NCEM Brochure Autumn 2009

Jazz Folk

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Offer Welcome to the Autumn Season. We have an exciting season ahead with visiting world music artists representing traditions from across the ancient Silk Route taking us from the music of the Sephardic Jews to the Christians of Syria and on through India into Azerbaijan.

We also have an extended jazz season with the return of popular artists including world renowned guitarists Martin Taylor and John Etheridge, we continue to attract the leading artists on the folk circuit and highlights of the early music programme include concerts by the Carnival Band and Joglaresa.

Delma Tomlin MBE Director

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Book four concerts from the choice below and get the cheapest one free!

Andy Panayi Quartet

Indus

Ashigs

Fri 16 October | £12

Tues 10 November | £12

Sat 3 October | £12

Zoe & Idris Rahman & Kuljit Bhamra Fri 20 November | £15

Gwilym Simcock Sun 22 November | £12

Samay Fri 27 November | £12

Geoff Gascoyne Quartet

Los Desterrados Sun 13 December | £12

Fri 11 December | £12 This offer is valid on full price tickets only. You will need to book all four concerts at the same time to take advantage of this deal.There are no refunds or exchanges available and this offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.Tickets are subject to availability.

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September October Monday 28 September | 7.30pm

Saturday 3 October | 7.30pm | more

Faustus

Andy Panayi Quartet

‘The trio’s vocals sound dramatic and authentic without being histrionic or forced, and the instrumentation is immaculate’ Sunday Times Promoted in association with The Black Swan Folk Club Tickets £13.00 (concessions £11.00)

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Nominated for Best Group in the latest BBC Folk Awards, Faustus unites three pivotal English musicians of the younger generation, with backgrounds in bands such as Waterson:Carthy and Bellowhead. Saul Rose is a virtuoso melodeon player, the flamboyant Paul Sartin contributes fiddle and oboe, and versatile Benji Kirkpatrick plays an array of fretted instruments, while all three are strong singers. Together they breathe vigorous new life into a well-researched selection of English songs and dance tunes, making music which is accessible, entertaining and joyful.

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Andy Panayi tenor & baritone saxes, alto flute, descant and treble recorders Mark Nightingale trombone Simon Woolf bass Steve Brown drums The Quartet has focused on the music of Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Thad Jones and their contemporaries. This concert features original music from their latest CD ‘The Solar Cats’ taking audiences on a journey through space to discover the planets. Andy has performed with numerous artists including Shirley Bassey, Jessye Norman, Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Moscow City Ballet, English National Ballet and also runs his own big band ‘Time Zones’.

‘The writing is classy and the playing more so’ The Guardian Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.andypanayi.co.uk

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Indus

Monday 19 October | 7.30pm

Jackie Oates

Henrik Linnemann flute Shahbaz Hussain tabla John Ball santoor Mohamed Assani sitar Indus brings together four instrumentalists with roots in diverse musical genres, including Indian, Western and Jazz. Drawn together by a shared desire to create new approaches to music-making and to explore the full potential of their instruments. Indus skilfully navigates through uncharted and ever-changing musical terrain. The result is a unique sound that is a new musical language unto itself – one that reflects the group's integrity, sensitivity and aspirational vision.

Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.indusmusic.co.uk

Here is an unassuming new star in the folk firmament; a pure, haunting singer and a skilled fiddle player who first came to prominence with Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. Jackie’s last solo CD received fulsome praise and she won both the Best Newcomer and the Best Traditional Track prizes at this year’s BBC Folk Awards. Touring to promote her third album Hyperboreans, she is accompanied by guitarist James Dumbleton and other musicians for an evening of immaculately performed English ballads and songs.

‘This is an accomplished and beautiful album from a unique singer and musician’ Channel 4 Music Promoted in association with The Black Swan Folk Club Tickets £13.00 (concessions £11.00)

www.jackieoates.co.uk

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EarlyMusicWeekend October November Saturday 31 October | 8.00pm – 9.00pm

The Clerks Directed by Edward Wickham with Merit Ariane Stephanos, George Qas-Barsoum and Abdul Salam Kheir Qudduson: Sacred Songs of East and West Emerging from Edward Wickham’s work with choirs in the Middle East, Qudduson (meaning – Holy) explores the music of the different faiths and cultures of East and West looking at what unites these two seemingly very different musical traditions.

