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Eight free concerts to celebrate music making in Waltham Forest

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For further information please contact Waltham Forest Music Service
12 Church Hill
Walthamstow
E17 3AG
Phone: 020 8496 1582/020 8496 1583
Fax: 020 8496 4955
Email: music.service@walthamforest.gov.uk

Many thanks,

Margaret Agana

Eight free concerts to celebrate music making in Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest Council is hosting eight free concerts at the prestigious Walthamstow Assembly Hall and two other venues in the borough as part of its summer Music Festival. Over 1,200 performers are involved, including children from local primary and secondary schools, local community groups and professional musicians.

Waltham Forest Music Festival 2013
This year's festival features eight free concerts, at three locations in the borough from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 July. During the course of the festival, you will have the opportunity to hear over 1200 performers play a variety of music from Bach to Bob Marley and Purcell to Piazolla. You’ll hear a variety of instruments, from the cello to steel pans, played by performers of all ages – some as young as 5 and others over 65. Don’t miss it!

Tuesday 2 July 11:00 Leytonstone Library

Soprano           Lynne Hirst
Accompanist    Hanya Bantock

Target audience: Older residents of the borough
Come and enjoy the former BBC Singer’s selection of arias and songs by Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Faure and Richard Strauss. Doors open at 10:30 and the concert finishes at 12:00.

Tuesday 2 July 14:00 Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Children’s Concert
Target audience; children, parents, young families
Celebrate the young talent we have in the borough and hear over 300 children perform at this wind and brass focused spectacular. The concert will feature a massed children’s choir, formed by children from primary schools from across the borough, accompanied by the Waltham Forest Music Service band. The Samba group from Walthamstow Academy and the band from Lammas School and Sports College will be performing along with numerous Music School wind and brass groups. Doors open at 13:30 and the concert finishes at 15:00.

Tuesday 2 July 19:30 Walthamstow Assembly Hall

London Forest Choir 
B.I.G Choir
East London Brass

Target audience: residents aged 15+, musicians

This is a rare chance to enjoy an evening of choral and brass music and hear three outstanding groups in one concert! London Forest Choir will perform a range of works from Sir Charles Hubert Parry to Gilbert and Sullivan and will showcase their partnership with Henry Maynard Primary School Key Stage 1 Choir, by singing a number of joint items. The British Gospel Arts B.I.G. Choir will perform a selection of contemporary, classical, gospel and inspirational songs.

Local championship brass band, East London Brass, will conclude the concert with a varied programme including the Slaidburn March and music by Glinka. Doors open at 19:00 and the concert finishes at 21:20.

Wednesday 3 July 13:00 Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Children’s Concert

Target audience; children, parents, young families
This is another opportunity to celebrate the young talent we have in the borough, and hear over 300 children perform at this ukulele and guitar focused spectacular. It will feature a massed children’s choir, formed by children from some of the borough’s primary schools, accompanied by the Waltham Forest Music Service band. Walthamstow School for Girls’ award-winning steel pan group and local singer sensation Camara Fearon will perform, as well as a variety of ukulele, saxophone and guitar groups and Music School’s very own Dance Band. Doors open at 12:30 and the concert finishes at 14:00.

Wednesday 3 July 19:30, Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Camara Fearon
The Real Deal

Target audience: Young people aged between 10-21, young families
We are delighted to present local singer/songwriter sensation Camara Fearon performing some of her own work and a mix of gospel, pop and R&B. Winners of the CBBC TV competition, ‘Sport Relief Does Glee Club’, The Real Deal will perform fresh R&B flavour music with a feel-good vibe. Both acts have performed at ‘Love Your Borough’ awards and are up and coming in the borough. Don’t miss out on this FREE opportunity to hear them perform live at Walthamstow Assembly Hall. Doors open at 19:00 and the concert finishes at 20:30.

Thursday 4 July 12:30, Alfred Hitchcock Hall, Leyton Sixth Form College

Christopher Hoyle        Cello
Tim Abel                      Piano

Target audience: residents of the borough aged 18+
It is a real privilege to have the newly appointed Head of Strings at the Royal Northern College of Music, Christopher Hoyle, performing with pianist Tim Abel as part of this year’s festival. Come and experience a whistle stop tour of the highlights of the cello repertoire, from the exquisite music of J.S. Bach to the romanticism of Max Bruch. This is a rare opportunity to see two extremely talented international performers. Doors open at 12:00 and the concert finishes at 13:00.

Thursday 4 July 13:00, Walthamstow Assembly HallChildren’s Concert

Target audience; children, parents, young families
A third and final opportunity to celebrate the young talent we have in the borough, and hear over 300 children perform at this strings focused spectacular. It features a massed children’s choir, formed by children from primary schools from across the borough, accompanied by the Waltham Forest Music Service band. A range of Music School and school-based string groups will perform as well as the Waltham Forest Music Service staff string quartet. Doors open at 12:30 and the concert finishes at 14:00.

Thursday 4 July 19:30, Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Maestoso Trio
Forest Philharmonic
Waltham Forest Youth Orchestra

Target audience: Residents aged 15+

The Maestoso Piano Trio will open the final concert of the festival and perform an exciting and vibrant programme ranging from the regal excellence of the finest English Baroque composer, Joseph Haydn, to pieces by Piazzolla evoking dusty South American plains. You will also be able to enjoy the results of a partnership which is invaluable to the development of young musicians in the borough. Forest Philharmonic and the Waltham Forest Youth Orchestra will be performing some of the most exciting orchestral classics – from the genius of Mozart to the luscious warm blend of the strings in Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. The concert will conclude with a late Beethoven Symphony, of which the second movement was popularised in the film ‘The King’s Speech’. Written when Beethoven was in poor health and deaf, the whirling energy of the fourth movement will be a fantastic finale to the Festival. Doors open at 19:00 and the concert finishes at 21:20.

For further information please contact Waltham Forest Music Service
12 Church Hill
Walthamstow
E17 3AG
Phone: 020 8496 1582/020 8496 1583
Fax: 020 8496 4955
Email: music.service@walthamforest.gov.uk

Kind regards,

Margaret Agana

Community Development Arts Officer

Room 104 Walthamstow Town Hall

Forest Road

E17 4JF

Tel:  020 8496 6892

Email: Margaret.Agana@walthamforest.gov.uk

Web:  www.walthamforest.gov.uk