Devon Branch Programme
| 10th November 2012 | Andrew Curtis will conduct in the morning. Andrew is very well-known locally. He is a teacher, pianist and organist. He has been substantially involved in choral music and was for several years the Musical Director of the Exeter Recorder Orchestra. Members of the branch will conduct in the afternoon. |
| 8th December 2012 | Andrew Curtis will conduct in the morning. Members of the branch will conduct in the afternoon Please note: lunch will be a bring and share Christmas lunch. |
| 12th January 2013 | Steve Marshall is a mathematics graduate and worked as a Chartered Accountant for 25 years. His musical background is as a jazz saxophonist. He then studied music theory and composition and took early retirement in 2001 to write music full-time. Both he and his wife Ann have been composing prolifically for the recorder for a number of years now and the programme will undoubtedly include some of their compositions or arrangements as well as more traditional music. |
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9th February 2013
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Please note slightly different times: 10.30am to 12.45pm and 1.45pm to 4pm. There will be a 15 minute tea/coffee break at 11.30am and at 2.45pm. A special play day with Helen Hooker £12 for non SRP members; £10 for members of other SRP branches; £5 for members of Devon SRP (£6/£5/£2.50 for half day attendance) Concessions available for students. Helen studied at Trinity College under Philip Thorby. She is extremely well-known as a superb performer and teacher. She regularly teaches on residential courses for players of all ages and is the Musical Director of the Thames Valley Recorder Orchestra and Assistant Musical Director of the Hampshire Recorder Sinfonia. She is Musical Advisor to the SRP. |
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9th March 2013 |
Ginnie Cox is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and of London University’s Institute of Education. Her career in music has taken a scenic route through mainstream school teaching as Head of Department in several local schools, singing and recording with Farm St Singers, the BBC Singers and Exeter Festival Chorus. Early recorder playing included directing the Ravensbourne Renaissance Consort with concerts on the South Bank. She now runs an active studio at home as well as teaching one to one at Torquay Girls’ Grammar School. Holidays usually include the Cheltenham Recorder Festival and master classes with Jill Kemp at Dartington – plus a bit of mountain walking and vegetable gardening! |
| April 2013 | No meeting planned |
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11th May 2013 Note change of venue |
Robin Powell has been Musical Director for both the Bournemouth Recorder Society and the Poole Chamber Orchestra and has been responsible for setting the Bournemouth Music Competitions Festival Recorder syllabus. In addition to private teaching he has been a part-time lecturer at Bournemouth and Poole College, directed recorder workshops and arranged and performed recorder music for open-air Shakespeare plays. He now regularly conducts SRP branches in the South West. |
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8th June 2013 Note change of venue |
Sylvia Davies is a member of the Bristol Branch of SRP and is a regular and welcome visitor to the Devon Branch. Sylvia plays with the Phoenix Recorder Orchestra. |
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13th July 2013 Note change of venue |
Trevor Furness studied at Trinity College and is a wonderful player and sought-after teacher. He was for some time based in Devon and was until 2010 the leader of the Exeter Recorder Orchestra |
| August 2013 | No meeting |
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14th September 2013 Note change of venue |
Richard Little is the Musical Director of the Bristol Branch of SRP.We are delighted to welcome him here for the first time as a guest conductor |
