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Family Workshop
2024-03-16 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Block 67 : Digital, glassworks, Mill Bay,, Folkestone,, CT20 1JR,
Drawings event with Toby Melville – Brown.
Free . Just turn up (but limited space)

BAYLE MUSIC At the The Grand
2024-03-16 15:00 - 17:00 | The Grand
Ryan Corbett (accordion)
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist

PROGRAMME
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV.533 Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV.549
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F Sharp, K.318, L.31 Sonata in B minor, K.87, L.33 Sonata in D major, K.214, L.165 Sonata in D minor, K.141, L.422
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adante in F major, K.616 Victor Vlasov
The Holiday in Moldavanka
INTERVAL
Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite, Op.40
Praeludium
Sarabande Gavotte-Musette-Gavotte Air
Rigaudon
Vaclav Trojan
The Ruined Cathedral
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 Vyacheslav Semyonov
Gelder Rose
Vladislav Zolotaryov
Rondo Capriccioso
All arrangements are by Ryan Corbett

Born in Glasgow in 1999, Ryan Corbett is a classical accordionist who has been described as “one of Scotland’s most exciting young musicians” (The Scotsman). When Ryan was eleven his grandmother gave him a small accordion on which he taught himself to play Scottish traditional music, he started learning with Djordje Gajic at the age of fourteen and continues to do so. Ryan graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he is currently enrolled on the master’s course.
He was awarded the Keyboard Prize, first prize and Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, first prize at the Bromsgrove International Musicians’ competition and prizes at international accordion competitions in Italy, Germany, and China.
Ryan is a Tillet Debut scheme artist, Munster Trust Recital Scheme artist and the first accordionist to be part of the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme since its launch in 1999. As a member of the BBC scheme, he will be introduced to a wide audience through radio broadcasts, appearances at major venues including Wigmore Hall, and performances with BBC orchestras.
Ryan performed his accordion trio arrangement of Rameau for King Charles III on his official visit to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and subsequently he was invited to perform his arrangement of a Scottish tune at the King’s Honours of Scotland ceremony in St Giles Cathedral. The latter was broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 3.
Ryan has given concerts across Europe and the USA at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie. In the UK he has performed at major festivals including Bath, Norfolk & Norwich, St Magnus, Buxton, Cambridge, Ryedale, Lake District, Edinburgh, Lammermuir, Perth, Paxton, Oxford Lieder, Cumnock Tryst, and the Keyboard Festival at St George’s Bristol. Ryan recorded Bach’s fourth keyboard concerto with the Berliner Symphoniker and has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.
Ryan plays a Bayan Spectrum classical piano accordion made by Bugari Armando in Castelfidardo, Italy. This was made possible by the generous support of private sponsors, the John Mather Trust, and Dewar Arts Awards. Ryan is grateful to the Cross Trust, Drake Calleja Trust, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, RCS Scholarship Fund and Help Musicians UK for supporting his studies

Stand Up Comedy Night
2024-03-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Eleto Choc Cafe, Rendezvous Street, Folkestone
Over 18’s only
Eventbrite search Comedy Mash

Family Workshop
2024-03-17 11:00 - 15:00 | Block 67 : Digital, glassworks, Mill Bay,, Folkestone,, CT20 1JR,
Make Pinwheels with Erica Parrett.
Free

BBC Radio 4 Any Questions
2024-03-22 08:00 - 17:00 | St Leonard’s Church, Oak Walk, Hythe, CT21 5DN
Tickets free.
Contact brin.hughes@btinternet.com for details including time.

The Folkestone Miniturist
2024-03-23 10:00 - 17:00 | The Stables Gallery, Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JT
Mike Perry, the Folkestone Miniturist exhibits new paintings and other work.
23rd March – 4th April
Free entry.

A History of Freemasonry in Folkestone
2024-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Masonic Centre, Grace Hill, Folkestone, CT20 1HA
A talk by Tony Hill, followed by a guided tour of the Masonic Hall ABOUT THE TALK This talk will look at over 300 years of Freemasonry in Folkestone and the part local Freemasons took in shaping the town. Following the talk, we will be given a guided tour of the Masonic Hall. Refreshments […]
www.ticketsource.co.uk/newfolkestonesociety.

