Lunchtime concerts at the Platform this Spring
Classical guitarist Galina Vale
A new series of lunchtime concerts starts at the Platform on Wednesday 14 April. There is something for everyones musical tastes from jazz to classic guitar folk music and big band.
The full programme is as follows:
Wednesday 14 April - HOTCHA
Hotcha features Heath Lavery on fiddle with Alan Pill and Jon Moore on guitars. Inspired by the jazz of the 1930`s led by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club de France, they play with verve, passion and commitment. The trio`s repertoire features many Django classics and they also perform more recent tunes in Hot Club style – a blend of gypsy fire and Parisian savoir faire.
Wednesday 21 April – QUAY CHANGE
Quay Change is bassist Laurence Canty and pianist Fred Binley. First performing together in 2004, with vocalist Amy Worth they are much in demand throughout the Northwest, from the Albert Hall (Bolton!) to clubs, functions and festivals. Quay Change will perform a lively concert with an exciting air of sophistication. With a dynamic repertoire from Latin to Swing and Ballads to Blues, the band appeals to audiences of all ages.
Wednesday 28 April – FLUTE FIESTA
Flute Fiesta is a group of three talented musicians who make a beautiful and enchanting sound with two flutes and a keyboard. They are well known throughout South Cumbria and North Lancashire, having given several concerts over the last five years. They always present a wide selection of pieces and their programme will include music associated with dance. They will play early dances as well as waltzes, gavottes, boleros and tangos. David Edmonds and Samantha Mansell are the flautists and Charles Edmondson the accompanist.
Wednesday 5 May – ERMYSTED`S SCHOOL
The band was started in 1999 and has grown into three Big Bands with some 50 players between them. At this concert you will hear the Senior Big Band who will present a programme of standards from Basie, Ellington and Miller, interspersed with vocal numbers and standard dance band tunes such as `A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, `Oh You Beautiful Doll` and `The Charleston` etc. The band has made three CD`s, toured Austria and Germany twice and is active in and around the Skipton area. Many of the performers were taught by Howard Rogerson who was woodwind teacher at the school for many years.
Wednesday 12 May – VAL BAULARD & THE BLACK HORSE JAZZ MEN
Val Baulard sings traditional jazz standards, well loved and popular tunes, accompanied by the Black Horse Jazz Men who are Peter Boswell, Peter Lawrence, Jack Schofield and Roy Edwards who between them play trumpet, trombone, bass, double bass, clarinet and saxes. Val has been a professional singer for many years and has sung with the Jazz Men for several years. They perform together and separately with other groups, extensively in the Yorkshire Dales and North Lancashire.
Wednesday 19 May – GALINA VALE
Classical guitarist Galina Vale was born in the Ukraine and comes from a family of musicians. She began studying the guitar and made her first public appearance at the age of 8, from 12 she was performing major guitar concertos with the Kharkov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Galina has won many prizes at international guitar and music competitions and has performed all over the world. Her repertoire ranges from `orthodox` classical guitar, music from the renaissance and baroque, opera, modern guitar, flamenco and South American and Eastern European folk music.
All concerts start at 12.45pm and last approximately 45 minutes. Admission is free but donations are welcome.
Date Published: 01/04/10