Music Diary L E NT 2 0 2 6
Tuesday 13 January
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 16 January
WOODWIND 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Join us for the first Lunchtime Recital of the new term, with performances from Sherborne Boys wonderful woodwind musicians. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 16 January
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Wednesday 21 January
JOINT SCHOOLS’ MUSICAL SHOWCASE 7.30pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls Join us for an evening of glittering performances from the ‘best of the best’ at Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls including the Symphony Orchestra, Sherborne Boys Chamber Choir, Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society, the Sherborne Boys Swing Band, and much more!
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Friday 23 January
INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL SOLOISTS I 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Come along to hear a selection of Sherborne Boys musicians as they perform on a variety of instruments. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Thursday 29 January
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 4.00-8.30pm | Tindall Recital Hall Talented musicians from schools in the region will perform in a concert celebrating chamber music.
FREE ADMISSION ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Friday 30 January
STRINGS 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Join us to hear Sherborne Boys stunning string musicians as they perform in this Lunchtime Recital. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Tuesday 3 February
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Wednesday 4 February
JOINT SCHOOLS’ UNPLUGGED (ALL YEARS) 8.00pm | The Merritt Centre, Sherborne Girls Pupil soloists and bands from Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls perform in an acoustic style to their peers. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday 6 February
SINGERS 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Singers from Sherborne Boys will perform a variety of music in this Lunchtime Recital.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 6 February
DORCHESTER ARTS PIANO DUO CONCERT: MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT & MARIAM BATASHVILI 7.30pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls We are delighted to welcome these two wonderful young pianists to Dorset for their only concert together other than the same recital at the Wigmore Hall a few days later. Mariam Batashvili and Martin James Bartlett share a mutual love for music-making infused with wit and expressive variety. They form a formidable team in a programme constructed from the very finest compositions for piano duo. György Kurtág’s sublime transcription of the Sonatina from JS Bach’s Actus Tragicus BWV106 raises the curtain on a delectable programme of music for two pianos in the superb setting of the Gransden Hall at the Merritt Centre (Sherborne Girls School). BOOKING ESSENTIAL
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Wednesday 11 February
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT Chichester Psalms – Leonard Bernstein The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace – Karl Jenkins 7.30pm | Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Schools’ Choral Society presents a concert of two of the twentieth century’s most celebrated choral works. Leonard Bernstein’s exuberant and heartfelt Chichester Psalms is juxtaposed with the immensely moving The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins. Join the joint choirs of Sherborne Girls and Boys alongside the town choral society and a full professional orchestra in the beautiful setting of Sherborne Abbey for an evening that will be both intellectually stimulating and powerfully emotional.
Tickets £10.00 restricted view/£15.00
Friday 13 February
INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL SOLOISTS II 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church A selection of fine musicians from Sherborne Boys will perform on a variety of instruments in this Lunchtime Recital. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 27 February
PIANISTS 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Come to hear some of Sherborne Boys’ magnificent pianists as they perform in a Lunchtime Recital.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 27 February
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Friday 27 February
LORNA ANDERSON 7.30pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls Lorna Anderson has appeared in opera, concert and recital with major orchestras and festivals throughout Europe and elsewhere. She is a renowned performer of the Baroque repertoire and has sung many varied ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Arts Florissants, The Sixteen, The English Concert, among others, and under conductors including William Christie, Harry Christophers, Richard Egarr, Trevor Pinnock, Richard Hickox, Nicholas McGegan, Robert King and Sir Charles Mackerras. In opera she has sung Morgana (Alcina) at the Halle Handel Festival, Sevilla (La Clemenza di Tito) with the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodora with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, and has also established an important reputation in the standard concert repertoire. Recordings include Britten Folksong settings with Malcolm Martineau, Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with Robert King, and Schubert songs with Graham Johnson. Tickets £10.00 (FOC to pupils from Sherborne Boys and Girls) BOOKING ADVISED Sunday 1 March
