Our players were in Bradford for a mammoth education project. Working alongside the local music service, we delivered a project to over 8000 children, performing a mix of orchestral classics plus popular songs.
Rehearsals began in the morning, where the children learnt popular songs, including classics from the bands Queen and Bon Jovi. Following this, our players gave a concert of popular classics as well as music straight from Hollywood. Then, the big event: the stadium full of children and our musicians, who were playing side-by-side with children of the Bradford Youth Orchestra, performed the music learnt in the morning.
Below is some of the coverage from the day’s activities.
Mega Music Day Organised for Youngsters
Ben Barnett for the Telegraph and Argus, (Thursday 26 May 2011)
 SbS players perform to a stadium full of children © Bob Holt, Arrow Video Film Productions  Young musicians joined in from the terraces © Bob Holt, Arrow Video Film Productions  Working alongside the local music service for a day of music-making © Bob Holt, Arrow Video Film Productions  © Bob Holt, Arrow Video Film Productions  8,000 young musicians packed into the stadium © Bob Holt, Arrow Video Film Productions  Post concert chat: conductor Simon Over with a young Bradford musician
 Matthew Barley (c) Nick White Thursday 9 June 2011
6.00-7.15pm
St John’s Waterloo, London, SE1 8TY
Matthew Barley director & cello
Piazolla Milonga del Angel, with improvised introduction
Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings
Hadyn Cello Concerto in C major
This is a free, non-ticketed concert
Avoid the Rush…
…enjoy a complimentary glass of wine and experience the fresh sound of Britain’s leading orchestral academy for young professionals.
Heroes & Heroines
Saturday 11 June
11.30am-12.15pm
Cadogan Hall, London
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its Southbank Sinfonia!
Kevin Hathway conductor & presenter
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Copland Hoedown
Rossini William Tell Overture
Williams Harry Potter theme
Bizet Carmen Suite
Doors open at 10.45am for fun craft activities and to meet the players!
Tickets
£8 adult, £6 children, £22 for family of four; available from Cadogan Hall Box Office
www.cadoganhall.com | 020 7730 4500
Adults receive a discounted coffee with their ticket
Children attending Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea schools
one child goes free with every adult ticket!
Friday 17 – Saturday 25 June 2011
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Noccia Fucile soprano
Garry Walker conductor
Poulenc La voix humaine
SbS takes up residence at the Royal Opera House for a run of Poulenc’s emotionally charged La voix humaine. Described as ‘a drama of separation’ by its librettist, Jean Cocteau, this operatic monologue features a lone female soprano undergoing the painful process of relinquishing her deserted lover over a telephone call.
Tickets
For further information and to book tickets, contact the ROH Box Office
www.roh.org.uk | 020 7304 4000
Sunday 26 June 2011
7.45pm
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Simon Over conductor
Masayuki Tayama piano
Edgar Bailey violin
Catherine Young soprano
Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Liszt Piano Concerto
Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Tickets
£16-22 reserved, £10 unreserved; available from St Jude’s Proms Box Office
www.promsatstjudes.org.uk | 020 8458 8798
Monday 27 June 2011
1pm
Crush Room, Royal Opera House, London
A programme of chamber music
Damase Wind quintet
Mendelssohn Octet
FREE; tickets available from 10am on the day from the ROH Box Office
020 7304 4000 | www.roh.org.uk
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Wednesday 29 June
11.30am
St John’s Waterloo, London
Schools in the Lambeth area join Southbank Sinfonia for workshops and a performance of Richard Sisson’s The Mukamba Tree. The performance will be directed by animateur and SbS alumnus Neil Valentine and the choirs will be receive coaching from vocal animateur Bex Baxter
The Mukamba Tree is based on the book of the same name by June Farquhar. The work was originally commissioned for the Bulawayo Festival in Zimbabwe, May 2010, and explores the culture of the N’debele people whilst also looking at environmental issues.
The work includes instrumental and vocal parts for children.
No tickets required.
 Danielle De Niese Wednesday 29 June
6.30pm
Australia House, Strand, London
Southbank Sinfonia is joined by Australian-born soprano, Danielle De Niese, as she performs a selection of Mozart’s finest works. David Syrus, Head of Music at the Royal Opera House, conducts.
Tickets
Suggested donation £45; proceeds from this event will go towards the orchestra’s Sir Charles Mackerras Chair, a lasting tribute to the late maestro’s legacy.
Email hannah@southbanksinfonia.co.uk or call 020 7921 0378 by Friday 17 June.
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