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Easter course ’11

Easter Festival
at
Manor House Dauntsey’s School
West Lavington Nr. Devizes

Thursday, 14th April to Saturday, 16th April 2011

The Festival comprises two exciting courses for string players aged 6 – 16. The many aspects of these courses are designed to bring together promising and enthusiastic young players for three days of intensive music-making and fun. Both courses will run concurrently, and there will be two end of course concerts.

The Manor House of Dauntsey’s School is a fabulous Victorian mansion set in sixty five acres of grounds and ancient woodland. As well as a large array of indoor leisure facilities, such as table tennis and snooker there is a range of upright and grand pianos, Outside there are tennis courts, a nine-hole golf course and the opportunity to play football.

There is lots of space, both inside and out.

END OF FESTIVAL CONCERTS

There will be two concerts during the Festival to which families and friends are warmly invited. Course participants will be involved in both concerts.

These events will be on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and will take place at Dauntsey’s Manor.

SUPERSTRINGS CLUB MEMBERSHIP

All course participants must be members of Super Strings Club for insurance purposes. The annual membership fee is £20. The full course fee therefore includes the cost of Super Strings Club membership.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A PLACE

Download the application form and send to the address on the form along with your deposit or full course fee: Application form for the Superstrings Easter Festival 2011

EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISED AS THE NUMBER OF PLACES IS LIMITED

Posted: 28/01/2011

Valentine’s Evening Candlelit Concert

7pm, 12th February 2011

Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht

Brahm’s String Sextet in B flat

Performed by:

Elizabeth Anderson
Daphne Moody
Bryony Moody
Emma Richards
Jenny Knights
Moira Alabaster

Pre-concert talk by Keith Abrams

Tickets available at the door:
£15 Adult ticket
£6 children under 16
Ticket price includes a light evening meal – cash bar
Tickets may be pre-booked from Rosemary Winckley
telephone 01380 840370

This event is kindly sponsored by the Snowberry Hill Clinic in Melksham.

Posted: 24/01/2011

THE GYPSY’S VIOLIN by Jeff Moore

Commission by Superstrings Wiltshire, 2009.

Commissioned by Superstrings Wiltshire, The Gypsy’s Violin by Jeff Moore was first performed at Salisbury Arts Centre in May 2009 to a sell out crowd. The combined forces of the young Superstrings players along with the South West’s own professional ensemble, Sarum Orchestra, produced a most memorable World Premiere performance.

Having been awarded money by Youth Music, Superstrings set about having a series of three new and innovative works written to enable young players, both beginners and advanced, to play alongside a top professional string ensemble. The effect of such pieces being to inspire and enthuse the young players to continue to push themselves in their string playing to reach higher goals, gaining greater motivation and self esteem from their professional mentors. The 3 year project explores the amazing scope and range of music for the violin from Gypsy to Jazz and Tallis to Vaughan Williams.

The composer, and virtuoso violinist, Jeff Moore, worked closely with the children in Superstrings in the months leading up to the World Premiere gauging their abilities and developing a work which is accessible for the range of abilities amongst the players. The work has already been performed by other ensembles and will continue to be used by many more in the future.

You can see Superstrings performing ‘The Gypsy’s Violin’ here: