Lakeland Composers Events
Lakeland Composers' Concert,
Lancaster Priory Coffee Club concert Saturday 25th May 10:30 am
at Lancaster Priory
programme to be decided
Music composed and played by members of the LCG
Free with retiring collection
Lakeland Composers' Group Concert,
Saturday 28th October 3.00p.m.
at Silverdale Methodist Church
6 Park Rd, Silverdale, Carnforth LA5 0RW.
Music by Finzi, Gordon Jacob and members of LCG
Free with retiring collection
David Jennings - Serenade in C for Orchestra (Premiere),
Sunday 23rd April 3pm.
Teesside Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Haigh (Conductor).
Tennants Garden Rooms, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG.
Full programme:
David Jennings: Serenade in C (Premiere)
Bernstein: West Side Story Selection
Andrew Lloyd-Webber: Symphonic Reflections
Loewe: My Fair Lady Selection
Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe
Rodgers: The King and I Selection
Claude-Michel Schonberg: Les Miserables Selection
Williams: Star Wars Suite
Tickets: £12 pp for adults, 16 years old and under: Free (must be accompanied by an adult). Doors open at 2:30pm; Concert begins at 3pm.
Click on this link to book your ticket!
Preston Arts Festival Launch Concert
16th April, doors open 1.30 for 2pm concert
St George's Church, George's Road, Preston, PR1 2NP
Full programme:
Harold Salisbury & Friends (Jazz)
Katy Bradley & KTB Voice Female Chamber Choir
South Ribble Strings performing Vivaldi and Christopher Gibbs Forest of Bowland Suite.
Free entry; retiring collection.
Lakeland Composers Concert presented by the Lancaster Music Makers. New works performed in St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster on Friday 25th November 2022 7.30 pm Featuring Philip Gruar (Flute), Nigel Atkinson (Oboe), Rachel Little (Soprano) with Robin Stopford (Piano) Composers: David Collins, Tom Fryers, Gary Higginson, Robin Field, John Pratt, Thomas Muir, Melody Rowe, Chris Gibbs, James Hayward
Lakeland Composers Concert presented by the Lancaster Music Makers. New works performed in St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster on Friday 12th November 2021 7.30 pm Works by David Jennings, John Pratt, Gary Higginson, Robin Field, Thomas Muir, Chris Gibbs, Melody Rowe
Saturday October 12th 2019 - Lancaster Priory Coffee Club concert 10:30 am Works by: Dominic Downs, Robin Field, James Hayward, Gary Higginson, Tamsin Jones and Peter Wood ~ performed by: Dominic Downs and David Collins (Piano), Philip Gruar (Flute), Gary Higginson (Tenor) and Peter Wood (Organ)
New works by David Jennings performed by Pamela Redman (Violin) and Ken Forster (Piano). Saturday 1st June 2019 at 7.00 pm Town Hall, St John's Chapel, Weardale, DL13 1QF
"A Weardale Rhapsody" for Violin and Piano (World Premiere),"Three Irish Pieces" and "Passacaglia and Fugue" amongst other works. This premiere is part of a concert of my music in aid of the High House Methodist Chapel, Weardale.
Lakeland Composers Concert presented by the Lancaster Music Makers. New works performed in St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster on Friday 1st March 2019 at 7.30 pm
Saturday June 30th 2018 - Lancaster Priory Coffee Club concert 1030 am
Lakeland Composers Concert presented by the Lancaster Music Makers. New works performed in St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster on Friday 3rd November 2017 at 7.45 pm
Ribble Valley Music Festival presents a 'Glorious Summer Classic'
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To be performed Sunday 18th June 2017 from 2 pm until 4 pm in St Leonard's Church, Downham Village, near Clitheroe, Lancashire
An idyllic summer afternoon of music in this beautiful location will include a landmark performance by the Stonebridge String Quartet of the five movement Forest of Bowland Suite composed by Chris Gibbs celebrating the Bowland area of outstanding natural beauty (the final movement is appropriately entitled "Moon over Downham") performed by the Stonebridge String Quartet, together with an earlier work of his, Music for String Quartet. The Quartet will also play a short piece by their leader, Roland Fudge, who is a colleague of Chris in the Lakeland Composers group. The composer will be in attendance to discuss his inspiration which captures the beauty of various locations in the area. The prestigious Preston Opera Company will also be performing a selection of popular arias, duets and choruses.
