Category: Outreach

Our concert featuring the wonderful Red Priest, was preceded by a Recorder Masterclass led by Piers Adams, featuring two very talented young students (of Annabel Knight) from Wells Cathedral School.

Set up during the pandemic, St John’s Music Cafe, set out to address the needs of the community in combatting loneliness and isolation

Our outreach team were invited to play in March 2025…here they are playing before the tea and cake were served!

During September and October our trustees and some committee members have played 18^th century trio sonatas in three residential settings in Worcester and Pershore. In taking our music out to those who are, for various reasons, unable to attend our concerts, we were fulfilling Worcestershire Early Music’s aims to extend our audience base, and additionally contributing to the health and wellbeing of our audiences who enjoyed the opportunity to listen to live music. We played works by Telemann, Handel, Quantz, Loeillet and Richter.

We are grateful to County Councillors Matt Jenkins and Andrew Green who supported this work from their Divisional Fund Budget.

Interactive workshops in day care centres and residential care homes are continuing in the Worcester area. Rosie, Brian and Barbara play and sing shanties, folk songs and dance tunes offering opportunities to join in singing the songs or on instruments.

We are grateful to Worcester County Councillors for their support from the Division Fund to enable these workshops to take place.