2020 Performances
30th December 2020
Ashford School, Kent (recording)
CANCELLED Kent County Youth Orchestra – Conducted by Andrew Morley.
27th December 2020
10:30AM – St John’s Church, Deptford
St John’s Deptford Year’s End Thanksgiving Service – congregation accompanied by Ricky Taing (piano). Service delivered by Solabomi Ogun with hymns and other works by Michael Baughen and Genary Karganov. Watch here
25th December 2020
4:00PM – YouTube Première
Noah Lock’s Virtual Ensemble – Performance of Fairy Tale of New York originally by the Pogues, arranged by Noah Lock.
22nd December 2020
YouTube Première
Hawai’i Flute Society’s Virtual Holiday Flute Choir – Performance of Mele Kalikimaka, with music by R. Alex Anderson. Arrangement for flute choir and editing by Lance Suzuki. Watch here
16th December 2020
4:30PM – YouTube Première
Medway Music Association Christmas Celebration – Conducted by Graham Mann. Featuring the Trio of Carols and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. Get in touch for further details
14th December 2020
4:00PM – YouTube Première
Dartford Grammar School Symphony Orchestra, R’n’B Band and 6th Form Vocal Group – Conducted by Anna Metcalf, Gina Streeks and Jennifer Quigley. Featuring Aaron Copland’s Hoedown, Kenji Yamamoto’s Gear Getaway from Super Smash Bros, and a series of other ensemble and solo performances. Watch here
29th November 2020
10:00AM – Brixton Unitarian Church, London
Solo Advent Service at the Brixton Unitarian Church – Intimate performance of festive classics with Ricky Taing (Flute) accompanied by Jason Taing (Organ). Featuring Méditation from Thaïs by Massenet, Gustav Holst’s Cranham, Walking in the Air by Howard Blake and more. Get in touch for further details
1st November 2020
7:00PM – Cadogan Hall, London
CANCELLED English Schools’ Orchestra – Conducted by Robert Pepper. Repertoire includes Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances, Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor and Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche Suite for alto saxophone and orchestra with soloist Jess Gillam. Book here
7th August 2020
6:00PM – YouTube Première
Macclesfield Music Centre Youth Jazz Live – Featuring the Big Phat Band’s Jazz Police, Ray Baudic and Bob Haggart’s Big Noise from Winnetka Kenny Dorham’s Blue Bossa and other works Watch here
13th July 2020
7:45PM – Benenden School, Cranbrook
CANCELLED Kent Youth Wind Orchestra – Conducted by Duncan Stubbs.
4th July 2020
7:00PM – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
CANCELLED Junior Trinity Sinfonia – Conducted by Andrew Morley.
3rd July 2020
7:30PM – St George’s Centre, Medway
CANCELLED Medway Youth Orchestra – Conducted by Graham Mann. Featuring Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite, Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers and Bizet Farandole. Watch their virtual performance here.
11th April 2020
2:30PM – Elgar Hall, Birmingham
CANCELLED National Youth Concert Band of Great Britain Easter Residency – Conducted by Jonathan Parkes with guest soloist Helen Vollam. Featuring Kenneth Hesketh’s Masque, Christopher Marshall’s Aue!, Grant Kirkthorpe’s KirkFeld, Samuel E. Hazo’s Exultate, a world premiere of Anne Chmelewsky’s Now You Can Believe, Eric Whitacre’s October and Guy Woolfenden Gallimaufry. Watch the virtual performance here.
28th March 2020
7:00PM – Blackheath Halls, London
CANCELLED Junior Trinity Symphony Orchestra and Four Part Choir – Conducted by Leo Geyer and Charles MacDougall. Featuring works by Philip Sparke, Edward Bairstow and Peter Copley.
19th March 2020
7:00PM – The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford
CANCELLED Dartford Grammar School Symphony Orchestra, R’n’B Band and 6th Form Vocal Group – Conducted by Anna Metcalf, Gina Streeks and Jennifer Quigley. Featuring Bach, Grieg, Snarky Puppy and more.
20th and 21st February 2020
7:00PM – Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich
7:00PM – St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton
Brighton Youth Orchestra and Junior Trinity Four Part Choir – Conducted by Andrew Sherwood and featuring soloist Sir John Tomlinson. Works include the world premiere of Salamanca 1936 by Peter Copley and others.
1st February 2020
4:00PM – King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Junior Trinity Teatime Concert – Featuring the Junior Trinity Flute and Harp Duet, Ricky Taing (flute) and Cedar Wilson (harp) performing Marchesi’s Sostenuto molto (arr. Robert van Beringen). Get in touch for further details
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