This event is part of the Ribble Valley Music Festival. Advance booking recommended. Contact: Clive Greenwood Tel: 01254 384893 or email info@ribblevalleymusic.co.uK
'Songs of Bowland' - new work by Chris Gibbs
To be performed Thursday 15th June 2017 at 7.30pm in Slaidburn Village Hall near Clitheroe BB7 3ES
Join us for the world premiere of a choral work specially commissioned by William, 16th Lord of Bowland, and set to music by Lakeland composer, Christopher Gibbs. The four-part Songs of Bowland evokes the landscape and history of this beautiful area and will be performed by the Renaissance Singers of Blackburn Cathedral. Providing a dramatic climax to the cycle will be internationally acclaimed musician, John Kenny, who will play the carnyx, an ancient Celtic war horn whose haunting sound has not been heard in the Forest of Bowland for more than two thousand years. Read William and Christopher talking about their conception of The Music of the Forest
Booking essential. The concert will last about 90 minutes. For further information contact the AONB office on 01200 448000 or email either sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk or enquiries@slaidburnarchive.org
Lakeland Composers Concert presented by the Lancaster Music Makers. New works performed in St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster on Friday 18th November 2016 at 7.45 pm
Lakeland Composers welcome singers and instrumentalists to play our accessible and enjoyable music. If you are interested in future concerts please contact:- Chris Gibbs - Telephone: 015395 34354 Email : chris@gibbs22.plus.com
Lakeland Composers Concert featuring Trio Aquilon in association with the Ribchester Music Festival. New works performed in St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester on Friday June 26th 2015 at 2.30 pm
Concert Programme order tickets Details of the Ribchester Festival Find out more about Trio Aquilon
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New Music by Gary Higginson in Lavenham Suffolk on Friday Jan 24th 2015
'Suite for Flute and Harp Op 177' Danielle Perrett (Harp) Julie Groves (Flute)
Clitheroe Afternoon Bandstand Concert on June 15th 2014
Baxenden Concert Band incl:'The Clitheroe Quickstep' for Concert Wind Band by Tom Muir
A joint concert with the Darwen Ladies Choir at St Peter's church, Darwen on June 20th 2014
Baxenden Concert Band incl:'The Clitheroe Quickstep' for Concert Wind Band by Tom Muir
Sept 15th 2013
LAKELAND COMPOSERS WORKSHOP AND INFORMAL CONCERT
Rehearsal workshop starts 10.30 am Informal concert starts c.3.30 pm
Venue: YAN YAK, OLD HALL ROAD, TROUTBECK BRIDGE, LA23 1JA By invitation only - contact Tom Fryers 015394 88446
May 4th 2013
LAKELAND COMPOSERS AND ALLEGRI SINGERS CHORAL WORKSHOP AND INFORMAL CONCERT Conductor: Owen Davies
Rehearsal workshop starts 10.30 am Informal concert starts c.3.30 pm
Venue: YAN YAK, OLD HALL ROAD, TROUTBECK BRIDGE, LA23 1JA By invitation only - contact Tom Fryers 015394 88446
September 13th 2012
The Deconet String quartet play works of four Lakeland Composers
- Robin Field
- Tom Fryers
- Chris Gibbs
- Thomas Muir
Venue: Yan Yak, Windermere, Thursday September 13th 2012 3.00 p.m.
Friends and members of the public by invitation only on application to Tom Fryers.
April 28th 2012
Arthur Butterworth Symphony No 7 (World Premiere),
Huddersfield Town Hall, Saturday 28th April 2012 7.30 p.m.
Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Smith - with the Huddersfield Choral Society.
July 2011
Lakeland Composers' Summer Concert - Lancaster Priory, Friday 8th July 2011 at 8pm
Information about Lancaster Priory
A concert of vocal and instrumental music featuring mezzo soprano Kate Noble, flautist Philip Gruar and pianist Ian Pattinson
Composers represented include Arthur Butterworth, David Jennings, James Hayward, Robin Field, Chris Gibbs, Gary Higginson, Peter Wood