West Somerset Singers are running a Singing Workshop 9.30am - 12.30am on Saturday 8th July in the Parish Centre, St Georges Church, Billet Street, Taunton, TA1 3NN. Registration is from 9.00am. In addition to working to improve our sound, we will be singing a mixture of styles of music, ancient and modern. Tickets £10 available… Read More »West Somerset Singers–Singing Workshop
Classic comedy for a summer evening. Touring production of ten out-door performances at beautiful Somerset locations. Bring friends, chairs and a picnic.
Mezzo soprano Iryna Ilnytska and pianist, organist and composer, Sam Baker have devised a programme of traditional folk music to keep you entertained. Drinks will be available before the concert. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Children of Heroes and St John’s Church. This event has been sponsored by Invest SW.
December concert with Taunton Young Musician
Voce chamber choir present their summer concert, an exciting mix of choir all music from a wide range of genres.
Courtly and Country Music from Purcell’s England Post-Restoration music with a twist! From recorders and viols to shawms and bagpipes,three multi-instrumentalists turn the spotlight onto music from Purcell’s time,encompassing sonatas and country dances. *********************************** Jude Rees, David Jarratt-Knock and Mary Mohan are multi-instrumentalists with wide experience in a variety of genres including early music from… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Enlightenment & Entertainment
Somerset Chamber Choir Richard Laing – Conductor Southern Sinfonia Simon Hogan – Organ & Celestra Katie Trethewey - Soprano Angus McPhee - Baritone Programme Details Requiem – Gabriel Fauré Organ Concerto – Francis Poulenc Salve Regina – Arvo Pärt Messe Breve- Yves Castagnet O Sacrum Convivium – Olivier Messiaen Jerusalem – Charles Gounod
James Rippingale - Classical Guitarist We are delighted that James can again return to entertain us with a mixed programme including music by Bach and Giuiami and others.
Classical Guitarist James Rippingale Back by popular demand! St John's is delighted that James agreed to return to give another inspirational mixed programme that will include music by Bach and Giuiami and others. Concert will start at 12.45pm, Doors will open at 12.00pm. Drinks will be available before the concert and you are welcome to… Read More »St John’s Lunchtime Concerts, Summer Serenade,
Four hundred years after the death of William Byrd, we still delight in singing a huge number of his works. For him music was an entire language, telling of the religious changes through his lifetime as well as describing the lighter side of life. 1623 saw the passing of two other notable composers: Thomas Weelkes,… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – A Choral Feast from 1623
