Birmingham Branch
Officers
Chair Chris Buttery Tel. 07572895636
Musical Director Ruth Churn
Treasurer Annette Brown
Secretary Ailith Rutt
We normally meet on the first Saturday of each month except August at
Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House
23A Watford Rd,
Cotteridge,
Birmingham B30 1JB .
Our usual meetings run from 2.0pm until 5.0pm with a short break for refreshments in the middle of the afternoon
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Playing Day with Anna Stegmann
SRP Birmingham Branch invites you to join us for a Playing Day with Anna Stegmann
on
Saturday 4th April 2026, 10.30am-4.30pm
at
Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House
23A Watford Road, Cotteridge, Birmingham, B30 1JB
5 mins walk from Kings Norton railway station
bus stops close for routes 45, 46, 47, 11A/11C, 19, 38
There is a small car park.
We look forward to welcoming Anna Stegmann to conduct a Playing Day. Anna is a passionate performer and educator of recorder music. She has performed in concert halls from Europe to Australia, as a soloist and with her own groups, Ensemble Odyssee and The Royal Wind Music, and others. She is recorder professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she teaches our own Gemma Winfield, and is also a regular guest teacher at Wells Cathedral School and Jackdaws Music Educational Trust. Anna enjoys conducting and leading groups of all abilities and working with adult amateurs.
Cost:
Full Day £18
Morning or afternoon only £9
Doors open at 10.00am. There will be a break for lunch between 1.00pm and 2.00pm. Tea and coffee will be available before the morning playing session and drinks, biscuits and cake will be served during breaks. You are asked to bring your own packed lunch. Alternatively fish and chips, hot snacks, sandwiches, etc. can be purchased locally.
To book your place, please complete this online form
SRP Birmingham: Playing Day with Anna Stegmann 4th April 2026 – Fill in form
For further details contact Annette Brown , tel. 07530 722649.
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Music for 2026
Our theme this year is
A Grand European Tour
January 3rd 2026
Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball: Spanish Airs and Dances SATB
Edvard Grieg, arr. Helen Hooker: Norwegian Dance SAATTB
Johann Strauss II: Saengerlust Polka SopSATTBGb
February 7th 2026
Antonín Dvořák, arr. Helen Hooker: Slavonic Dance Op.46 no.4 SATTBCb
Dietrich Buxtehude: Kyrie from Missa Brevis SSATB
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo SAATTBB/Cb
Carl Nielsen, arr. Christian Mondrup: Folk Tune (Danish) SATTB
March 7th 2026
Antonín Dvořák, arr. Helen Hooker: Slavonic Dance Op.46 no.4 SATTBCb
Traditional, arr. Paul Clark: Two Dutch Folk Songs SATB
G P da Palestrina, arr. C. Buttery: Sicut Cervus & Sitivit Anima Mea SATB
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hymne à la Nuit SATBGb
April 4th 2026 will be a playing day with Anna Stegman
May 2nd 2026
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ascendens Christus in Altum AATTB
Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball: Spanish Airs and Dances SATB
G P da Palestrina, arr. C. Buttery: Sicut Cervus & Sitivit Anima Mea SATB
Edvard Grieg, arr. Helen Hooker: Norwegian Dance S AATTB
June 6th 2026
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ascendens Christus in Altum AATTB
Johann Strauss II: Saengerlust Polka SopSATTBGb
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo SSAATTBB/Cb
Traditional, arr. Paul Clark: Two Dutch Folk Songs SATB