Trinity Term Music Diary 2023

Music Diary

TRINITY 2023

Venue for all concerts will be the Gransden Hall, The Merritt Centre, unless stated otherwise. Queenie’s Café will be open 30 minutes before evening concerts to buy light refreshments.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Free admission | All welcome

Tuesdays as listed 1.45pm Cheap Street Church, Sherborne 9 May 13 June

Fridays as listed 1.45pm Gransden Hall 28 April 12 May 19 May 9 June 16 June 23 June

Sunday Abbey Services | 11.30am Not open to the public

Sunday 23 April

Sunday 21 May – joint with Sherborne School

All tickets (including free admission) available at events@sherborne.com except where marked

CONTACT DETAILS:

Director of Music - Mark Cracknell

E: m.cracknell@sherborne.com

Music Administrator/The Merritt Centre Manager

T: 01935 818212 | E: music@sherborne.com

All event dates and times correct at the time of printing

Following a hugely busy and inspiring Lent term programme of musical events, we are delighted to bring you our Trinity Term Music Diary.

I encourage you to join us at those events which are public; from Friday lunchtime concerts to our Cheap Street Church recitals and some of our evening events. We are excited about the quality and breadth of our music and are keen to share it! Music is life, in our very souls. Please join us in celebrating and encouraging our amazing young

people as they enhance our lives with the joy of music.

I think Daniel Barenboim summed up the place of music in our lives beautifully when he said:

‘I maintain music is not only here to make us forget about life. It’s also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected – the fact that we live and die’

Mark Cracknell Director of Music

Music Scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+

Please contact me if you would like more information or to arrange a pre -audition

SHERBORNE GIRLS MUSIC

WELCOME

Friday 21 – Sunday 23 April

TWO MOORS FESTIVAL

YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITION

Taunton School | Staplegrove Road | Taunton TA2 6AD

Ticket booking: twomoorsfestival.co.uk/booking-information

Saturday 22 April

CourtsFest

Sherborne School | 7.30pm

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR SIXTH FORM PUPILS OF BOTH SCHOOLS

Tuesday 25 April

HARRIET TORY TRUST MASTERCLASS AND CONCERT

The Merritt Centre | Sherborne Girls | Bradford Road | DT9 3QN

Masterclass 2 – 5pm | Concert 7pm

The Julian Joseph Trio

Julian Joseph has made ground-breaking advances for jazz in the UK. He was the ﬁrst Black British jazz musician to host a series at London’s Wigmore Hall, and the ﬁrst to headline a late-night concert at the BBC Proms with his All Star Big Band. We welcome the Julian Joseph Trio to Sherborne Girls for this year ’ s Harriet Tory Trust Masterclass and Concert.

Performers

Julian Joseph piano

Mark Mondesir drums

Mark Hodgson acoustic bass

“The most significant jazz musician this country has produced for many years, perhaps ever ” .

Peter Hepple

The Harriet Tory Masterclass Trust was established in 2008 in memory of Harriet Tory (Aylmar ’86), who was tragically killed in an accident in 2005. A memorial fund was set up in her name, which has been used to support the establishment of an annual masterclass and concert at school. Given Harriet’s life-long love of music and the personal support she gave to many friends to help them pursue their musical passions, we believe this is a fitting tribute to her very full and selfless life.

FREE ADMISSION tickets available from events@sherborne.com or scan the QR code

SHERBORNE GIRLS MUSIC

Wednesday 26 April

MADRIGAL SOCIETY TO SING EVENSONG WITH SHERBORNE SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR Winchester Cathedral 5.30pm

Sherborne Abbey Festival

Sunday 30 April

SHERBORNE TOWN BAND CONCERT**

Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 3.30pm

For more information and tickets email hello@sherborneabbeyfestival.org or tickets available from ticketsource.co.uk/sherborneabbeyfestival

Sunday 30 April

GABRIELLE DUCOMBLE**

Gransden Hall

The Merritt Centre 7.30pm

**For more information and tickets email hello@sherborneabbeyfestival.org or tickets available from ticketsource.co.uk/sherborneabbeyfestival

SHERBORNE GIRLS MUSIC

Sherborne Abbey Festival

Tuesday 2 May

SHERBORNE GIRLS

MADRIGAL SOCIETY CONCERT

Sherborne Abbey | 1.30pm

Tuesday 2 May

SHERBORNE GIRLS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre 4.30pm

FREE ADMISSION tickets available from events@sherborne com or scan the QR code

Sunday 21 May

RECORDER WORKSHOP

Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre 2pm – 5pm

Lead by Sherborne Girls tutor Amy Whittlesea with Rebecca Austen

Brown and Sarah Humfreys, from the internationally renound ‘Fontanella’ Recorder Quintet.

FREE ADMISSION

For recorder players of all standards, from Grade 1 right up to Post Diploma Level. To apply please email music@sherborne.com and specify which recorder/s you play and to what level.