charity Concerts supporting the charitable side of Why not consider joining the choir? our activities. No formal connection with Shrewsbury School is required and rehearsals are held We rehearse at the School under John on Monday evenings and more frequently Moore, its Director of Music and Alex Mason, in concert weeks, usually in the Maidment Assistant Director of Music, through the Building at the School. You can contact kind permission of the Headmaster, and us on our websites and more information perform regularly in Alington Hall with the will become available on our forthcoming School Orchestra, and at a number of other Facebook and other social media sites. Shrewsbury and Shropshire venues and in Birmingham.
The Choir’s mission is to advance the study and practice of choral and other music and performing arts, to provide opportunities for high-quality performances for its members and a wide range of other musicians, and through them to foster the musical education, knowledge and enjoyment of the public. In addition to large-scale traditional choral works, we also sing opera and popular modern classical music. 10 FRIDAYS AT 1.30PM Lunchtime Concerts
1.30pm - 2.00pm Maidment Auditorium
All members of the public are warmly invited to come along and support the accomplished Shrewsbury School students at the Friday lunchtime concerts, performed in the Maidment Auditorium each week during term-time from 1.30pm until 2.00pm.
The concerts are of an excellent standard and a fantastic opportunity for many of the School’s extremely talented musicians to perform in public. The concerts are open for anyone to attend and there is no charge for these concerts.
Each concert lasts about half an hour with tea, coffee and biscuits available each week at the end of the concert.
We do hope that you will be able to attend these regular concerts and enjoy the talent that will be performing in the wonderful acoustics of the Maidment Auditorium.
FREE admission 11 THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN PRESENT Romeo & Juliet
Monday 8th September 2014 - 7.45pm Ashton Theatre
Shrewsbury School is proud to welcome The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, performing Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of young love.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men are one of the country’s foremost classical theatre companies, performing Shakespeare’s plays in the style of the original touring players.
Tickets £10/£6 Students from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 12 13 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL New Entrants’ Concert
Saturday 13th September 2014 - 6.30pm Alington Hall
Please come and enjoy the launch of the new Music & Arts Season by welcoming our musical newcomers to the School as they perform their debut concert in the wonderful setting of the Alington Hall.
This is always a very special evening of new talent revealed for the first time by our new Third and Sixth Form entrants.
FREE admission with a retiring collection in aid of Shrewsbury School’s nominated charities.
Tickets from www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk or available on the door. 14 Juice Vocal Ensemble
Thursday 18th September 2014 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
Award-winning experimental vocal trio, Juice perform music from their second album of brilliantly inventive love songs!
Featuring quirky, original works by renowned contemporary classical composers, including Anna Meredith and Dai Fujikura, folk artist Jim Moray and artpop star Micachu, Juice will mix in innovative reworkings of pop love songs - including Guns’n’Roses, Mariah Carey, Erasure and Rihanna, as well as very new pieces written for them by renowned choral composers Gabriel Jackson and Tarik O’Regan, and by UK Beatboxing Champion Shlomo.
Juice visited Shrewsbury last season as part of the Shropshire Music Trust series and Shrewsbury School’s Director of Music John Moore went along to the concert and experienced their high quality vocal performance. John’s comments next morning were simply: “We must have them perform at the School, they truly are amazing.”