Here The Clerks’ award-winning performances are combined with the virtuoso singing of musicians steeped in the traditions of Sufism, Islam and the Orthodox church. Thrill to the high emotion of this music, which has moved and consoled its listeners for hundreds of years. ‘.......a new side of early music . . . unafraid to mingle with contemporary issues’ Daily Telegraph

Saturday 31 October | 2.00pm – 5.00pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate,York

The Clerks Singers' Workshop Explore the music of Qudduson with the internationally acclaimed chant specialist Edward Wickham, director of The Clerks.

For details, please contact Jillian Johnson at info@ncem.co.uk

Sunday 1 November | 12noon – 5.15pm

Handel Insight Day Presented by Donald Burrows with members of the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble The Sixteen Whatever your opinion of Handel, don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from Donald Burrows, author of the definitive handbook Handel: Messiah and editor of Samson for Novello Handel Edition.

Joining him will be several members of The Sixteen, providing the musical illustration.

Tickets £20.00 including lunch Advance booking essential

www.thesixteen.com

Tickets £15.00 (concessions £10.00)

www.theclerks.co.uk

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November Friday 6 November | 7.30pm

John Etheridge with special guest Kit Holmes Enjoy an uplifting evening of jazz, blues, folk, African grooves and much more from two outstanding guitarists. John Etheridge is one of the world’s most respected guitarists and has played with Stephane Grappelli, Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Nigel Kennedy and John Williams. This concert features music from his highly acclaimed new album ‘I DIDN’T KNOW’. John’s special guest is Kit Holmes - a singer/songwriter and rising guitar star. Her music fuses a broad range of influences from pop to folk, blues and soul and has featured on both the Bob Harris and Andy Kershaw Shows.

‘Full of warmth…an absolute delight’ The Observer Tickets £15.00 (concessions £13.00; students £5.00)

www.johnetheridge.com www.kitholmes.co.uk

Saturday 7 November | 11.00am – 4.30pm

David Owen Norris Mendelssohn Insight Day Amateur pianists from across the UK are invited to join pianist, broadcaster and renowned Mendelssohn expert, David Owen Norris, in a day-long workshop looking at Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words and other short works in this his bicentenary year. The workshop will conclude at 4.00pm with a concert performance of some of these remarkable pieces on a unique piano with divided sustaining pedal: a device for which Mendelssohn conceived some of his most dramatic pianistic ideas.

‘Quite possibly the most interesting pianist in the world’ Globe & Mail Toronto Tickets £15.00 including lunch Advance booking essential

www.davidowennorris.com

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November Tuesday 10 November | 7.30pm | more

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Ashigs

Friday 13 November | 7.30pm

Begum Parveen Sultana The NCEM is delighted to welcome back the undisputed Queen of Hindustani Music, Begum Parveen Sultana, also dubbed the ‘Poetess of Music’ and ‘the Ultimate Soprano’ by the international press.

The art of the ashigs is an ancient bardic tradition that belongs mostly to the old Turkic World (Central Asia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus and North West-China). An ashig is a poet, composer, singer, musical performer and occasionally a dancer who beats on the strings of the saz and improvises serenades and ballads. The musical and poetic heritage of Azerbaijani ashigs dates back to the 14th-century and was created, preserved and is still passed on in oral form which demands exceptional musical memory and ear. Vocalist Gochaq Askarov performs with Aliagha Sadiyevtar and Elshan Mansurov kamancha.

Promoted in association with the Asian Music Circuit Tickets £12.00

The young Parveen was influenced by her father, Ikramul Majid and then trained by Acharya Chinmoy Lahiri in Calcutta. At 12, she was the youngest artist to receive the Padmashri’, the coveted award from the Government of India. In Bombay, her Guru and mentor was Ustad Mohammed Dilshad Khan with whom she acquired a new dimension to her singing, giving it the required mastery of ragas and a voice culture combined with uplifting spirituality.

Parveenji will be accompanied by tabla maestro Partha Sarathi Mukerjee, Chiranjib Chakraborty harmonium and Nina Virdee tanpura.

‘Her matchless voice... held the audience spellbound’ The Times of India Promoted by Kalasangam Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.kalasangam.org

(concessions £10.00; students £5.00) www.amc.org.uk

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November Sunday 15 November | 7.30pm

Friday 20 November | 7.30pm | more

Show of Hands

Zoe & Idris JazzWeekend Rahman with Kuljit Bhamra

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England’s finest acoustic roots duo, Show of Hands, embark on an extensive tour of English county towns. Steve Knightley, described by Radio 2’s Mike Harding as ‘one of England’s great singer songwriters’ and Phil Beer, nominated for the coveted ‘Musician of the Year’ title at the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, are joined by Miranda Sykes on double bass and vocals.