£5

Shepway Brass Academy's 10th Anniversary Concert
2024-03-23 19:00 - 21:30 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
With BAE Systems Brass Band
Retiring collection
https://www.facebook.com/ShepwayBrassAcademy/?locale=en_GB

Folkestone Choral Society
2024-03-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Leas Cliff Hall
Consisting of 70 voices and growing, Folkestone Choral Society is one of the largest choirs in the area and draws members from as far afield as Deal, Canterbury, Ashford and Romney Marsh. We exist as a charitable organisation to bring the enjoyment of choral music sung to a high standard to the community of the Folkestone and Hythe District in Kent and to the many visitors to the area. Folkestone Choral Society rehearses every week during term time to prepare for at least three concerts a year always accompanied by professional orchestras and soloists. Our programmes range from the great oratorios to more modern composers. Some concerts also include popular concertos and orchestral pieces to complement the choral works. The Society aims to cover over a number of years the major classical works for choir and orchestra from the 17th to 21st centuries.
Affiliated to Making Music
Registered Charity No. 275075
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Our Next Concert
23rd March 2024 at 7.30pm, Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone
Jenkins – The Armed Man
Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré – Requiem

The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace
2024-03-23 19:30 - 22:00 | Leas Cliff Hall
Folkestone Choral Society offer an awe-inspiring performance of “The Armed Man – a Mass for Peace” by Karl Jenkins, a profound masterpiece that resonates with the timeless message of unity and hope. The Armed Man was commissioned to mark the new millennium. It is set in a framework of Christian music in a wide range of musical styles which reflect on the joy of peace and the futility of war. The sounds of an approaching army followed by Moslem Call to Prayers set the scene for a powerfully moving programme.
Tickets are available from the Leas Cliff Hall (opening times restricted) or buy online at: tinyurl.com/4wspwz4n

Come and Sing Stainer's "Crucifixion"
2024-03-24
In aid of the Pilgrims Hospice on Palm Sunday 24th March
Tenor: Patrick Bayford; Bariton: John Tattersfield; Organist: Brian Thorne and Conductor: Michael Foad
All singer are welcome
The Chorus Rehearsal will be 3.00p.m. – 5.00pm after which tea and coffee will be available and of course you can bring food.
The performance will be at 6.00p.m. Dress “informal” i.e.not DJ etc.
If you would like to sing in this performance email jennybayford@yahoo.co.uk with your name, voice(SATB), and whether you are bringing your own copy.
Alternatively call Jenny or Patrick on 01303 271509 and if it goes to voicemail please leave the information plus your contact details.
Please let them know, no later than Wednesday 20th March
There is no charge for taking part or attending this performance, but there will be a Retiring Collection in support of the Pilgrims Hospices here in East Kent.
Enquiries (not enrolments) Michael Foad email mfoad@talktalk.net

Folkestone Community Players
2024-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | The Grand
Folkestone Community Players Present: Their Second Informal Concert in the Green Room
Free tickets via eventbrite

Paul Cheneour launches new poetry book
2024-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | The Grand
Launch of new poetry book and music performance in the Green Room at The Grand.
Doors open 6.30p.m.

Easter Egg Rolling Competition
2024-03-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Fourth Wall Folkestone, 10-12 The Old High Street, Folkestone, CT20 1RL
The Old High Street’s Easter Egg rolling competition
Join us this Easter weekend for our Easter Egg rolling competition!
Decorate your egg then join in the racing heats on the cobbled street of The Old High Street.
Races take place throughout the day so drop in any time and join the next race.
Egg decorating workshop taking place all day in Fourth Wall Folkestone (10-12 The Old High Street, CT20 1RL) so drop in, collect your egg and decorate. Drop in any time between 12.00 – 4.00.
Or if you prefer, grab your racing egg from shops along The Old High Street in the week leading up to Easter so you can decorate at home at your leisure and bring them back on Saturday for the race!
Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated egg so get imaginative!
(Please note… We’re not into wasting food here on The Old High Street so all eggs are paper mache. Only official eggs will be entered into the races so please do not bring your own)