‘The 21st century’s answer to the Swingles or the King’s Singers’ The Times “Irrepressible...an all female trio of astonishing variety, spark and brilliance.” Observer “Utterly captivating.” Musical Pointers KINDLY SUPPORTED BY
Tickets £12 Adults/£6 Students from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool Image: ©Danny Price or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 www.turtle-doves.co.uk 15 Shropshire Music Trust www.shropshiremusictrust.co.uk
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTNMENT Europe including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Gasteig Richard Tognetti, Director/Violin in Munich and London’s Southbank Centre. Wednesday 19th October - Alington Hall, 7.30pm Tickets £15 (25 yrs & under £7.00) 18 yrs & under £1.00 Mozart Divertimento in F, K138 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 10 in B minor CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET SERIES II Haydn Violin Concerto No 1 in C Journeys to Enlightenment: Beethove & Shostakovich Grieg (arr Tognetti) Poème érotique In association with Mahler Adagietto Sunday 12th April - Maidment Auditorium, 3.00pm Dvorák Serenade for Strings Mozart Quartet K421 Shostakovich Quartet No8 Tickets £23 (25 yrs & under £11.50) 18 yrs & under £1.00 Beethoven Quartet Op18 No4 Tickets £16 (25 yrs & under £8.00) 18 yrs & under £1.00 The Lilly Grabner Memorial Concert IRELAND TRIO GIDDY GOAT Saturday 14th February - Maidment Auditorium, 3.00pm ENSEMBLE 360 with narrator Polly Ives Ellie Blackshaw - Violin Peter Copley - Cello Sunday 19th April - Maidment Auditorium, 2.30pm Adam Swayne - Piano You’ll love Music in the Round’s new commission -the ideal way to engage young audiences in top-quality music-making. Haydn Piano Trio No 40 (Hob.XV.26) Recommended for age 3+ Ric Grabner Piano Trio No2 Beethoven Piano Trio, Op.70 Tickets Adult £6 Child £3 John Ireland Phantasie Trio No1 (1906) Tickets £14 (25 yrs & under £7.00) 18 yrs & under £1.00 ENSEMBLE 360 Sunday 19th April - Maidment Auditorium, 7.30pm SHE’KOYOKH Mozart Adagio Rondo K617 vocals /clarinet /violin /accordion /guitar/ double bass / Mozart Adagio for Cor Anglais & Strings percussion /mandolin Moazrt Flute Quartet K285 Dvorak Piano Quintet Op81 Saturday 21st February - Alington Hall, 7.30pm Join this unique and innovative group for another specially ‘One of London’s musical treasures, playing the best Balkan curated mixed ensemble programme imbued with their and klezmer music in Britain’(The Evening Standard), special audience rapport. She’Koyokh’s (pronounced ‘shu-koi-ya’) evolution spans the humble origins of busking at East London’s Columbia Road Tickets £16 (25 yrs & under £8.00) 18 yrs & under £1.00 flower market to performing in the famous concert halls of
Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/smt or in person/post from Windband, 9 Greyfriars Rd, Shrewsbury SY3 7EN Tel: 01743 367482 16 17 Wednesday 1st October 2014 Friday 3rd October 2014 Southwell Minster - 5.45pm Myddle Parish Church - 7.30pm
Concert at Myddle Parish Church
Join us for the opportunity to hear some of Shrewsbury School’s talented musicians perform in the beautiful setting of Myddle Parish Church. This concert has become an annual fixture at the kind invitation of Fiona & Richard Wycherley (OS).
Shrewsbury School Chapel Choir sing evensong at Southwell Minster. Do come and support the Chapel Choir singing in one of the most beautiful and historic cathedrals in the UK. Choral music to raise the spirits!
Tickets £5 from Richard Wycherley on 01939 290810 FREE admission or on the door 18 ORGANISED AND SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE WREKIN Charity Concert In aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind & Sight Loss Shropshire
Saturday 4th October 2014 - 7.00pm Maidment Auditorium
This concert is organised and sponsored by The Rotary Club of the Wrekin and marks the start of Guide Dogs Week which is the most important fund raising period of the year for this worthwhile charity.
The concert will feature the Shrewsbury-based choir JIGSAW, Eleanor Roberts (a totally blind violinist who nevertheless plays in the Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra) and FOUR LADIES AND A DOG, a quartet comprising Eleanor and her colleagues from the Orchestra, Sheila Thompson, Diana Whittard and Jackie Preston. 75% of the proceeds from the concert will go to Guide Dogs for the Blind; 25% will go to Sight Loss Shropshire.
There will be a licensed bar open before the concert and during the interval
Ticket price: £8.50 Tickets are available from: Guide Dogs for the Blind Shrewsbury office 01189 838756 Sight Loss Shropshire 01743 210808 Wrekin Rotary Club 01952 254340 19 THE 2014 ANNUAL CHARITY Fashion Show
Saturday 4th October 2014 Alington Hall
Champagne reception – 6.45pm Fashion Show Starts - 7.30pm
The Annual Charity Fashion Show, put together by members of the Sixth Form, is now in its sixth year. However, this year there’s a twist. We will introduce the new Third Form entrants at the end of the show!
The evening is sure to be a great collaboration of entertainment with a champagne reception at 6:45pm and a fashion show that will be showcasing local boutiques’ autumnal collections for 2014 starting at 7:30pm.
We will also have an enticing raffle and interval entertainments, with the best-dressed lady winning a beautiful bouquet!
All proceeds will be split between Brain Tumor UK and Ethiopiaid, both truly worthy causes to us.
Tickets £12/£8 concessions or £6 for students and staff from Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 or at [email protected] 20 KINDLY SUPPORTED BY TURTLE DOVES The Salomon Quartet
Sunday 5th October 2014 Maidment Auditorium
Simon Standage - Violin Catherine Martin - Violin Adam Romer - Viola Andrew Skidmore - Cello
The SALOMON STRING QUARTET, formed in 1982, is established as one of the world’s leading ensembles specialising in the historical performance of the Classical string quartet repertoire. It has toured extensively in Europe, the USA and Canada, the Far East and Australia, as well as making regular appearances at British music festivals and societies. The Quartet has made many radio broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and on European radio stations. Although its principal CD recordings have been of Haydn and Mozart’s string quartets for Hyperion Records, its repertoire covers all the major composers of the Classical period as well as many of their less well known contemporaries.
They will be performing a programme which will be part of our Charles Burney Bi-centennial Memorial programme that celebrates the life and work of the musician, diarist and Old Salopian.
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Tickets £12.50 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 21 Wednesday 8th October 2014 Friday 10th October 2014 Leeds College of Music - 1.00pm Maidment Auditorium - 7.30pm
Senior Sax Quartet An evening of Chamber Music
As part of their prize for being named Chamber Champions in the Performed by François Ragot: Cello, David Joyce: Violin, Fanny Kobus: Pro Corda National Chamber Music Festival in March 2014, the Viola and John Moore: Piano. Senior Saxophone Quartet will be performing as part of the Leeds International Concert Series. François Ragot is recognised as one of the great Catalan cellists, touring internationally as both a soloist and with his own Formations de Chambres des Pays Catalans. François studied at the Royal College of Music in London and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He plays a cello that was crafted for him by his grandfather and played by the great Pablo Casals, who was a major influence on his life.
David Joyce: Violin, François Ragot:Cello and John Moore: Piano.
Further details can be obtained from Maria McKenzie Tickets £10 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool mailto: [email protected] or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 22 Friday 10th October 2014 Sunday 12th October 2014 Ashton Theatre, Shrewsbury School – 7.30pm St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury
The Trojan Women by Euripedes - directed by Jessica Walker Shrewsbury Drapers reception & concert performance 6.30pm – Drinks and Canapés reception The war is over. Beyond the prison walls, Troy and its people burn. 7.30pm – Concert A modern adaptation of Euripides’ tragedy performed and directed by Upper Sixth students from Shrewsbury School. Shrewsbury Drapers’ Company present a Drinks Reception and Musical Soirée performed by the talented musicians of Shrewsbury School in St Alkmund’s Church.
This year’s concert is being held in aid of the Shrewsbury Drapers Almshouses.
Free admission – please reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool Tickets £20 (to include a drink on arrival) or Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 from Jan Boyd on 07967 672523 23 24 25 26 Friday 17th October 2014 Friday 7th November 2014 Alington Hall – 6.30pm The Tabernacle, Machynlleth – 7.30pm
The Annual House Singing Competition Shrewsbury School in Concert at the Tabernacle
The House Singing Competition is one of the most popular events A great opportunity to hear some of Shrewsbury School’s finest in the School year, an evening that combines fine musical talent and singers and instrumentalists perform a recital in one of Wales’ very enthusiasm with extremely keen inter-house competition, with many best chamber venues. The Tabernacle is a former Wesleyan chapel that part song arrangements penned by the students themselves especially was converted in the mid 1980s into a fantastic centre for performing for the competition. With every year that passes, the standard of the arts, re-opening in 1986. The auditorium has excellent acoustics with performance appears to get better and better. We regret that due pitch pine pews capable of seating a 350-strong audience. to the high success of this event, tickets are limited to pupils, their immediate families and staff of Shrewsbury School Penrallt St, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 8AJ
Please apply to Karen Wilding at Shrewsbury School Music Department on 01743 280581. FREE admission with a retiring collection for Shrewsbury School’s nominated charities Tickets £5 from 01654 702121 or on the door 27 SHREWSBURY CHILDREN’S
Bookfest - Remembers 1914
Saturday 15th November 2014 - 10.00am to 6.00pm Helen McPhail Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, Welsh Bridge Campus, Priory Road, Shrewsbury SY1 1RX
