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Mid Herts Centre for
Music and Arts
Birchwood Avenue
Hatfield
Herts AL10 0PS
Tel: 01707 270025
Fax: 01707 276122
www.friendsofmidhertsmusic.org..uk
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HAPPY EASTER!
From all teaching and administrative staff— we wish you
all a very Happy Easter Holiday!
Mon 20th April
Thu 23rd April `
Mon 4th May
Sat 23rd Sat 30th May
Thu 25th June
Sat 27th June
Mon 13th July
Thu 23rd July
Summer Term Dates
Term commences
Wind Bands resume
Bank Holiday
May Half Term, no SMMS on either
Saturday
Last Wind Band rehearsal
Last SMMS
Last day of teaching
Office and Centre close
Music in Miniature Recital No.3.
We had 24 students offering a lovely concert of varied
music from beginners to grade 8+ level. The students who
took part must be congratulated on a giving us such a
splendid recital — congratulations to everyone who took
part!
Clarinet
Jasmine Gaydon, Charlotte Sanders
Violin
Darren Kirk
Viola
Imogen Roberts
Bassoon
Ben Winter
Guitar
Alessandro Lucas Bautista, Sebastian
Kreutz-Wellsted, Guitar Club Lloyd Evans,
Flora Jolly, Kyle Russouw, Zac Owens,
Junior Guitar Group
Sebastian kreutz-Wellsted, Jack
Ellingworth, Lizzie Thomson,
Senior Guitar Group
Daniel Bishop, Daniel White,
Alessandro Lucas Bautista
Piano
Alexis Laurent, Jennifer Goodwin, Holly
Cooper, Kelly Ho, Lily Sebanakitta, Romilly
Mortimer Tracy, Joshua Gearing,
Claire Hou,
Very many thanks to all our teachers who prepared our
students: Beverley Preece (Pfte), Taryn Karg (Pfte),
Martin Sanders-Hewett (Pfte), Peter Farrell (Pfte), Sue
Appel (Va), Chris Sheridan (Cl), Rosemary Harvie (Fag)
Rachel Burden (Vl) David burden (guitar)
Leavers
At the end of this term we say farewell to Jonny Pilcher
(guitar) who will devote more time to composing and
performing. We thank him for all his hard work and wish
him all the very best for the future.
Rachel Martin (recorder) is also leaving us this term. We
also wish her all the best for the future and send our
thanks for teaching here at Mid Herts.
Combined Choirs’ Concert, 2nd March 2015
This was a marvellous concert of choral music from three
of our choirs at Mid Herts. The concert opened with the
Youth Choir processing in to three rounds by Jan
Holdstock.
This was contrasted by singing in, German, An die Musik by
Schubert and One from Chorus Line. The five boys gave a
rousing rendition of Oliver Cromwell by Benjamin Britten
complimented by the girls singing a beautiful Gerald Finzi
song. They finished with ‘Give Me Wings’ a new John Rutter
song 2014 and the famous Glen Miller standard In the Mood
completed their programme.
Junior Choir sang a lovely selection of songs with real spirit
and verve and included African and American trad songs,
Bad moon rising, The Dolphin Song by Rebecca Lawrence,
Sing with Joy by Lin March Feel the Groove by Jon Laird
ending their programme on a swinging note! The solo
opportunities were also good to hear. Well done everyone!
The Chamber Choir began with Non vos relinquam
Orphanos by Donati which they followed with a great Latin
American Salmo 150 with plenty of rhythmic drive and
vitality. Jerome Kern’s standard Smoke gets in your eyes,
and the Bobby Shaftoe were sensitively and slickly
performed and finishing with famous When you’re smiling.
There was some truly beautiful singing. The Combined
choirs sang a folk song quodlibet and raised the roof with
the gospel number Welcome Table with brilliant singing and
actions from all the audience!
Chamber Music Festival
On Saturday 9th May, Main Hall, 2.00pm, we will be having
our annual music from our centre. We hope we can get a
large audience for this event.
County Activity Concerts
in the Easter Holidays
Saturday 11th April at 7.30pm - Hertfordshire Schools’
Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Ben Gernon
Edward Guinness Hall, Dame Alice Owen’s School,
Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar EN6 2DU
Bizet: Selected movements from Carmen Suites
Anna Meredith: Connect It
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Wednesday 15th April at 7.30pm – Hertfordshire County
Youth Orchestra
Conductor Peter Stark
Weston Auditorium, De Havilland Campus, University of
Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9EU
Weber: Oberon Overture
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Sibelius : Symphony No. 5
Saturday 18th April at 7.30pm – Hertfordshire Wind
Sinfonia
Conductor Mark Eager
St Paul’s Church, Blandford Road, St Albans AL1 4JP
Daniel Basford The Siege of Kenilworth
Percy Grainger Irish Tune
Norman Dello Joio Scenes from the Louvre
Eric Whitacre October
Arthur Bliss arr. Gerrard Williams Checkmate Suite
MnM No 3
Choirs Concert
Easter AGM
Joe Selo