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Life Drawing
2024-04-02 08:00 - 17:00 | The Art Haus, 3 Grace Hill, Folkestone, CT20 1HA
The Art Haus is running a big programme of events and classes at their shop at 3 Grace Hill.
Life Drawing
Every Tuesday evening, Come along for a couple of hours to draw from life. £15 to include paper and basic materials. Book early on the website or in the sho

PUNK & POP ART EXHIBITION
2024-04-02 08:00 - 2024-04-21 17:00 | Folkestone Art Gallery, Old High Street, Folkestone, CT20 1RN
The first ever British Punk and Pop Art Exhibition being held in Folkestone.

1am to 5pm every day except Tuesdays.
FREE ENTRY.
​Featuring over 150 artworks by Grayson Perry, Peter Blake, David Hockney, Sarah Lucas, Richard Hamilton, Damien Hirst, Julian Opie, Jamie Reid, Banksy, Mr Doodle, Harland Miller and the Guerilla Girls among others. Also the album cover artwork of David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Blur, Ian Dury, Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Paul Weller, The Beatles, Siouxsie Sioux etc etc. Go on, relive your youth.
(Not recommended for under 12s as adult themes shown).
Bottom of Old High Street

Folkestone’s 20th Century Contemporary Art Collection
2024-04-02 10:00 - 2024-06-15 16:00 | Folkestone Museum
In 2023 Folkestone Museum were the recipients of a very generous gift from Creative Folkestone!
For a little over forty years Folkestone had an arts centre on The Leas, the New Metropole Arts Centre, housed in what until 1959 had been the Metropole Hotel. Whilst the majority of the building was converted into flats the main public rooms were not. Into these the building’s owner, and philanthropist, Gerald Glover created a venue that would see art, in its widest sense, embedded in the town.
As the work and reputation of the New Metropole Arts Centre grew it became nationally renowned. Attracting major exhibitions including retrospectives including Henry Moore and Jacob Epstein during its first ten years, it would, during the 1970s come under the wing of the Kent Education Committee; in effect Kent County Council (KCC), as well as attracting funding & support from the Arts Council.
Initially the Centre only borrowed artworks for display but with a new education remit as an adult education venue it started to assemble its own collection. The collecting occurred in a variety of ways, including gifts from artist, purchases and works produced on site. Much was driven by the centre itself but acquisitions also came about while working alongside the KCC visual arts loans service, which as lent to schools and similar organisation across the county. With the closure of the centre in the 2000s the collection was inherited by Creative Folkestone, who in turn worked with the Folkestone Arts Trust, as day-to-day custodians to display the collection in other venues in the town until the global pandemic arose.
The collection includes work by Royal College of Art graduates Fred Cuming and John Titchell, who both lived and worked locally. Others such as David Greenhall and Michael Chaplin also feature, Chaplin being well known as one of the experts on Channel 4’s Watercolour Challenge. Beyond artists working in Kent the collection also features work by well known artists such as John Piper, Edward Ardizzone, Peter Blake and Carel Weight. The last significant acquisition occurred in the 1990s with a gift from Carel Weight of work from his own collection, both his paintings and works by Andrew Freeth, Lucien & Orvida Pissaro among others.
With thanks to Chair Sir Roger De Hann CBE DL and fellow Trustees of Creative Folkestone
With over 200 works in The Metropole Collection the exhibition will be regularly rehung as it is not possible to display it in its entirety. Please note that for preservation of the works on display light levels have been kept low, but can be risen temporarily for those with visual impairments.
The exhibition closes on Saturday 15th June, open hours are 10.00am to 4.00pm; last entry to the exhibition at 3.30pm.
For further details email enquiries@folkestone-tc.gov.uk, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.