Meet the Owens: Helen McPhail, translator and author, and Chairman of the Wilfred Owen Association 1993-2002, will introduce us to Wilfred Owen’s parents and siblings and tell us something of his time in Shrewsbury, Dunsden and Bordeaux, as well as the time he spent fighting in Northern France.Her talk will include readings from some of the many letters he sent home. The Old Barbed Wire: Ted Maidment will introduce us to the satirical, bawdy, ironic and sentimental songs of the ordinary soldier. Not brave songs but songs sung by brave men. Ordinary humanity’s response to terrible inhumanity. Ted Maidment lectures nationally on history, music and Ted Maidment literature. He was headmaster of Shrewsbury School from 1988 - 2001. A Literary Friendship: Richard Field will consider the friendship between Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Inextricably linked through shared experiences, though from very different backgrounds, their meeting at Craiglockhart Hospital in August 1917 had a profound effect on both men. When Owen was killed just over a year later he had published only five poems. Sassoon became his champion and brought out the first edition of Owen’s poetry in 1920. Richard Field lectures nationally on literature and the arts. He taught English for 30 years at Shrewsbury School. Tolling the Bell: Andrew Bannerman will present an anthology of poetry and prose drawn from Richard Field ancient Greece to the present day. Andrew will argue that war does violence to language and that the expressive power of poetry is our best defence against its corruption. Andrew is an actor, director and writer, and has performed at literary festivals all over England.
Tickets: £12.00 for the full day, or £3.00 for each lecture are available from Shrewsbury Sixth Form College. By telephone: 01743 266803 Online: www.ssfc.ac.uk In person: From Reception, Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, English Bridge Campus, Andrew Bannerman Wakeman Hall. For information call Caroline Thewles - 01743 353424 28 KINDLY SUPPORTED BY TANNERS WINES Burney Weekend
15th & Sunday 16th November 2013 – 7.30pm Alington Hall
To celebrate the Burney Bi-Centennial we will be performing repertoire associated with the period in which Charles Burney lived.
Born when JS Bach still had 23 years left to live and dying only 13 years before Beethoven himself, Burney bridges the Baroque and Classical periods and left us, through his diaries and writings, wonderful contemporary accounts of 18th century Europe.
The concerts will include works by Haydn, Bach & Mozart, including a complete performance of Mozart’s Mass in C, the Missa Longa, with soloists from the School singing with the Community and Chapel Choirs.
Sunday 16th November - 11.15am: Coffee and Biscuits. 12.00 Noon: Lecture Maidment Auditorium
An illustrated lecture by Michael Schützer-Weismann on Dr Charles Burney (OS) musician, diarist, traveller and author (1772-1814).
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FREE to attend concerts with retiring collection in aid of Shrewsbury School’s nominated charities Reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812 29 A VARIED PROGRAMME OF WORKS Scholars’ Recital
Thursday 20th November 2014 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
Please do come along and support our Music Scholars as they perform a wonderful varied programme of works in the Maidment Auditorium.
FREE admission with a retiring collection for the School’s nominated charities. Reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool 30 THE GARETH JENKINS & FRIENDS International Gala Charity Concert
Sunday 23rd November 2014 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
Gareth Jenkins is once again joined by a number of his highly talented friends and associates to entertain you for the evening with the annual International Gala concert featuring the very best musicianship and entertainment. Artists to include: Lily Kondova (soprano) UK debut performance Daniel Shao (flute) Robyn Lyn Evans (tenor) Galin Ganchev (piano) Lucy Arch (cello) Susie Allan (piano) John Moore (piano) Megi Shisheva (piano) Jane Robbins (chanteuse) And other surprise artists!!
Proceeds in aid of The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Meifod) 2015, The Huntington’s Disease Society and Rotary Charities.
Tickets £15.00 from Gareth Jenkins on 07889 744144 or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 31 32 33 EDMOND ROSTAND’S Cyrano de Bergerac
Wednesday 26th – Saturday 29th November 2014 - 7.30pm Ashton Theatre
Poet, soldier and duellist, Cyrano de Bergerac has everything a man could want – except good looks. When he meets Christian, a gorgeous but gormless young officer, they realise that they have, between them, all the ingredients of the perfect romantic hero. But will the woman they love choose beauty…or the beast?
FREE admission Reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool from Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 34 THE CHARITY Christmas Concert
Saturday 6th December 2014 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
To help bring the Michaelmas Term to a fitting conclusion, the Music Department will be presenting its annual Christmas Concert.
The concert will be packed full of festive musical treats performed by students from Shrewsbury School who will be playing and singing an array of high quality vocal and instrumental pieces. Please do join us for a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie as a thank you for your support during the first half of the concert series.
In aid of Hope & Homes for Children.
Tickets £8 (to include a glass of mulled wine and a minced pie or two!) Tickets available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 35 NOT SUITABLE FOR LITTLE EARS Three(Wise)Men in a Bowtie
Thursday 18th and Friday 19th December 2014 - 7.30pm Ashton Theatre
Unfortunately 500 shameless people clamoured for tickets for last year’s 20th anniversary concerts. Consequently the Bowties have been persuaded to “give it another go”…. and it’s all your fault!
So this year they present their first Shrewsbury School ‘Seasonal Show’ since 1998.
Many of their Christmas Classics are likely to be heard; including “Pining for Christmas”, “Stuff the Turkey”, “Pantomime Blues”, “Ding Dang Dong”, “With Her Lamb Tucked Underneath Her Arm” and “I’m Dreaming of a Globally Warm Christmas”. They’ll also give an airing to all the new songs written in 2014, several items they didn’t have time for last December … and a hatful of old favourites.
It’s an occasion not to be missed. After all, who wouldn’t want a Christmas kiss from Freda Brace-cock?
“The funniest thing to come out of Shropshire in a long while” Edinburgh Festival 4-star review
Tickets £10 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/threemeninabowtie or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 36 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL COMMUNITY CHOIR AND GUESTS PRESENT The Messiah
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 – 7.30pm The Abbey, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6BS
December in Shrewsbury simply would not be the same without the annual performance of Handel’s masterpiece, The Messiah, in Shrewsbury Abbey, featuring the Community Choir, some wonderful soloists and an orchestra consisting largely of ex music scholars from Shrewsbury School and guest players.
Now in its 26th year, this performance is one definitely not to be missed.
In aid of: Severn Hospice & Samaritans Shrewsbury
Tickets £12.50 (Unreserved Seating) from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschoolcommunitychoir Theatre Severn on 01743 281281, The Abbey in person, or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812 37 September 2014 October 2014
Monday 8th Saturday 4th Romeo & Juliet £10 Charity Concert in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind & Sight Loss Shropshire
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Sunday 5th & £12.50 The Salomon Quartet
Friday 10th The Trojan Women Directed by Jessica Walker 58TH SEASON
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Wednesday 19th Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Tognetti dir/violin
Music Arts Thursday 18th £12 £23 Juice Voice Ensemble 38 November 2014 December 2014 January 2015
Saturday 15th Shrewsbury Children’s Bookfest Remembers 1914
£12
Saturday 22nd International Gala Charity Concert Thursday 22nd Thursday 18th and Friday 19th £12.50 £10 Laura van der Heijden Three(Wise) Men in a Bowtie £15
Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac
FREE
Tuesday 23rd Saturday 31st £12.50 £12.50 The Messiah Angela Hewitt 39 February 2015 March 2015 April 2015
Sunday 8th Sunday 1st AHOY! A Children’s Concert
FREE FREE
Saturday 14th Ireland Trio Lilly Grabner Sunday 12th £16 Memorial Concert Thursday 5th Carducci String Quartet Evensong at Worcester £14 Cathedral Sunday 19th Ensemble 360 Saturday 21st Afternoon: She’Koyokh FREE Giddy Goat Klezmer Band £6 £15 Evening:
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A day of workshops, masterclasses, performances and ensemble playing hosted by Maria Eglinton with special guests Sunday Rob8th Buckland (Head of Saxophone RNCM) and Andy Scott (Composer and RNCM Saxophone tutor) £30 Friday 27th (Minimum required standard approx. grade 5) £12 Sax Day Please- Workshops book early if you wish to take part& in theMasterclasses masterclasses as there is limited spaces available. FREE The Jason Rebello Trio Tickets: £25 from Maria Eglinton on 07812 249913 or [email protected] 40 May 2015 June 2015 Arts Music 58TH SEASON
Sunday 7th The Barbican Piano Trio £8 &
Friday 1st An Evening of Light Popular at a glance Music
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Friday 1st FREE Galin Ganchev Friday 26th Eve of Speech Day Gala Classical Concert
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41 42 43 Thursday 15th January 2015 Saturday 17th January 2014 Maidment Auditorium -7.30pm Emmanuel Church, Didsbury - 11.00am
Evening of Song with Kathryn Turpin & Jonathan May Music Scholars’ Recital at Didsbury
Kathryn and Jonathan will be performing an eclectic programme of For the sixth successive year, of Shrewsbury School musicians are songs and arias that they often use as part of their everyday teaching pleased to accept the invitation to perform at this prestigious venue. here at Shrewsbury School, as well as some more unusual repertoire. This concert is part of an established series of Saturday morning Programme to include works bt Fauré, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, concerts at Emmanuel Church, Didsbury near Manchester and attracts Finzi, Mozart and Gershwin. a sizeable local audience.
