Damian OxboroughComments Off on Songs and Cries of Keighley Town!
Bob Chilcott’s evocative text will ring out around Skipton’s Christchurch this weekend as the finale to KVU’s Autumn Concert Earth has not anything to show more fair:Dull would he be of soul who could pass byA sight so touching in its majesty:This city now doth like a garment wearThe beauty of the morning;Silent, bare.. These are the opening lines of… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Bradford Festival Choral Society sing Handel’s Messiah
As a former member of Bradford Festival Choral Society and someone with strong family links to the choir, it pleases me to promote their concerts here on my blog. This month they’ll be giving their annual recital of Handel’s Messiah at Price Hall at Bradford Grammar School, and I’ve been lucky enough to be able to sponsor the programme. I… Read more »
Skipton Musical Theatre Company demonstrate the power of teamwork When groups of likeminded people come together they really can change the world. This is the central message in the uplifting musical Made in Dagenham, as performed by SMTC over this past weekend. And for me the message was broadcast loud and clear from the moment my friends and I walked… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Performance Opportunities in Skipton, Craven & Wharfedale
Following is a list of opportunities that my students and visitors to this page might like to grasp to get on stage and perform over the coming academic year (2022-23). Some of these are quite formal events such as music festivals while others are open mic nights and sing-arounds. They’re all within a short drive of Skipton in North Yorkshire…. Read more »
This summer, amateur and student musicians will be coming together to create a unique virtual performance of Terry Riley’s iconic minimalist composition ‘In C’. This is a piece made up of a series of very short fragments of music, played on any instrument. In our rendition of the work, the fragments will come in any order, and participants will record… Read more »
Invite to Contribute to the CLC Advent Calendar As Musical Director of Carleton Ladies Choir, I am organising a festive online event and I would be thrilled if you would participate. Through December I will be posting daily music videos on YouTube featuring choir members, their friends and families (and my friends and students). The idea is that viewers will… Read more »
Over the past few weeks I’ve been kept really busy over at Carleton Ladies Choir with working on their Summer Season of Music and Poetry. Right now we’re right in the middle of a series of performances recorded by the choir members and their friends. So far there have been songs arranged in all different ways and poems read and/or… Read more »
Since 2013 when I took on the role of Musical Director at Carleton Ladies Choir, we have put on an annual summer concert that has helped to strengthen community bonds, give local people a performance platform and raised lots and lots of money for local, national and international charities. Unfortunately, as with so many things, we’ve had to cancel this… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Concert for Médecins Sans Frontières: LIVE NOW
Click on the window below to watch our LIVE concert, streaming from the Skipton area across the globe on YouTube! You can also support the charity by going onto my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/skiptonmusicteacher and scrolling down to the DONATE button.
Damian OxboroughComments Off on ‘The Feel Good Fair’ : A Performance Opportunity
I received an email yesterday from Laura Hepworth about a fair she is putting on. This event presents an ideal opportunity for music students and amateur musicians to play to a live audience. Her email read as follows: My name is Laura Hepworth, I am in the process of organising a charity event ‘The Feel Good Fair’ for 5th April… Read more »
