Music & Dance
Dancing the 5Rhythms
September 9th 2011
Caroline Sherwood meets the Somerset dancers and teachers of the uplifting, therapeutic 5Rhythms dance movement
Ballroom and Bubbly in Castle Cary
July 22nd 2011
Caroline Sherwood talks to dance teacher Paul Parsons of the Market House School of Dancing, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month
Summer Long Dance
July 6th 2011
Caroline Sherwood talks to Ya'Acov and Susannah Darling Khan, founders of the School of Movement Medicine, about the Summer Long Dance due to take place near Compton Dundon this month
Womad At Bristol Zoo
June 15th 2011
The Zoo hosted an evening of music, dance and workshops from around the world on set in its beautiful 12-acre botanical gardens, home to over 400 animal species from across the world.
Winscombe Orchestra - Music in the Mendips Concert Series
June 3rd 2011
On Friday 15 July, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, Sidcot and Saturday 16 July, 7.45pm Christ Church, Montpelier
Launch of two new choirs for school pupils in Somerset
May 19th 2011
Following the success of the award winning Bridgwater College Show Choir, the College has decided to extend the opportunity to younger year groups, with the launch of two new Youth Choirs
Bristol Bach Choir - Music for a Summer's Evening
May 16th 2011
Fresh from its critically acclaimed performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Bath Abbey, the Bristol Bach Choir returns to its native city for a lighter programme of English madrigals, partsongs, spirituals and rousing opera choruses
Avalonian Free State Choir & Dave Martin’s Jabbo Five Concert Dates
April 4th 2011
A return visit by this 36-strong well-established & spectacular Glastonbury choir and a New Orleans style Jazz Band.
Charity concert to support marines and their families
March 23rd 2011
Ashfords Solicitors are joining forces with string sextet The Honeymead Ensemble to raise money for Royal Marines and their families this spring.
Prior Park welcomes top flute soloist
March 16th 2011
Prior Park welcomed top flute soloist, Paul Edmund-Davies, to the College for a concert and flute masterclass. Edmund-Davies has performed solo flute on the Star Wars and Harry Potter films and is with ENO and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Have You Got The Tractor Factor?
February 28th 2011
Rapping farmers’ success provokes search for the next online music sensation. Matt Cardle may have won The X Factor, but for Yeo Valley, the real winners were the farmers from its now world famous rap advert.
Shimmy on down to the Majma
February 21st 2011
In the first in a new series on Somerset’s thriving dance scene, Caroline Sherwood spotlights some stars of the vibrant Majma Festival, taking place in Glastonbury
All-star line-up for charity concert
February 14th 2011
On Saturday 26 March, the acclaimed Bristol Bach Choir will be performing Bach¹s masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion, in Bath Abbey in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care.
Wells Jazz Collective presents ‘The Mark Pringle Trio’ on December 4th
November 29th 2010
Christmas is truly approaching as Wells will be seeing its third live jazz gig in as many months. Now on Saturday 4th December the Little Theatre will be opening its doors to the ‘Mark Pringle Trio’.
Jazz and Chips at Burnham’s Princess Theatre venue a major success
November 26th 2010
Burnham’s Moose International lodge 123 enjoyed another entertainment success when Bob Reynolds New Society Jazz Band wowed a full house with the spirit of New Orleans, and The Battered Fryer delivered fish and chips to the audience.
Back to share the Spirit of Jazz
September 30th 2010
Following their ‘one-off tour’ of Somerset in 2008, L’Esprit du Jazz has reformed to share their contemporary yet nostalgic style of jazz with new audiences. The band has two concerts planned for Somerset this autumn.
Vermin leaving for their “London, and Beyond Tour”
July 29th 2010
Somerset- based Punk rock band Vermin, are on tour from Friday 6th August until Saturday 14th August, taking in venues at London, Pawlett, Minehead, Cornwall, Bristol, Taunton, Glastonbury and Weston.
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