This is not folk as you know it, being edgier and nudging the mainstream, it pitches into rock, blues, country and world music, played on an eye-defying multitude of instruments from slide guitar to fiddle, mandolin to South American cuatro. Special guest is the intriguing French-Geordie Flossie Malavialle.

‘One of the most successful live bands on the scene’ The Guardian Tickets £17.00 (concessions £15.00)

www.showofhands.co.uk www.mirandasykes.com

Pianist Zoe Rahman is one of the UK’s brightest talents and has firmly established herself on the contemporary jazz scene. Her second album, 'Melting Pot', was voted 'Jazz Album of the Year' at the 2006 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Her new album ‘Where Rivers Meet’ is described in every way as an impressive sequel and the ensemble was short-listed for the 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards: Ensemble of the Year. It is an original take on Bengali popular music offering a unique new form of Anglo-Asian music: beautiful improvised music that is utterly compelling in its brilliant meeting of musical worlds. Zoe is joined by her brother Idris clarinet and Kuljit Bhamra tabla.

‘One of the finest young pianists in Europe’ The Observer Tickets £15.00 (concessions £13.00; students £5.00)

www.zoerahman.com www.kuljitbhamra.com

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November

Saturday 21 November | 7.30pm

Blue Harlem JazzWeekend For more than 10 years Blue Harlem has been regarded as the premier swing/jive band on the London scene.

They have become regular favourites at the world-famous 100 Club, the Pigalle and ‘Jitterbugs’. They have an enviable reputation as a party band, having played for society soirees all over the UK including Buckingham Palace and have built a huge fan base internationally.

‘I DARE YOU!’ is their fourth album and features the fabulous new vocalist Sophie Shaw. This album captures the fashionable spirit of the forties and fifties rhythm n’ blues and also introduces new arrangements and a fresh collection of material to its listener.

‘Blue Harlem – the group I’m currently raving about. It’s happy music – it makes you want to dance – Highly recommended!’ Michael Parkinson BBC Radio 2 Tickets £15.00 (concessions £13.00; students £5.00)

www.blueharlem.co.uk

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November Sunday 22 November | 9.30am – 12.30pm

Late Learners’ Jazz Workshop

JazzWeekend

If you have dabbled with music in your youth, developed an interest whilst supporting and encouraging a child to learn an instrument, or reached a certain age and realised this was something that you really wanted to do, come and join us. Led by jazz musician Rob Lavers and two of his session musicians, the atmosphere will be relaxed and creative. No grades required, just bring along your instrument and enthusiasm.

Tickets £35.00 (no concessions)

Sunday 22 November | 4.00pm | more

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JazzWeekend

Gwilym Simcock, BBC Radio 3 Jazz Award winner and first ever BBC Radio 3 New Generations Jazz Artist, has already been described as a ‘jazzier’ John Taylor, his style reminiscent of Keith Jarrett, his piano playing ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’, ‘dazzling’. His ‘harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions’ make him stand out as one of the most gifted performers and composers working on the British scene. Gwilym will be playing new compositions from his forthcoming new album to be released this autumn.

‘No young musician outside the pop world has moved as fast into the upper reaches of his profession as Simcock’ The Observer Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.gwilymsimcock.com Sunday 22 November | 8.00pm

Farrago

JazzWeekend

Members of the University of York Jazz Orchestra An ensemble of students from the University of York Jazz Orchestra play a mix of original compositions, arrangements and contemporary jazz. The concert will be an eclectic mix of jazz styles, played by some of the University's most talented musicians.

Tickets £7.00 (concessions £6.00; students £5.00)

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November Friday 27 November | 7.30pm | more

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Samay Samay is a unique collective of musicians - Jesse Banister saxophone, Bhupinder Singh Chaggar tabla Giuliano Moderali guitar Soumik Datta sarod Kenny Higgs bass - exploring new ways of understanding and making music which creates a powerful and distinctive sound that is, so far, unknown to the western or eastern world. Samay take the classical and traditional sounds of India as a base, adding a touch of world, folk and jazz, voicing a new musical language derived from the multicultural diaspora of 21st century Britain.

