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Our music festival celebrating the end of the extra-curricular musical year at the University of Kent!

Come along and celebrate the end of our musical year at the University of Kent!

Events:

Summer Music: Launch Night!

Wednesday 27 May, Colyer-Fergusson Hall, 7.30pm

University Concert Band and Big Band

Tayo Fanifosi voice

Ian Swatman conductor

The opening night of this year’s music festival sees the Concert Band and Big Band come together in a vibrant programme, packed full of showtunes and swing.

T: £15 / £8 (students)

 

Summer Music: FolkShop Lunchtime Concert

Weds 28 May, 1.10pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall

FolkShop ensemble

Heather Moss director

Led by final-year Music Performance Scholar, Heather Moss, the folk group presents a lively set of traditional and contemporary folk tunes.

T: free

 

Summer Music: Big Band at the Beach!

Sunday 31 May, Deal Bandstand, 2.30pm

University Big Band

Tayo Fanifosi voice

Ian Swatman conductor

The Big Band and final-year vocalist, Tayo, perform amidst the sunshine on the Memorial Bandstand at Deal.

T: free

 

Summer Music: Scholars’ Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday 2 June, 1.10pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall

University Music Performance Scholars and Award Holders

A lunchtime recital featuring University Music Scholars, followed by the annual Music Prize ceremony, recognising outstanding contributions to extra-curricular music this year.

T: free

 

Summer Music: Cecilian Choir & Consort: Everyday Wonders

Friday 5 June, Colyer-Fergusson Hall, 7.30pm

Cecilian Choir and Consort

and choirs from local primary schools

Robin Walker piano

Flo Peycelon violin

Dan Harding conductor

Ola Gjeilo The Road

Cecilia McDowall Everyday Wonders: the girl from Aleppo

John Cage In a Landscape

and other works

The Cecilian Choir and Consort explore music reflecting themes of travel and of home, joined by a choir comprising local schoolchildren for Cecilia McDowall’s re-telling of the story of Kurdish refugee, Nujeen, and her sister, and their journey across borders to sanctuary Germany.

T: £15 (full) / £8 (students & children under 16)

 

Summer Music: Kent Gospel Choir

Wednesday 10 June, Colyer-Fergusson Hall, 1.10pm

Kent Gospel Choir

Ikeoluwa Hamzat director

The University’s award-winning gospel choir performs an energy-filled lunchtime concert.

T: free

 

Summer Music: Box of Tricks!

Thursday 11 June, 1.10pm, Colyer-Fergusson Hall

An informal recital by some of this year’s Music Scholars and Award Holders, including the FolkShop ensemble.

T: free

 

Summer Music: Legendary Songs, Legendary Albums!

Friday 12 June, Colyer-Fergusson Hall, 7.30pm

University Big Band – Ian Swatman director

University String Sinfonia – Floriane Peycelon director

Pop n Soul Choir – Meg Bird director

Tayo Fanifosi voice

The Big Band, String Sinfonia and Pop n Soul Choir join forces for an action-packed evening celebrating legendary songs from legendary albums.

T: £15 / £8 students

 

Summer Music: Classical at the Movies!

University Chorus & Symphony Orchestra

Dan Harding conductor

The University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra come together for a celebratory gala closing this year’s festival and bidding a musical farewell to the academic year, exploring classical pieces used in films, ranging from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to Ocean’s 11, The King’s Speech and Amadeus. 

Programme includes:

Mozart ‘Lacrimosa’ and ‘Confutatis’ from the Requiem

Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Bach orch. Stokowski Toccata in D minor

Copland ‘Hoe Down’ from Rodeo

Handel Coronation anthem Zadok the Priest

Bach ‘Air on a G string’ from Orchestral Suite no. 3

T: £15 (full) / £8 (students & children) to include post-concert glass of fizz in the foyer

ART31

ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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