HALLIDAY CUP COMPETITION FOR PIANISTS 10.30am | Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne Boys Sherborne Boys pianists compete for this coveted award dedicated to the memory of Charles Graham Rivers Halliday (Lyon House 1911-1914) who loved music. Adjudicator: Alex Aitken – West End Musical Director, conductor, pianist, organist and writer. FREE ADMISSION BOOKING ADVISED
Tuesday 3 March
JOINT SCHOOLS’ PREP SCHOOLS JAZZ DAY 10.00am-4.30pm Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls Prep School pupils attend fun workshops and rehearsals at Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls, culminating in a concert where they will perform with the fantastic Sherborne Boys Swing Band. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Wednesday 4 March
JOINT SCHOOLS’ UNPLUGGED (SIXTH FORM) 7.30pm | Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne Boys Sixth Form pupil soloists and bands from Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls perform in an acoustic style to their peers. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday 6 March
JAZZ 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Come along to hear a selection of well-known favourites from some of Sherborne Boys’ incredible jazz musicians.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 6 March
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Friday 6 March
ACADEMIC MUSIC RECITALS 7.00pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls A recital featuring many of Sherborne Girls’ wonderful musicians studying academic music at GCSE and A Level.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Saturday 7 March
DIPLOMA RECITAL 11.30am | Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne Boys Our finest musicians will perform their chosen recitals as they approach their Diploma exams later this term.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Tuesday 10 March
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Tuesday 10 March
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS’ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 6.30pm | Cadogan Hall, London, SW1X 9DQ The Sherborne Schools’ Symphony Orchestra, comprising pupils from Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls and the Gryphon School, will perform at the magnificent Cadogan Hall in the heart of London, in a programme featuring music by Eric Coates, Edvard Grieg, William Mathias and Otto Nicolai.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Friday 13 March
INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL SOLOISTS III 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church A selection of musicians from Sherborne Boys will perform a variety of music in this Lunchtime Recital. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Tuesday 17 March
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS’ SINFONIA ORCHESTRA AND JOINT SCHOOLS’ WIND BAND CONCERT 5.15pm The Merritt Centre, Sherborne Girls The Sherborne Schools’ Sinfonia Orchestra, comprising pupils from Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls, Sherborne Prep and Hanford, and the Joint Schools’ Wind Band will perform in an early-evening concert, including music by Bizet arr. Smith and Haydn arr. Glyn and Smith (Sinfonia) and Philip Sparke, Harry James arr. Sammy Nestico (Wind Band). FREE ADMISSION, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Wednesday 18 March
JOINT SCHOOLS’ CHORAL EVENSONG 5.15pm | Wells Cathedral The Sherborne Boys Chamber Choir and Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society join forces to sing Choral Evensong at the spectacular Wells Cathedral. Including music by Radcliffe, Dyson and Wesley. Alexander Eadon and Mark Cracknell – directors FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 20 March
BRASS 1.45pm | Cheap Street Church Come along to hear a selection of brass musicians from Sherborne Boys as they give a lively Lunchtime Recital. FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME
Friday 20 March
LUNCHTIME CONCERT 1.45pm | The Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls A chance to hear talented young musicians from Sherborne Girls perform a wide range of solo and chamber music in a relaxed lunchtime concert setting.
FREE ADMISSION, ALL WELCOME BOOKING ADVISED
Monday 23 March
Tuesday 24 March
SHERBORNE GIRLS ABRSM EXAM DAY
SHERBORNE BOYS TRINITY COLLEGE ROCK & POP EXAM DAY
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Wednesday 25 March
Thursday 26 March
SHERBORNE BOYS ABRSM EXAM DAY
TRINITY COLLEGE EXAM DAY
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
Friday 27 March
DINNER & JAZZ 7.30pm | The Dining Hall, Sherborne Boys Enjoy a four course meal and an evening with the superb Sherborne Boys Swing Band as they perform music by Parker, Sinatra and more. Daniel Marks – director Dress code – black tie BOOKING ESSENTIAL Tickets £37.50
MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE For more information, please call Admissions on: SHERBORNE BOYS 01935 810403 SHERBORNE GIRLS 01935 818224
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP MUSIC
S HERBO RNE BO YS
Alexander Eadon – Director of Music 01935 810518 alexander.eadon@sherborneboys.group
S HERBO RNE GIRLS
Mark Cracknell – Director of Music 01935 810212 m.cracknell@sherbornegirls.group
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SHERBORNE GIRLS
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