‘This frighteningly talented five piece group fuse Indian and European musical styles to brilliant effect' Leeds Guide Tickets

£12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.samaymusic.com

Monday 30 November | 7.30pm

Chris Wood’s Handmade Life Band Current holder of BBC Folk Awards for both Singer of the Year and Best Album, Chris Wood is now recognised as a major musical commentator on contemporary English life. For this one-off tour, supported by an award from the Contemporary Music Network, Chris broadens his music with a distinctive band line-up.

Fellow Imagined Village participants Andy Gangadeen on drums and Barney Morse Brown on cello, together with Robert Jarvis on trombone, join Chris on guitar and fiddle. Nothing sounds quite like it – the unique instrumentation matches Wood’s expressive voice perfectly, while the content of his new songs retains the subtly humane vision of ‘Trespasser’ and ‘The Lark Descending’.

‘The renaissance man of English folk’ The Irish Times Promoted in association with The Black Swan Folk Club Tickets £17.00 (concessions £15.00)

www.englishacousticcollective.org.uk/cw

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December Wednesday 2 December | 7.30pm

Sunday 6 December | 1.00pm - c2.00pm

The Carnival Band

Pamela Thorby

A Carnival of Carols

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Elizabeth Kenny Robin Blaze countertenor The Secret Garden Songs, ballads, dances and virtuoso instrumental fantasias designed for the pleasure gardens of Europe - written by flute and bell player Jacob Van Eyck and lutenist Nicolaes Vallet.

Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00)

www.pamelathorby.com www.rayfieldartists.com/robinblaze.html

From medieval England to – well just about anywhere and any era! The Carnival Band go beyond the spirit of Christmas to the spirit of people the world over getting together to celebrate and have fun. With shawms, bagpipes, fiddle, guitars, bass, drums melodica etc And LOTS of singing!

‘It was all beautifully done... the band is terrific’ Lancashire Evening Post Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; under 16’s £5.00)

www.carnivalband.com

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December Monday 7 December | 7.30pm

Tuesday 8 December | 7.30pm - c8.30pm

Joglaresa

John Potter & Ambrose Field

Four Thousand Winters

Being Dufay

Joglaresa is joined by storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton and three times ‘All Ireland Fiddle Champion’ Dermot Crehan for a programme of stories and song from the Northwestern fringes of Europe - tales of polar bears, princesses, snow, darkness, frost, firesides, love, trickery and some happy endings... for adults and children of eight years and above.

‘Thrilling and haunting’ The Times Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; Under 16’s £5.00)

www.joglaresa.com

A new musical work by UK digital composer Ambrose Field. The piece is a setting of vocal fragments by Flemish master Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474), sung by tenor John Potter, formerly of the Hilliard Ensemble. Ambrose digitally multiplies and modifies the newly composed material from more than 100 original tracks. The result is a rich, contemporary sound world which retains the essence of 15th-century Franco-Flemish polyphony. There will be PA and a projection screen for the background video specially commissioned from Mick Lynch. ‘Being Dufay’ was recently released as a CD by ECM Records.

'Mesmerising and quite beautiful' Classic FM Magazine Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.beingdufay.com www.john-potter.co.uk/being-dufay.php

Full details of the York Early Music Christmas Festival which runs from 2 – 8 December and also includes concerts by La Serenissima, Concordia, Ensemble Gilles Binchois and The Dufay Collective, are available now on the website at www.ncem.co.uk

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December Friday 11 December | 7.30pm | more

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Geoff Gascoyne Quartet

Sunday 13 December | 7.30pm | more

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Los Desterrados

After years of touring with Jamie Cullum, bass player, composer and arranger Geoff Gascoyne returns with his new jazz group. The Quartet includes Scottish Jazz Legend Jim Mullen guitar, young Australian Graeme Blevins alto saxophone, Sebastiaan de Krom drums and Trudy Kerr vocals. The concert and the new CD, 'Pop-Bop', released on the jazzizit label, features new jazz arrangements of some favourite pop music from the last 30 years.

Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.myspace.com/geoffgascoynegroup

Jean-Marc Barsam bass, saz, guitar, vocals Hayley Blitz vocals Mark Greenfield percussion, vocals Daniel Jonas guitar, oud, vocals Andrew Salida guitar, flute, vocals Ariane Todes violin Founded in 2000 by guitarist and oud player Daniel Jonas with the objective of exploring the overlooked Judeo-Spanish musical tradition, this group weave soul, jazz, flamenco and folk influences into the Mediterranean music of the Sephardic Jews demonstrating that Jewish music can be sensuous, passionate and exotic.

