Oundle School

January - February Music Events

Oundle School Music Department presents an
exciting line-up of concerts and performances
under the direction of Director of Music,
Quentin Thomas which includes:

Lunchtime Concerts: St Peter’s Church
Thursdays 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th January and
5th, 12th and 26th February from 1.15pm
Join us on Market Days in this beautiful
church setting in Oundle for neatly presented
and diverse concerts. Lunch is offered in
the form of homemade soup and bread rolls
from 1pm for £3, provided by Rachael Kelley
of The Little Soup Kitchen. Good company,
wholesome food, delightful music – surely the
perfect line-up.

Musical Opportunities Concerts
Recital Room, Gascoigne Building
Wednesdays 21st January & 4th and 11th
February at 6.15pm

These concerts offer our pupils a small
audience and safe platform to run through
new repertoire prior to more demanding
settings such as public concerts and exams.

New Year Concert
Chapel and Junior Club
Sunday 18th January, 4pm
Tickets £5 to include refreshments
Our annual and popular concert
features many of Oundle’s Bands that
congregate so purposefully each week.
Following the Fifth Form Parents’ Conference
and a good lunch, parents and guests are
warmly invited to join us for this early evening
concert of vibrant music-making.

Frobenius Organ - Chapel
Sunday 25th January
4pm - Open Masterclass
5.45pm - Talk with James Parsons
7pm - Thomas Trotter: Celebrity Organ
Recital - Tickets: £10
Celebrating 30 years with
Thomas Trotter and James Parsons
Oundle School is
extremely fortunate to
have such a beautiful
instrument in the heart
of our town, built by
Frobenius of Denmark in
1984 with the inaugural
recital given by Curlo
Curley in January, 1985.
This organ facilitated
James Parsons to initiate
the Oundle International
Organ Week in 1985
with the concurrent
festival programme
for the general public
becoming the now wellestablished
Oundle International Festival
under the umbrella of the
Oundle Music Trust. The final concert in our
celebration of the Frobenius series welcomes
internationally renowned Thomas Trotter to
Oundle for an Open Masterclass and Recital,
preceded by displays and a talk on the design
and installation of the organ by James Parsons.

Concert with the Jazz Bands
St Peter’s Church
Friday 30th January, 7.45pm - Tickets £10 &
£15 including a glass of wine and cheese
Available from Oundle in Stitches
and Sue Thomas 01832 275438
We expect all of our Jazz Concerts to sell
out speedily, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Our
first of three concerts
involving our two
Jazz Bands will
include standards
such as Spain; Sing,
Sing, Sing; Georgia
on my mind through
to pop classics with
Stevie Wonder’s
Superstition and Rock
around the clock.

Woodwind Day with James Rae - Great Hall
Sunday 8th February
11.30am with concluding concert at 4.30pm
This event is free of charge and open to
just about anyone who plays a woodwind
instrument - especially youngsters thinking
of coming to Oundle School. Register your
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Please bring your own packed lunch - Liquid
refreshments’ will be provided.
James Rae is
renowned for
his successful
and varied
career in music
and his work
performing,
writing and
teaching. He
is highly experienced as a player in West End
and Royal National Theatre productions,
and has played with the country’s leading
orchestras, ensembles and conductors. He is
the leader of the Phoenix Saxophone Quartet
and over the years, has given many recitals and
broadcasts. As a teacher, James has held many
posts and is currently saxophone professor for
the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Composers’ Concert
Recital Room, Gascoigne Building
Thursday 12th February, 7.45pm
Free event, but only 60 tickets
available from Music Department

Another new entry is the celebration and
exclusive focus on our home-grown composers
- after all, there is nothing more exciting than a
‘World Premier’. Every pupil studying music 71
for GCSE, AS and A2 creates music and it is
of paramount importance that we bring this
process alive. Be amazed by new music created
by our many pupils as we feature a diverse
selection of compositions written with our own
pupils and music staff in mind to perform them.
A2 Recitals - Cecil Lewis Room
Great Hall
Wednesday 25th February, 7.45pm
Free tickets from Music Department
Having catered for two of our Upper Sixth
Form performance candidates with concertos
pitted against our orchestras, we have our
other four candidates lined up for this special
evening with supportive family, friends and
staff in tow. You are cordially invited to
experience the fruits of labours and to support
pupils Phoebe Alexander, Tara Day, George
Sinclair and Edward Willey.

Steve Bingham, Violin and Technology
Great Hall
Friday 27th February
7.45pm - Tickets £5
Undoubtedly one of the most musically diverse
violinists in the world today, Steve Bingham
is internationally renowned for his work as
leader of the Bingham String Quartet and his
solo recitals on violin and electric violin, along
with a feast of other musical collaborations.
As part of the Sixth
Form Lectures
programme, we
have invited
Steve to come and
demonstrate his
work, specifically
that which
incorporates use of
media and music
technology, the
world of looping
and composition.

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Oundle School January - February Music Events

Oundle School January - February Music Events

Oundle School January - February Music Events

Oundle School January - February Music Events

Oundle School January - February Music Events

Oundle School January - February Music Events