Events

Sing Up! Workshops

I have been appointed to run a number of workshops across County Durham as part of the Government’s National Sing Up! campaign. This  started in Teesdale in January 2008. The aim is to engage with as many primary school age children as possible, especially in those schools where music provision is poor.

There is no doubt that most children enjoy singing and Sing Up! seeks to put music back in to the curriculum where very often it is sidelined when time/resources are not available.

The Teesdale SingUp! choir (directed by me) is now established and the first performances of a new work called ‘The lost legion of the ninth’, specially written by Duncan Brown and David Napthine for the SingUp! programme were given at the end of July 2008 in Barnard Castle, Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.

You can find out more information about SingUp! from the official government website: www.singup.org

Jane working with Teesdale Choir as part of the SingUp project

Concordia performance dates

Here is a list of upcoming performances for Concordia:

• 1 April 08 - Staindrop Scarth Hall
• 26 April 08 - Staindrop School Spring Fair
• 27 April 08 - Middleton Farmer's Market medieval event
• 23 August 08 - 7pm St. Mary's Church, Cockfield
• 20 September 08 - Bishop Auckland Methodist Church
• 27 September 08 - Bowes Museum
• 4 December 08 - Bowes W.I
• 9 December 08 - Newbiggin Methodist Chapel
• 12 December 08 - Witham Hall, Barnard Castle

Shewings performance

I will be performing  'Shewings', my setting of Julian of Norwich's 14th century text , with my band at:

• The Witham Hall, Barnard Castle
  on Saturday 28th June
• Reeth Memorial Hall
  on Saturday 18th October

Please get in touch using the contact form on this site for further information or to order tickets.

You can listen to some samples of the music in one of the earlier posts below.

Large Productions

I have recently been working with a disabled theatre group called 'Large Productions' who are based at Darlington Hospital. I go regularly to give workshops and help them prepare for concerts. Great fun!!

Visit the Large Productions information page on the Durham Community website for more information.

Julian of Norwich

I have composed a setting of some lines from Julian of Norwich’s famous medieval text A Revelation of Love, some extracts of which I performed last year. The complete CD is due to be recorded at the end of 2008 and the music is a mix of styles ranging from folk to medieval chant.

Listen to some samples below:

• Sample 1 (2.7Mb, 2m 22s)
• Sample 2 (3.4Mb, 2m 54s)
• Sample 3 (2.9Mb, 2m 30s)