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SHREWSBURY SCHOOL Musicc 59th SeasonArtsA September 2015 to July 2016 1 2 Welcome Welcome to the 59th Season of Music and Arts at Shrewsbury School, during which we have an exciting programme of events for you to look forward to, with some exceptional highlights over the next few months. There is a strong focus on choral and vocal music this season, and we start in fine style with a return appearance by All the King’s Men, fresh from The Edinburgh Fringe. They are one of the country’s leading all-male ‘a cappella’ groups with very strong Salopian links. Joe Stilgoe brings once again his blend of cabaret and stunning musicianship with his band, and we are delighted to welcome the great English Baritone, Roderick Williams, in recital with Jenny Agutter, a familiar face on our TV screens and in films. Choral highlights during the season will include a wonderful programme of Russian music performed by the UK’s leading professional choir, Tenebrae, Handel’s Four Coronation Anthems as part of our St Cecilia Weekend, and Verdi’s Requiem in Birmingham Town Hall next February. We continue the tradition of outstanding international piano recitalists at the School, with this year the legendary Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz playing an all Chopin programme in the Alington Hall. Other instrumental highlights include a concert given by some of our own resident professionals with guest French artistes, François Ragot and Fanny Korbus in a programme to include Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor. In addition, we are delighted to be partners again with the Shropshire Music Trust, who through their tireless administrator, Kate Hogwood, have done so much to bring top quality musicians to Shropshire for many years. We are particularly pleased to be able to host the Peter Cropper Memorial Concert. Peter, who led the Lindsay String Quartet for so long, loved playing in the acoustics of the Maidment Building, and it is thus so fitting that we are able to pay tribute to this great violinist in a venue he loved. Of course, at the heart of our programme are the concerts given by the pupils of Shrewsbury School, and as you will see there is so much on offer, both at the School and in the wider community, from Orchestral Concerts, Evensongs in Oxford and Manchester, Chamber Music and more, not forgetting our regular series of Friday Lunchtime Concerts at 1.30 p.m. in the Maidment Building followed by refreshments each week. We have included some Drama events and also this year, details of Art Exhibitions and Lectures taking place in our wonderful Art School. Shrewsbury is blessed in having outstanding leaders of those areas of the arts with Helen Brown, Director of Drama, and Rose Shawe-Taylor, Head of Art. Do please support the events listed in the Art School and the Ashton Theatre as much as you can. At the end of last season we said farewell to Darren Wood, our out-going Events Manager after four terrific years in post, and I’m delighted to welcome Juliet Young as our new Operations and Events Manager, who I know will do a wonderful job and build on all the very good foundations laid down by Darren, and Caroline Frost before him. Juliet is looking forward to welcoming many of you to concerts over the next year, and getting to know in person members of our very loyal audiences. Floreat Salopia John Moore Juliet Young Director of Music Operations and Events Manager 3 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 a contact number or email. Enclose a cheque made payable to ‘Shrewsbury School Enterprises’ together with a SAE and post to: Juliet Young Operations and 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 Road, Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury SY3 7EN. 01743 367482 www.shropshiremusictrust.co.uk Booking for Shrewsbury School Community Choir Events: Please visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/shrewsburyschoolcommunitychoir 5 6 Gift Vouchers Join the Friends of SSMA Event Sponsorship and Hospitality Gift Vouchers are available for SSMA events and If you enjoy attending concerts and recitals Opportunities can be purchased by contacting Juliet Young at Shrewsbury School then why not get more There are fantastic opportunities available at the address on page 5. Vouchers can be involved by joining the Friends of SSMA? throughout the year to have your business, purchased for £8, £10, £12 and £16. Our ‘Friends’ make a significant contribution to organisation or name associated with Shrewsbury the concert season at Shrewsbury, and enable School’s music events by sponsoring one of Concessions us to schedule many high-quality concerts. This our high calibre performances. We offer a gives parents, pupils and the local community variety of sponsorship levels where we can The concession price shown is the price for the opportunity to experience inspiring and promote your brand, organisation or kindness senior citizens, registered disabled and children prestigious events given by eminent national at a level to suit you. You can have your name under 16. and international musicians. on all of the promotional literature and press communications associated with the event Group Discounts & School Offers Benefits of becoming a Friend of Shrewsbury including posters, press releases, programmes, Discounts are available on all Shrewsbury School School Musical Activities include reserved website promotion and promotion at the Musical Activities events for groups of 10 or more. concert seating if required, FREE online concert itself. Shrewsbury School is also committed to building booking, regular email updates, a copy of our links with other schools and is always more than Music & Arts Brochure and an invitation to a Alternatively if you would like to entertain your happy to discuss special rates for parties from special ‘Friends’ annual dinner with canapés and clients, family, friends or associates then please schools that would like to attend our events. champagne on arrival followed by an evening speak to us about our hospitality packages Please contact Juliet Young, Operations and concert. which include free tickets, reserved concert Events Manager on 01743 280812 to discuss your seating, canapés and drinks receptions if requirements. The cost of annual membership to the ‘Friends required. of SSMA’ is just £15 for a single membership Mailing List & Email Communication and £25 for a double membership. For details Please contact Juliet Young on 01743 280812 and to join our ‘Friends’ please call Juliet Young to discuss sponsorship and hospitality Why not keep in touch with forthcoming events on 01743 280812 or purchase your ‘Friends of opportunities in more detail. at Shrewsbury School by registering your SSMA’ Subscription online. interest in receiving regular information from the School? Email or phone Juliet Young with your preferred method of communication to [email protected] or call 01743 280812. 7 Shrewsbury School Charities For the 59th Season of Music & Arts at Shrewsbury School we have decided to assist the student-led Charities Committee with their fundraising activities by holding retiring collections at all of our FREE ADMISSION concerts. If you have enjoyed the concert that you have attended then please do feel free to pop a few coins or a note into the collection bucket at the end of the concert. You can be assured that every penny that is collected will go into our charities account and be distributed to the chosen charities for this year. This year the School continues to support two main charities, The Shewsy (our youth club in Everton) and Medic Malawi which runs a hospital and orphanage in Africa. Donations made at concerts will go directly to these small charities. Students from the School visit Everton regularly and will visit Malawi this summer. The student-led Charities Committee has also chosen to support Beat (helping those with eating disorders) and the Alzheimer’s Society, by organising a variety of fundraising events. For more information on our Charities Committee please contact Lesley Drew at [email protected] 8 Community Choir Shrewsbury School Community Choir has been in existence for over 30 years. The non-auditioning parent Choir fluctuates between 100 and 130 members, with a smaller group forming the Shrewsbury Festival Chorus and English Haydn Festival Chorus with professional orchestras and soloists. We also have charitable status as Shropshire Charity Concerts supporting the charitable side of our activities. We rehearse at the School under John Moore, the School’s Director of Music, and Alex Mason, Assistant Director of Music, through the kind permission of the Headmaster, and perform regularly in the Alington Hall with the School Orchestra, and at a number of other Shrewsbury and Shropshire venues and also 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. Our next concerts include appearances over the St Cecilia Weekend in November and our annual performance of Handel’s Messiah in Shrewsbury Abbey on 23rd December.