Folkestone's Fishing Heritage and History Museum
2024-04-02 10:30 - 2024-04-24 16:00 | Folkestone Fishing Museum, 2 Radnor Street, Ovendon Building, Folkestone, CT19 6AQ
Fishing and Heritage Museum
No matter how much we may regard Folkestone as a place of regeneration, the original infrastructure, and natural landscape inevitably remain first and foremost.
Fishing is a fundamental asset that has benefited Folkestone throughout centuries as our natural heritage- living through, within, and beyond the breathing of our seaside town. It’s integral then, to keep this ingrained history alive through our own learning and recognition… when today, only 22 men operating 9 boats are supported on our waters, a far cry from being the town’s main industry.
The team at Folkestone’s Fishing History and Heritage Museum are now open daily from 10:30-16:00. For free, you have the opportunity to get hands-on experience of life on a fishing boat- learning rope splicing, net breeding, mending a variety of knots, and handling items to discover their use, size, and weight around the difficulties of operating in small moving vessels. Visitors can also examine artefacts, original photographs, equipment and have a nose around the items for sale.
Folkestone Fishing Museum is nestled under the arches on The Stade opposite Rocksalt. It tells the many stories of families and fishing that were the mainstay of Folkestone for hundreds of years. It’s run by a small group of retired fishermen who can trace their ancestry back through generations of fishermen working out of the harbour just across from the museum’s entrance.
The Stade (near the fish market)
Admission FREE

Caritas Chamber Choir
2024-04-02 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Caritas is a critically acclaimed Kent-based chamber choir, passionate about raising money for charities through singing, and performing to the highest level both in the UK and throughout Europe.
The choir is renowned for championing contemporary music and regularly performs in Kent and London. The Founder and Music Director is Benedict Preece.

Starts at 3:00PM

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Clothes Swap!
2024-04-03 12:00 - 16:00 | Fourth Wall Folkestone, 10-12 The Old High Street, Folkestone, CT20 1RL
Bring or take clothes from 3rd April – 7th April noon until 4.00p.m.
Free entry.

Church & Coast Soundbath Pilgrimage.
2024-04-13 17:30 - 18:30 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Welcome to the first event to take place as part of our special Church & Coast Soundbath Pilgrimage.
We will be joined by guest artist Glenda Allaway (harp) at St Mary & St Eanswythe Church, Folkestone (Kent, UK).
The soundbath is an immersive and meditative sound performance where you are invited to close your eyes and tune to the sound as we play live continuously for an hour.
For our Church & Coast series, prior to each soundbath we are offering an optional short tour of the historic location (led by a local enthusiast), plus a short informal workshop. You are welcome to attend any part of the event using this ticket.

4:15pm Arrival and short informal church tour optional (approx 30 mins)
5pm Short informal workshop – a chance to meet the artists and learn about the instruments optional (approx 30 mins)
5:30pm Short break & opportunity to meet other participants optional (30 mins)
6pm Soundbath event (1 hour)
7pm Questions & reflections optional (approx 15 mins)

Please arrive at 5:45pm if you wish to take part in the soundbath only.
Cost
Please pay in accordance to your financial circumstances. If you can afford the upper prices you are helping us continue this work and making it available to those on lower incomes. Please book enough tickets for everybody in your party (including all children).
Suggested contribution: £5 – £20 per place.
We are offering a FULL series ticket option (come to as many as you wish) for £25
What to expect and bring
The lead artists will introduce the soundbath meditation and offer some guidance on how to best to enjoy the experience (e.g. deep breathing). The meditation will take place to an improvised experimental “soundscape” using a variety of instruments. This is a seated experience so there is no need to bring a mat. You may wish to bring a small cushion to sit on. You can also stand if you wish to. People often choose to close their eyes during the meditation.
We recommend you bring warm clothes as inside the church is always a little cooler (unless a heat wave is upon us!).
Hot and cold drinks will be available.
The short church tour will be led by a local enthusiast – an opportunity to learn about the history, features and folklore of each historic location. The short tour is suitable for a general public (non-specialist) audience.
The guest artist will lead a short informal workshop to introduce their instrument and answer any questions you may have. If you wish, you may choose to participate in some improvised music creation using your voice, body percussion or light percussion instruments (provided).
Children
The soundbath element will involve sitting in silence for 45-60 minutes. Children are welcome provided they can seat through the experience. The soundbath is not usually suitable for very young children, though they are welcome to attend the tour and workshop. Children must be supervised by an accompanying adult at all times.
Travel
Wherever possible, we would encourage attendees to walk, cycle or use public transport to attend the event. Folkestone is well-served by local buses, as well as train connections to Ashford, Dover, Ramsgate and London (with High Speed connections). There are also many local walking routes nearby in areas of historic and environmental interest including the sea front path to Sandgate/Hythe, Folkestone Warren, Kent Downs, The Weald and Romney Warren.

