FORTHCOMING EVENTS AT EDGEWORTH HOUSE

121 High Street, Arlesey, SG15 6SX and hereabouts

 

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Saturday 15th May 2.00pm

Saturday Study Afternoon

Britain, the Land Without Music?, by Julian Williamson

Little Benslow

£10,

students free

Saturday 15th May 7.00pm

Masa Tayama and Kate Elmitt, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1

Edgeworth House

Free admission

Saturday 22nd May

MasaTayama, Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto with Bromley Symphony Orchestra.

Bromley

Various prices

Sunday 23rd May 4.00pm

Music at Tea-Time

Recital by Diana Levitas (violin and viola) and Kate Elmitt (piano)  Schubert, Telemann, Bartok, Beethoven, Dvorak

Edgeworth House

£10 (teens £5 pre-teens and Kate/Diana’s pupils free)

Sunday 30th May

Masa Tayama Recital   

Schumann , Rachmaninov, Takemitsu

Wigmore Hall, London

Various prices

 

Sunday 6th June 2010

9am to 9pm

Schumann Birthday Festival -recitals, master classes with Masa Tayama and Kate Elmitt.   Sessions for children by Bev Preece and Jana Cerna.    Food drink and fun with Bobby’s 200 candle cake.

Details at bottom of this page.

Edgeworth House

Various prices, please contact

01462 622222

Saturday 19th June

Saturday Study Afternoon Shostakovich’s Symphonic Strategies, by Christopher Gayford

Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin

£10,

students free

Sunday 20th June

9am to 1pm

NON-COMPETITIVE Festival (All instruments and voice) All grades, all ages

Edgeworth House

Various prices  please contact

01462 622222

Sunday 20th June 5.00pm

Workshop by Kate Elmitt’s pupils.   (Adults 2.30pm)

Edgeworth House

Free admission

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th June 2010

Easy Piano Course for grades approx 1 to 3.

Details at bottom of this page.

Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin

Details from 01462 459446

Saturday 10th July

Vivace Choir Concert    Selections from Brahms Requiem and Liebesleider, Schubert Mass

Christchurch, Bedford Road, Hitchin

Hitchin Festival event

Sunday 11th July 6.30pm

Masa Tayama Piano Recital    Rachmaninov Etudes, Beethoven Pathetique, Rachmaninov Sonata

Tickets from Kate and HTCI

Little Benslow, Hitchin

Hitchin Festival event

18th July to

8th August

Goppisberger Music Festival and Akademie.   Kate teaching piano and accompanying string players

Grächen, Wallis, Switzerland

Various prices, contact Kate

Monday 19th and

Tuesday 20th July

Associated Board Exams Last date for entries to Arlesey Monday 14th June

Edgeworth House

 

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th September

Kick Start Piano Course with Kate Elmitt

Details at bottom of this page.

Little Benslow

Details from 01462 459446

Sunday 31st  October 9.00pm

Ghost Stories at Halloween by Bob Wilkins

Edgeworth House

£7

Sunday 20th June

9am to 1pm

NON-COMPETITIVE Festival (All instruments and voice) All grades, all ages.

Edgeworth House

Various prices 

Sunday 7th November 5.00pm

 

Workshop by Kate Elmitt’s pupils.   (Adults 2.30pm)

Edgeworth House

Free admission

 

 

 

Tuesday 23rd to Thursday 25th November

Celebrating Cristifori, A Practical History of the Piano and its Predecessors. with Kate Elmitt and Stephen Pettitt

Details at bottom of this page.

Little Benslow, Hitchin

£190 residential, £155 non-residential

Saturday 27th November

Vivace Choir Concert 

Arlesey

TBA

Sunday 12th December

Noriko Ogawa Master Classes

Edgeworth House

Various prices

Sunday 12th December

Noriko Ogawa Recital    Programme to be announced.

Edgeworth House

TBA

Monday 13th December

Associated Board Exams   Last date for entries to Arlesey Monday 8th November

Edgeworth House

 

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th February 2011

Kick Start Piano Course with Kate Elmitt

Details at bottom of this page.

Edgeworth House

£195 Residential

£155 Non-Res

Discount for EPTA and ISM members – all Edgeworth House events

The above details are correct 5/5/2010.

 

 

 

 

 
FURTHER DETAILS

 

Celebrating Cristifori, A Practical History of the Piano and its Predecessors.

In this, Kate and Stephen will introduce you to the development of the modern piano, using the instruments in Benslow’s collection, namely harpsichord, spinet, clavichord, and square piano.     The course starts at 7.00pm on the Tuesday and ends at 4.00pm on the Thursday.   Participants should prepare pieces to play on each instrument before they arrive (Messrs Bach, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Handel, and others are eagerly waiting to assist).

Easy Piano Course

The course starts at 7.00pm on the Friday evening with dinner and a session of instruction, and continues to 4.00 pm on the Sunday.    This is for pianists with some experience, between approximately grades 1 and 3.   All courses include solo workshops, ensemble playing, aural and technical matters in an informal, friendly atmosphere.

 

Kick Start Piano Courses

If you played some years ago, and would like to revive your skills, or if you have reached a plateau in your performing and need a special boost to get going again, this is for you.   The course starts at 7.00pm on the Friday evening with dinner and a session of instruction, and continues to 4.00 pm on the Sunday.    All courses include solo workshops, ensemble playing, aural and technical matters in an informal, friendly atmosphere.

 

Non-Competitive Music Festival

Our first two Non-Comp Festivals in 2009 and 2010 were great successes, and this will now be a regular in our syllabus, and for all instruments (including voice), not just piano!      It is for people of all ages and all stages, from beginner to professional performer, each of whom will receive a written assessment of their outpourings on the day, and a chance to try out new musical ideas.

 

Schumann’s Birthday

Robert is 200 this year, and is having a party, to which all are invited.!  There will be master classes with Kate and our wonderful friend Masa Tayama (see below), and a lecture-recital on Sunday.   One whole morning (Sunday) is devoted to young pianists – musical games and performance classes – any standard.

 

Masa Tayama

Masa is a Japanese piano virtuoso, thought by many to be one of the world’s finest exponents of the music of Rachmaninov.     He performs regularly in America, Japan, Europe and the UK.   We are fortunate that, as he is a personal friend, he finds time to come to Arlesey to perform in our home.

   
   
 
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