Los Desterrados was nominated for Best Group in the 2009 Songlines Music Awards and in recent years have released three CDs - Por Dos Levanim', ‘TU’ and Miradores – the latter showcasing their spirited interpretation of this tradition.

‘The group take the music of the Sephardic Jews, with its strong Latin influences, and drag it effortlessly into the 21st Century with lashings of Spanish folk and Balkan soul’ London Metro Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00; students £5.00)

www.losdesterrados.com

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December Friday 18 December | 7.30pm

Martin Taylor and Martin Simpson The NCEM welcomes the return of legendary guitarists Martin Taylor and Martin Simpson of the jazz and folk genres, joining together for this special performance.

This is the first time the duo, who are both award-winning artists in their own right, have toured Britain together, having recently completed a trip around the United States. They will each play solo, as well as performing collaborative pieces. The melding of Martin Taylor's classic jazz stylings with Martin Simpson's folksy, rough-hewn approach will make for a fascinating evening of great guitar music.

Martin Taylor ‘The acoustic guitarist of his generation’ Acoustic Guitar Magazine Martin Simpson ‘His performances elicit powerful emotions and subtle, understated beauty' Guitar Player Tickets

£17.00 (concessions £15.00)

www.martinsimpson.com | www.martintaylor.com

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Education

Happy Birthday Dear Henry!

The NCEM will be taking 500 primary school children to perform in the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall in November. The children, aged between 9 and 11, from New Earswick, Dringhouses, Dunnington, Heworth, Fishergate, Wigginton, St Wilfrid's, Park Grove, Bootham Junior, St Georges RC, Robert Wilkinson and Hempland Schools will be celebrating Henry Purcell and learning a piece of music specially written for them by Cathedral composer Richard Shephard.

Schools Prom Preview Family and friends are invited to a preview of the Schools Prom event at 5pm on Wednesday 4 November in York Minster.

Tickets £2.00 available from the NCEM Box Office.

Join Minster Minstrels The Minster Minstrels - York’s Early Music Ensemble - is currently looking for instrumentalists and singers. The group rehearse on Saturday mornings at Canon Lee School. If you are aged between 10 and 18 years and would like to find out more, come along to a free taster session. For more information, please contact 01904 632220. The Minster Minstrels is run as a partnership between the NCEM and the City of York Council’s York Arts Academy with support from the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust.

NCEM Composers Award 2010 In 2009, the NCEM worked in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars to present these prestigious awards to 16 year-old Elizabeth Edwards and 21 year-old Michael Perrett (pictured). Their compositions were premiered by The Tallis Scholars in York Minster as part of the York Early Music Festival, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Early Music Show’. Information about the 2010 Composers Award will be available on the NCEM website from October.

To find out more about the NCEM’s educational work, please visit our website at www.ncem.co.uk

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Hire Facilities

Conferences and Meetings Are you looking for an unusual and peaceful space to hold a conference or a meeting? If so consider using the NCEM, which is available for hire. The Centre offers a versatile space making it an excellent choice of venue for conferences, meetings, away-days, product launches, examinations, training days and countless other events.

Our award-winning venue is housed within the Grade One listed medieval church of St Margaret's. The NCEM combines an elegant, historic building with cutting edge technology, creating an unparalleled setting.

Our friendly and welcoming staff will work with you to ensure that your event runs smoothly. Organisations and companies who book the facilities always return and praise the staff for their attention to detail and cheerful manner.

If you would like to find out more about our conference facilities, please contact us on 01904 632220, email info@ncem.co.uk or visit www.ncem.co.uk/conferences

Recordings The NCEM is a welcoming, uniquely equipped recording space situated in the centre of York.

Artists and organisations who have enjoyed using the NCEM include BBC Radio 3; Linn Records; the University of York; Matthew Wadsworth; Red Byrd; the Hilliard Ensemble; the Palladian Ensemble; Catherine Bott; Fabio Bonizzoni and Emanuela Galli.