Please do come along and join them.
Tickets £8/£5 concessions from www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 FREE admission 44 BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2012 Laura van der Heijden and Tom Poster (Cello & Piano)
Thursday January 22nd 2015 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
At the age of 15, cellist Laura van der Heijden was awarded the title of BBC Young Musician 2012, performing Walton’s Cello Concerto with Kirill Karabits and the Northern Sinfonia at The Sage, Gateshead.
Tonight, she will be joined by Tom Poster on piano to perform what promises to be a wonderful evening of fine musicianship by two amazingly talented musicians.
Tom Poster burst onto the scene at the age of 13, making his London Concerto Debut. Tom is internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry and versatility, equally in demand as soloist and chamber musician across an unusually extensive repertoire.
Programme - Beethoven: Cello Sonata No 4 in C major Op 102 No 1 Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 Fitkin: L for cello and piano Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano
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Piano Recital given by Angela Hewitt
Saturday 31st January 2015 - 7.30pm Alington Hall
We host some amazing concerts at Shrewsbury School throughout the year, but this is one of the highlights of the season.
In recent years we have been blessed with some truly outstanding piano recitals. Nikolai Demidenko, Freddy Kempf, Llyr Williams and Peter Donohoe have given us some fine performances, and this year promises to be yet another exceptional evening. Angela Hewitt is one of the world’s leading pianists; she regularly appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Her performances and recordings of Bach have drawn particular praise, marking her out as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters of our time.
46 Programme:
Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 Scarlatti: a group of Sonatas Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie Sonetto 47 del Petrarca Sonetto 104 del Petrarca Sonetto 123 del Petrarca Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
Kindly supported by Mr & Mrs M V Bradley and Mr & Mrs Gareth Jenkins.
Tickets £12.50 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 47 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL Composers’ Concert
Thursday 5th February 2015 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
A chance for some of the students at Shrewsbury School to showcase some of their own compositions as well as performing works by more established contemporary composers.
FREE admission with a retiring collection for the School’s nominated charities. Reserve you tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812 48 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL CONDUCTED BY ALEX MASON Ahoy! by Alex L ’Estrange
Sunday 8th February 2015 - 7.30pm Alington Hall
Anybody who performed in or came along to hear Zimbe! Come sing the songs of Africa! will love its nautical younger brother Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose composed in 2013 by the hugely popular British composer Alexander L’Estrange.
Commissioned to celebrate the opening of Portsmouth’s state-of-the-art museum which houses the hull and artefacts from King Henry VIII’s famous war ship, the piece is an uplifting and energetic fusion of sea shanties and Tudor music.
As with Zimbe!, the evening features the Shrewsbury School Community Choir, Shrewsbury School Chapel Choir, a children’s choir and The “Call Me Al” Quintet, L’Estrange’s very own professional jazz band. This concert is guaranteed to put smiles on everyone’s faces....not to be missed!
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KINDLY SUPPORTED BY FREE admission – with a retiring collection in aid of Shrewsbury School Musical Activities. Reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812 49 50 51 AN EVENING Student Recital
Friday 13th February 2015 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
This will be an evening of Chamber Music and solo performances from the talented students of Shrewsbury School. Pupils of all ages will take part, so please do come along and support these musicians in an evening of sparkling entertainment.
FREE admission—reserve your tickets at www.tickertsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812. 52 A RECITAL BY MUSICIANS OF SHREWSBURY SCHOOL AT Wigmore Hall
Thursday 26th February 2015 - 11.00am Wigmore Hall, London
We are thrilled that we are able to return to the Wigmore Hall in London, one of the UK’s most prestigious concert venues, to perform a morning recital.
