Worcester Concert Club

Sunday 5 October 2008 at 3.00pm

Charles Owen (piano)

Charles Owen is well known to local concert goers and acclaimed worldwide for his vivid and imaginative performance. His CD of piano music by Poulenc was nominated for a Classical Brit award.

"One of the finest pianists of his generation" – Gramophone 2004

See Charles Owen's website for more details.

Sunday 2 November 2008 from 11.00am - 2.00pm

Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley - Piano Duets

Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley give a series of duet masterclasses.

See the artists' website for more details.

Sunday 2 November 2008 at 3.00pm

Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley - Piano Duets

Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley offer a wealth of experience through recitals, masterclasses and courses opening a treasure chest of music for four hands.

See the artists' website for more details.

Sunday 30 November 2008 at 3.00pm

James Oxley(tenor) and Caroline Dowdle(piano)

James Oxley studied as a cellist at the Royal College of Music, then as a singer at Oxford. He has appeared as an acclaimed singer at major concert halls in the UK, Europe, the Middle and Far East and Australia. He has a particular association with France.

Caroline Dowdle studied at the University of Cape Town and the Royal Northern College of Music. She has performed widely in the UK and Europe, mainly with singers, and earlier this year appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow with Simon Keenlyside.

See James Oxley's website for more details.

Sunday 18 January 2009 at 3.00pm

Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming (violin)

Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola) and Emma Denton (cello)

The Carducci String Quartet is an active young quartet made up of two couples, one Irish and the other English from Gloucester. In a short time, they have achieved a great deal, winning international prizes and playing for festivals in England, Ireland and Europe. They have recently been appointed quartet in residence at Cork School of Music.

See the artists' website for more details.

Sunday 8 February 2009 at 12.00pm

Recorder Workshop by Cathryn Dew

The workshop will give young people the opportunity to develop their recorder playing skills and to learn some music which they will perform alongside Cathryn and Micaela during the afternoon's concert. The workshop is suitable for players aged 8 or over who have some experience of reading music; beginners or more experienced players are welcome and they may bring descant, treble or tenor instruments with them.

Cathryn Dew studied Music at the University of York. She works in the West Midlands as a recorder recitalist and a freelance workshop leader. She is the manager of Singworks, which is establishing a vibrant culture of singing amongst youngsters in Worcestershire.

Students and participants pay £3.50 and have a free ticket to the afternoon recital; parents and other adults pay the price of a concert ticket and have free access to the workshop.

Sunday 8 February 2009 at 3.00pm

Cathryn Dew (recorder) and Micaela Schmitz (harpsichord)

This programme traces the development of music for accompanied solo instrument from the earliest virtuosic single movement pieces of the early 17^th century Venice through to the time when the multi-movement solo sonata had become an established form shaped by the hands of better known composers such as Corelli, Handel and Telemann.

Micaela Schmitz (from the USA) recently obtained her Doctorate of Musical Arts on 18^th Century keyboard music. As a soloist, she received acclaim for her performance of Bach's Goldberg variations. She is employed as Regional Support and Development Office for Making Music, West Midlands.

Sunday 8 March 2009 at 3.00pm

Edgar Bailey (violin) and Joanne Sealey (piano)

Edgar Bailey began to learn the violin at the age of six and in 2005 was awarded a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studies with Mateja Marinkov. In 2007, he won both the Chandos and Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year Competition and performed the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor with the Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra.