Devon Branch, SRP - Programme

Saturday 10th Oct 2009	Sylvia Davies is our visiting conductor. We have enjoyed her sessions with us before so we are looking forward to the meeting
Saturday 14th Nov 2009	Andrew Curtis is our conductor Many of us have had the pleasure of playing under his leadership, at SRP meetings and with the Exeter Recorder Orchestra. He is a well-known conductor in the Tiverton area, of choirs and orchestras.
Saturday 12th Dec 2009	Conductor to be confirmed The afternoon session will have a seasonal touch. Lunch will be a "Bring and Share" occasion.
2010
Saturday 9th Jan 2010	Andrew Curtis will conduct again.
Saturday 13th Feb 2010	Helen Hooker will be our visiting conductor Helen is well known both within the SRP and in wider musical circles. She studied at Trinity College under Philip Thorby. She combines performing with teaching and conducting recorder ensembles and orchestras. She is a popular solo performer and Steve Marshall dedicated and wrote for her his 2nd Recorder Concerto. She is an enthusiastic Baroque player and plays with the Parnassian Ensemble.
Saturday 13th Mar 2010	Pam Smith is our visiting conductor Pam is well known to many of us and we have enjoyed her conducting previously. She is a fine recorder player and an inspirational and dynamic leader of recorder ensembles. She conduct the Phoenix Recorder Orchestra, the Chamber Recorder of the West, and the Exeter Recorder Orchestra. She tutors on the Northern Recorder Course.
April 2010 NO MEETING
Saturday 10th May 2010	Lawrence Blythe is our visiting conductor Lawrence is a young musician who conducts a variety of ensembles. He is not a recorder player but has a wide knowledge of music. He studied at Exeter University and also with the Royal Welsh. He is a member of Exeter Cathedral Choir and has a fine counter tenor voice. He conducts the Exeter Choral Society.
Saturday 12th Jun 2010	Andrew Curtis conducts again
Saturday 19th June 2010 NOTE - Additional Session 10am - 4pm	Workshop on French Baroque Ornamentation Tutor: Eileen Silcocks Cardinal Newman Centre, EXETER, EX2 4PF (Click for Map) NOTE - NOT our usual venue
Saturday 10th July 2010	Robin Powell is our visiting conductor. In his younger days, Robin was awarded the Sir Dan Godfrey Cup as the most promising student in the Trinity College Exams. He has previously been Musical Director of Bournemouth SRP and more recently of both Dorset and West Dorset branches. He has conducted Poole Chamber Orchestra, and now regularly conducts across the south-west, and sometimes conducts his own compositions.
Saturday 11th September 2010	Steve Marshall is our visiting conductor Steve is a conductor and composer with a varied and interesting musical background. For him there are few musical boundaries of style - it is all music and thus his compositions oftern include a jazz/swing feeling within an atmospheric classical style. Doubtless some of Steve's own music will be included in an interesting and enlivening day.
Saturday 9th October 2010	Andrew Curtis conducts again. AGM
Saturday 13th November 2010	Moira Usher is our visiting conductor

The Society of Recorder Players

2010