If you would like to find out more about our recording facilities, please contact us on 01904 632220, email info@ncem.co.uk or visit www.ncem.co.uk/recordings

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Location

How to find us National Centre for Early Music St Margaret’s Church Walmgate York Y01 9TL Box Office: 01904 658338 General Enquiries: 01904 632220 The National Centre for Early Music is based at St Margaret’s Church in Walmgate - to the East of the City. The NCEM is accessible by car, bus, foot or bike.

Car Parking: The Peel Street car park (off George Street) is free in the evenings and Sundays to York residents, there is a £2.00 charge for non residents.

Buses: First York Bus No. 10 stops in Walmgate. For timetable information ring 01904 883000 or the travel information line on 01904 551400.

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Booking

How to Book All concerts take place at the National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate,York unless otherwise indicated. All seating at the NCEM is unreserved.

By Telephone: Contact the Box Office on 01904 658338. Open weekdays between 9.00am – 5.00pm.

By Credit/Debit Card: Tickets can be booked by Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Access and Maestro.

Please note that surcharges apply.

By E Mail: Simply e mail your enquiry to boxoffice@ncem.co.uk On-Line: Visit our website at www.ncem.co.uk and use the secure on-line booking system.

In Person: The National Centre for Early Music is situated in St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate.

The Box Office entrance is on Percy’s Lane, just off Navigation Road, open weekdays between 9.00am – 5.00pm.

By Post: Send your order to the Box Office, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York Y01 9TL, enclosing an SAE. Cheques should be made payable to the National Centre for Early Music.

General Ticket Information Reservations: Tickets can be reserved but must be paid for within three working days and at least 24 hours prior to the performance.

Concessions: These apply to people aged from 60 years onwards, unemployed, registered disabled and carers.

Group Bookings: Buy 10 get one free! We welcome group bookings (subject to ticket availability) and ask that all tickets are booked in the same transaction to take advantage of this offer.

Student Tickets: Please note that the student price of £5.00 on selected events is a limited offer so book early to avoid disappointment.

Student Standby Tickets: Look out for the new student standby tickets which will be available on the day for selected concerts only. This information will be publicised on our website.

Refunds and Exchanges: We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded except in the event of a cancelled performance.

Gift Vouchers: These can now be purchased from the Box Office in amounts of £5 and £10.

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Access The Centre offers a warm welcome to everyone. It is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with suitable toilets and designated car parking spaces. It is also fitted with an induction loop and we have an RNIB Braille map of York available on request. If you have any special needs please let us know when booking your tickets. The NCEM is a Typetalk Approved business.

Registered assistance dogs welcome.

Visitor Information Visitors to the City of York needing accommodation or more information about what is happening in the City, should visit the VisitYork website at www.visityork.org or ring 01904 550099.

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NCEM Diary Dates Autumn 2009

Monday 28 September Faustus Saturday 3 October Andy Panayi Quartet Friday 16 October Indus Monday 19 October Jackie Oates Saturday 31 October The Clerks Singers’Workshop* Saturday 31 October The Clerks Concert Sunday 1 November Handel Insight Day with members of The Sixteen Wednesday 4 November Schools Prom Preview* Friday 6 November John Etheridge & Kit Holmes Saturday 7 November Mendelssohn Insight Day with David Owen Norris Tuesday 10 November Ashigs Friday 13 November Begum Parveen Sultana Sunday 15 November Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes Friday 20 November Zoe & Idris Rahman with Kuljit Bhamra Saturday 21 November Blue Harlem Sunday 22 November Late Learners’ Jazz Workshop Sunday 22 November Gwilym Simcock Sunday 22 November Farrago - University of York Jazz Orchestra Friday 27 November Samay Monday 30 November Chris Wood’s Handmade Life Band Wednesday 2 December The Carnival Band Sunday 6 December Pamela Thorby & Friends Monday 7 December Joglaresa Tuesday 8 December John Potter & Ambrose Field Friday 11 December Geoff Gascoyne Quartet Sunday 13 December Los Desterrados Friday 18 December Martin Taylor & Martin Simpson * Please check venue details – these events are not taking place at the NCEM

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.00pm 8.00pm 12 noon 5.00pm 7.30pm 11.00am 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 9.30am 4.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Box Office 01904 658338 | www.ncem.co.uk The National Centre for Early Music | St Margaret’s Church | Walmgate | York Y01 9TL

The National Centre for Early Music is run by the York Early Music Foundation Registered Charity No. 1068331.

All details are correct at the time of going to press but we reserve the right to amend the published programme if necessary.