Folke and Books
2024-04-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Folkestone Bookshop, Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JP
A drop-in folk music club presented by Folke Around – join us for a relaxing afternoon of acoustic music and words!
Free to attend, the session is held approximately on every third Sunday of the month – check Folke Around’s Facebook page for accurate dates.
Next session: Sunday 14th April
3-5pm

NICHOLAS DANIEL (OBOE) AND HUW WATKINS (COMPOSER/PIANIST)
2024-04-18 18:30 - 21:00
Nicholas Daniel has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s great oboists and is one of Britain’s best-known musicians. He has significantly enlarged the repertoire for his instrument with the commissioning of hundreds of new works, alongside having a varied and exciting conducting career. He is a founder member of the Britten Sinfonia, the Haffner Wind Ensemble, Orsino, and the Britten Oboe Quartet. He is principal oboist of Camerata Pacifica, California’s leading chamber music ensemble, and is a popular guest at music festivals all over the world.

Huw Watkins is a British composer and pianist, who has written for the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Hallé Orchestra to name a few. Watkins regularly performs across Europe and North America and has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia, and the London Sinfonietta, whilst composers such as Philip Cashian, Tansy Davies, and Helen Grime have written concertos for him.
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Into The Woods
2024-04-19 19:00 - 22:00 | The Tower Theatre, North Road Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3HL
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“Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Brothers Grimm inspired musical Into the Woods.
Our fabulous FHODS Youth Section, previously bringing you the classic Bugsy Malone, are delighted to present the Broadway version of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim.
The story follows the Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to go to the King’s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk. When the Baker and his wife are visited by the neighbourhood witch, who reveals to them that she placed a curse on their family, the two set off on a journey into the woods to reverse the curse.
Also in the woods, we meet Little Red, who is trying to visit her grandmother, the Wolf who loves tasty little girls, the Witch’s daughter Rapunzel, and the Princes chasing after their loves.
By the end of Act I, everyone has gotten their wish and will seemingly live happily ever after, but in Act II, when Jack’s beanstalk brings them a visit from an angry Giant, we see how the consequences of their actions haunt them in disastrous ways. The community must come together to save each other and their kingdom, but sacrifices must be made.
Recently made into a film by Disney, this Broadway version brings even more twists along the way, more songs and a lot more humour!
You won’t want to miss this classic musical, originally performed by a fantastic cast, including Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason, brought to life at The Tower Theatre, by our incredibly talented Youth Section.
Tickets
Adults £11 | Under 18s £8
Doors from 6pm

FHODS YOUTH SECTION presents Stephen Sondheim’s INTO THE WOODS
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM | Book by JAMES LAPINE | Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine| Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
By arrangement with Music Theatre International

TIME
(Friday) 19th April 7:00 pm and Saturday 20th April 2.00p.m. and 7.00p.m.

TICKETS
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The Kentish Piano Trio ‘A Grand Celebration of early 20th Century Women Composers’
2024-04-20 15:00 - 17:00
Including works by Rebecca Clarke, Mel Boris and Lili Boulanger
Admission £10 per head – children and full-time students free
Online booking preferred
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bayle-music https://www.soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/bayle-music/ or the QR code for this and any of our concerts
To add your name to our email circulation list please send your contact details to bayleman@gmail.com
We are extremely grateful to the following sponsors for their generous support for this series
Partnership Working Team
Stem by Stem Florists, Church Street, Folkestone Christina and Norman Brisk Crossroads Motors, Challock

Folkestone Research and Archaeology Group AGM
2024-04-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Folkestone Museum
Meeting in Education Room. Free to attend (Limited numbers)

Music Event
2024-04-26 20:00 - 22:00 | The Grand
Keppels Bar – Nick Lawrence Acoustic/ Folk/Country etc

TANSY DAVIES (COMPOSER) AND JAMES FISHER(ARTIST)
2024-05-03 18:30 - 21:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Join us for an exciting evening where Tansy Davies (composer) and James Fisher (artist) discuss their work in progress with John Woolrich (composer), accompanied by audio visuals. We’ll then be treated to a solo set by Tansy from 8.30pm accompanied by James Fisher’s video projections

Borne out of a fascination with nature and shamanism, and a grinding rhythmic energy, the music of Tansy Davies has been described as both ‘ sleek, hot, earthy’ and ‘transparent, brazenly beautiful’. Her music is championed by ensembles including New York Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and at festivals including Ultima, Présences, Donuaueschinger Musiktage, and Warsaw Autumn. Between Worlds, an operatic response to 9/11, was premiered by English National Opera in 2015, and in 2018 her chamber opera Cave was premiered with Mark Padmore, Elaine Mitchener, and London Sinfonietta. She has taught composition at both Royal Academy of Music, London, and at the Bloomington School of Music, Indiana. Recent projects include Nightingales: Ultra-Deep Field for Arditti Quartet, Monolith: I Extend My Arms, for the strings of Britten Sinfonia, and a residency at Concertgebouw Amsterdam culminating in the ensemble piece Soul Canoe.
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FOLKESTONE BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
2024-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Baroque feast performed on period instruments. First concert in its new series, with music by Handel, Telemann, Couperin, Buxtehude, Matteis.
Folkestone Early Music is delighted to announce the first concert in its new series, with music by Handel, Telemann, Couperin, Buxtehude, Matteis and Boismortier. The members of the newly formed Folkestone Baroque Ensemble are all professional musicians active in the Early Music scene in the UK and internationally, but living in the Folkestone area: Walter Reiter (Baroque violin), Lisete da Silva Bull (Baroque flute & recorders), Henrik Persson (Baroque cello & viola da gamba) and Robin Walker (harpsichord). Join us for a Baroque feast and to celebrate the start of an exciting series of Early Music concerts in Folkestone!

String Sinfonia
2024-05-10 19:00 - 20:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
The String Sinfonia from the University of Kent, the wonderfully talented university students string orchestra which I direct, is coming to Folkestone on Friday 10 May at 7pm for for a free one hour concert in the Green Room at the Grand. The programme will include
Serenade by Dag Wiren composed by one of Sweden’s best known 20th century composers
Sang Till Lotta by Jan Sandstorm a piece for Trombone and strings
Broken Voices by Juliet Lewis a new piece composed by one of our own students
Ulysses Awakes by John Woolrich for viola solo and strings If you dont know this piece you MUST come and hear it, it is indescribably powerful
Suite for Strings by Libby Croad an exciting fabulous piece composed in 2018 by one of the UK’s leading current female composers
The programme, featuring 20th and 21st century only string writing (the oldest piece in the programme) was composed in 1937, will showcase both the melodious, lyrical and beautiful nature of new, contemporary string writing and will highlight the incredible talent of our UKC students. If you are a msuic teacher, it is a great aspirational concert to encourage your students to attend. And you dont even need to go onto to studying at the top conservatoire to enjoy making great music as a student. I’d love a huge audience for them, as we are performing out of our home turf that campus is. The concert is free (but donations are always welcomed :):) , it will last one hour. Please do come: it is a perfect way to kick off of your weekend. Share a drink with us in the bar afterwards.
Thanks and hopefully see you on Friday evening.
Flo Peycelon – Musical Director University of Kent Strings Sinfonia