The concert will last in the region of one hour and will feature some superb performances of solo and chamber repertoire.
Refreshments will be available after the concert.
Tickets £10 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812, or Karen Wilding 01743 280581. 53 AN EVENING WITH The Jason Rebello Trio
Friday 27th February 2015 - 7.30pm. Maidment Auditorium
54 We are delighted to have secured the amazingly talented jazz pianist, Jason Rebello, who will be performing with his Trio in the intimate surroundings of the Maidment Auditorium.
Jason has toured with some of the very finest musicians including a six-year stint playing with Sting, when he performed on tour and recorded three albums with the legendary artist. During these years he also worked with Jeff Beck, Chaka Khan, Des’ree, Mica Paris, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. In 2013 Rebello decided that after twelve years as a touring session musician he would re-establish himself as a solo jazz artist.
Jason will be joined by the talented Troy Miller on drums and Karl Rasheed-Abel on Bass.
“Rebello rekindles the kind of Herbie Hancock-inspired jazz-fusion and crossover soul-funk of his early 1990s albums—and he does so with real panache. Sexy neo-soul, jazz, funk, Latin grooves and the sweeter end of jazz-fusion combine in a joyous cocktail of broad stylistic—and commercial—appeal. Rebello proves that music can be entertaining and sophisticated on a delightful recording that marks the pianist/composer’s triumphant return to the spotlight.”
Ian Patterson ‘All About Jazz’
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Tickets £12 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 55 Sunday 1st March 2015 Sunday 1st March 2015 Maidment Auditorium - 12 noon Alington Hall
A Children’s Concert
Please do come along with your children to enjoy what promises to Two Pianos be a wonderful morning concert, where your children will hear some well-known favourites and learn a A recital given by John Moore & Susie Allan little about a variety of instruments. Programme to include: The concert will last for Poulenc - Sonata for two pianos and Mozart Sonata approximately one hour with coffee D Major for two pianos. and juice in the foyer prior to the concert.
The concert is ideal for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.
FREE admission Tickets £6, students FREE Reserve your tickets at www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk or www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool Darren Wood on 01743 280812 56 CHAPEL CHOIR SING Evensong
Thursday 5th March 2015 - 5.30pm Worcester Cathedral
Having visited Gloucester and Hereford cathedrals in recent years, the Chapel Choir return to Worcester to complete the trio of performances in the Three Choirs Festival country.
FREE admission 57 A DAY OF WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, PERFORMANCES AND ENSEMBLE PLAYING Sax Day
Sunday 8th March 2015 10am – 5pm Maidment Auditorium
Following the huge success of last year’s inaugural Shrewsbury Sax Day, the event returns with what promises to be yet another amazing day, packed full of workshops, masterclasses, performances and ensemble playing.
Hosted by the School’s Head of Woodwind, Maria McKenzie with special guests Rob Buckland (Head of Saxophone RNCM) and Andy Scott (composer and RNCM Saxophone tutor)
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A day of workshops, masterclasses, performances and ensemble playing hosted by Maria Eglinton with special guests Rob Buckland (Head of Saxophone RNCM) and Andy Scott (Composer and RNCM Saxophone tutor)
(Minimum required standard approx. grade 5)
Please book early if you wish to take part in the masterclasses as there is limited spaces available.
Tickets £30 fromTickets: Maria £25 from MariaMcKenzie Eglinton on 07812 on 249913 078512 or mle@shrews 249913bury.org.uk or mailto:[email protected] 58 59 AN EVENING OF MUSIC End of term concerts
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2015 - 7.30pm Alington Hall
Programme to include a complete performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concert No.3 (Galin Ganchev), Suite in B Minor for Flute & Orchestra, Beethoven Symphony No.6 - The Pastoral.
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FREE admission—reserve your tickets at www.tickertsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 60 MOZART’S Marriage of Figaro
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April 2015 - 7.30pm Alington Hall
In recent years the vocal faculty and singing students of Shrewsbury School have presented evenings of opera in the summer term. Past performances include Dido and Aenaes, The Magic Flute, Carmen and 0peratic extracts.
Mozart’s brilliant setting of Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro is this years choice and promises to be a very special two evenings of youthful operatic endeavour and talent.
