Promoting the enjoyment and understanding of music composed before 1800
Our 2016 Early Music Festival was a resounding success with superb performances by K’antu, Duo Dorado and the Musical and Amicable Society, as well as record numbers in the audience for each event. So THANK YOU for your support and encouragement. So many people commented on the high standard of performance, and many were delighted to find such quality music making here in Worcester. Continue reading “April News (part 2)”
Tickets for our festival have been selling well…..and there’s the opportunity to buy a ticket on the door at all of our events, so hope to see you on Thursday for K’antu, Friday for Duo Dorado and Saturday for The Musical and Amicables! Continue reading “April News (part 1)”
We have been very lucky to access funding from the Arts Council Lottery Fund to manage a project in four Worcester Schools this summer.
Our Croome Four Seasons project will celebrate the 300th birthday of Capability Brown, with a visit to Croome Park, and follow up work with the Four Seasons composed by Brown’s near contemporary, Vivaldi. Continue reading “March News”
Micaela Schmitz and Kate Fawcett have recently been working a project pairing students from a Vale of Evesham special school with Simon de Montfort mainstream school to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham and the commemoration of the first world war. Funding was received from Worcestershire County Council, Wychavon District Council Community Grants Fund and Evesham Town Council.