FREE admission with a retiring collection in aid of Shrewsbury School Musical Activities— reserve your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812. 61 A PIANO RECITAL GIVEN BY Galin Ganchev
Friday 1st May - 7.30pm Alington Hall
Proposed programme: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 – JS Bach Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 – JS Bach Impromptu No.2 Op.36 – F Chopin “Visions fugitives” Op.22 – S Prokofiev “Appassionato” Op.57 – Beethoven
FREE Admission with a retiring collection in aid of Galin’s desire to purchase a new piano to use in his home town of Varna. TICKETS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 62 Galin Ganchev began his piano studies at the age of six and later underwent more formal tuition under the tutelage of private piano teacher Eli Chor badjijska for six years at the ‘Dobri Hristov National School of Arts’ in Varna, Bulgaria. At the age of twelve, Galin continued his piano studies for a further year with Stanislava Stavreva and since September 2010 he has been studying with the internationally acclaimed Anglo- Italian pianist Peter Bradley-Fulgoni at Shrewsbury School.
Many of you have had the privilege to experience the quality of Galin’s high quality pianism, if you that have not yet had the experience, please do not miss out! Catch Galin while you still can…
Galin commented a couple of years ago prior to a recital, “My desire to practise the piano and give concerts has led me to the threshold of what promises to be a fascinating and magical life. I love to make my audiences experience the works of music I perform at the deepest emotional level. When I sit at the piano I immediately feel at one with it, and such a feeling of ‘unity’ with the instrument cannot be explained by anything other than the language of music itself.”
63 64 65 KINDLY SPONSORED BY MARY ALLEN The Barbican Piano Trio
Sunday 7th June 2015 - 7.30pm Maidment Auditorium
The Barbican Piano Trio is regarded as one of the UK’s leading ensembles with a reputation for stimulating performances, breadth of repertoire and exceptional audience rapport. Shortly after it was formed, the Trio won the South East Arts Young Musicians’ Platform which led to concerts throughout the region and a recording contract with ASV. Two years later it won the Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize and was selected for the Park Lane Group’s Young Artists and 20th Century Music Series. Within three years the Trio was broadcasting on BBC Radio 3 and the World Service as well as on TV and radio in Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington DC and in Bulgaria.
The Trio performs regularly at London’s Wigmore Hall and their cycle of the complete Beethoven piano trios featured in the Master Concert Series, receiving stunning feedback.
Please do come along, show your support and enjoy this spectacular Trio as they perform a delightful programme that will include works by Haydn, Faure and Tchaikovsky.
Tickets £8 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschool or Darren Wood on 01743 280812 66 Wednesday 3rd, 10th and 17th June 2015 Monday 22nd June 2015 School Chapel - 6.30pm Maidment Auditorium - 7.30pm
Summer Organ Recital Series Annual Leavers’ Concert
Join us in the magnificent School Chapel for our annual Summer This concert will be performed by our very talented musicians as they Organ Recital Series. prepare to leave Shrewsbury School after many terms of wonderful music-making. Performers will include Alex Mason (Director of Chapel Choir), organ pupils from Shrewsbury School and special guests. As in previous years, it promises to be a memorable and poignant event and a fantastic evening of music.
Admission is FREE and no prior booking required. FREE admission. Reserve your tickets at A complimentary glass of Cava and strawberries will www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk be served after the recitals or from Darren Wood on 01743 280812 67 AN EVENING OF Light popular music
Thursday 25th June 2015 - Picnicking from 6.30pm, Concert starts 7.30pm Salopian Week Main Marquee
At Shrewsbury we are blessed with some truly amazing singer / songwriters who enjoy playing a vast array of music. This concert provides them with an opportunity to showcase their diverse talents. It will include self-penned pieces and covers of light popular music.
Please do come along and enjoy what promises to be a great evening.
FREE admission. Reserve your tickets at www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk or from Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 68 EVE OF SPEECH DAY CLASSICAL Gala Concert
Friday 26th June 2015 - Picnicking from 6.30pm, Concert starts 8.30pm Salopian Week Main Marquee
The magnificent Eve of Speech Day concert on the large stage in the main marquee is a special ‘Not to be Missed’ concert, with performances from Shrewsbury School’s Symphony and Wind Orchestras..
Feel free to bring along a picnic and enjoy the wonderful surroundings of the Shrewsbury School grounds prior to the concert. Please note that you will need to bring along your own seating to this concert.
FREE admission. Reserve your tickets at www.shrewsburyschool.ticketsource.co.uk or from Dawn Dunn on 01743 280500 69 70 71 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL
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