Calendar of Events (SCT Centenary Legacy Year, 2012)

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JANUARY 2012

FRIDAY 6 JANUARY

Reception for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Festival 2012
Croydon Town Hall

WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY

Talk by Jeffrey Green Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – ‘A Background’ and a Recital of Coleridge-Taylor chamber music (inc. Cello Variations – no opus no. - and songs) by Kathryn Mosley, Jonathan Musgrave, Joseph Spooner, Jane Streeton & Greg Tassell.
Croydon Town Hall, Katherine Street, CR9 1ET
20.00 Tickets £8 on the door or from 020 8657 7909

SATURDAY 28 JANUARY

150th Anniversary Music of Black Origin versus Music of British Origin
Andrew Tait (piano) and friends present music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
London, All Saints Church, Clydesdale Road, W11, Notting Hill
19.00 Tickets £10 on the door

SATURDAY 28 JANUARY

Student concert of Coleridge-Taylor inspired music
Croydon Music & Arts, Centre for Young Pianists, Fairfield Halls
13.00 Tickets from 020 8688 9292 or via  www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

FEBRUARY 2012

SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY

20.30-22.00 Recital of piano music by SCT  http://conservatoirechopin.free.fr
Paris, Conservatoire Frederic Chopin, 43 rue Bargue, 75015 tel: +331 4273 15 32

THURSDAY 9; FRIDAY 10; SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY

A world premier of the SCT Opera Thelma
Surrey Opera, Conductor Jonathan Butcher, Director Christopher Cowell, Designer Bridget Kimak
Croydon UK, Fairfield Halls (Ashcroft Theatre) Park Lane, CR9 1DG
19.30 Thursday, Friday and Saturday Tickets £18-£25  020 8688 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk
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THURSDAY 9 & FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY

Pre-concert talks by Dr Catherine Carr ~ Thelma – My discovery of Coleridge-Taylor’s manuscripts (in the Ashcroft Bar of Fairfield Halls)
18.00 (both days) Tickets £2 on door

TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY

Concert by John Law Trio including jazz versions of Coleridge-Taylor’s music (Soundpractice Music Ltd)
Croydon, Arnhem Gallery, Fairfield Hall, Park Lane CR9 1DG
19.30 Tickets from 020 8688 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY

Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra Performs Coleridge-Taylor, Ellington, Sowande & Still
The Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra will be joined by the South Shore Dance Alliance to present a winter concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, in the Hobart High School auditorium, 36 E. 8th St. The concert will be under the direction of Philip Bauman.
The 80-member Youth Orchestra will present a variety of selections in honor of Black History Month. Included will be music from William Grant Still’s ‘Afro-American Symphony,’ selections by turn-of-the-century composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor from his ‘Petite Suite de Concert’ and ‘Danse Nègre,’ plus ‘Nostalgia’ from Fela Sowande’s ‘African Suite,’ and George Gershwin’s popular and dramatic suite from ‘Porgy & Bess.’ The concert will end with a medley from Duke Ellington’s Broadway show ‘Sophisticated Ladies.’
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, in the Hobart High School auditorium, 36 E. 8th St.Tickets are general admission. $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
Call 219-836-0525 or visit the Symphony Office at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN 46321
http://www.nisorchestra.org/pages/youth-orchestra/yo-concert.php
http://www.zimbio.com/member/WZick/articles/o_TZI5Rx3ui/Northwest+Indiana+Symphony+Youth+Orchestra

MARCH 2012

SATURDAY 10 MARCH

Concert by: Valentine Singers, Conductor ~ Christine Gwynn, Piano ~ Tim Smith, Tenor Soloist ~ David Menezes
Music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast and
Petite Suite de Concert: Demande et réponse & La Tarentelle frétillante – played by Tim Smith
plus other music of the time, including:
Valse Suite “Three-fours” nos. 2 & 3
Little David play on your harp ~ arr. Malcolm Sargent
My Lord, what a mornin’ ~ arr. Harry T Burleigh
Dvorak ~ Four Choruses
Elgar ~ Lullaby from The Bavarian Highlands
London, The Barnardo’s Church, Tanners Lane, Barkingside IG2 6TD (Central Line Tube ~ Barkingside Station)
19:30. Box office: 020 8550 4654. Tickets also available from The Mayfair Stationers,80 High Street, Barkingside. Tickets: £12; £7 (students/benefit holders). £2 off every ticket bought before 10th March
http://www.valentinesingers.org/introduction.html

SUNDAY 11 MARCH

Concert by Tallis Chamber Orchestra. Director and Soloist: Diana Cummings
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 4 Novelletten
Vaughan Williams: Concerto Accademico
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
3pm St Peter’s Church, Westleton, Suffolk
Admission by programme, £10 at the door
http://www.tco.freeola.com/

FRIDAY 23 MARCH

Students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire recital of Coleridge-Taylor’s Sonata op.28, Trio op.6 and Nonet op.2
Croydon Town Hall (Braithwaite Hall), Katharine Street, CR9 1ET
20.00 Tickets £8 from 020 8657 7909

APRIL 2012

SUNDAY 1 April

Thanet Light Orchestra plays Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A programme of light & popular music, incorporating numerous works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the ‘Black Mahler’ whose 100th anniversary is being widely celebrated this year.
Programme includes: Intermezzo, Petite Suite de Concert, Minnehaha (excerpts).
Hilderstone College, 14-16 St. Peters Rd, Broadstairs CT10 2JW
3pm. Where to get tickets: via http://sarahthorne.blogspot.com (or on the door)
Facebook concert site: http://www.facebook.com/events/396174620397791/
Venue website: http://sarahthorne.blogspot.com/
Thanet Light Orchestra’s home page: http://thanetmusic.wikispaces.com/TLO

TUESDAY 3 APRIL

Concert inc Coleridge-Taylor items by Cornelius Bruinsma, Fred Scott, Meg Whitley and friends (in aid of Skeletal Cancer Action Trust) (Soundpratice Music Ltd)
Croydon Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, CR9 1DG
13.00  Tickets from 020 8677 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

FRIDAY 6 APRIL

Choirs of St. Margaret’s Church and the Colin Lett Chorale will perform “Calvary” from Coleridge-Taylor’s “The Atonement” during its Holy Eucharist Good Friday service.
Featured soloists are Benjamin Taylor, baritone; Rayanne Gonzales, soprano; Sarah Balcom, mezzo soprano; and Candace Potts, contralto.
7.00pm at St. Margaret’s Church, 1601 Pleasant Plains Road, Annaapolis, Maryland, 21409
The service is free and open to the public.
Email: info@st-margarets.org
Website: http://www.st-margarets.org

SATURDAY 21st APRIL

“A Night to Remember” including music to remember the Titanic centenary and that of Samuel Coleridge Taylor, including “Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” and the rarely heard “Hiawathan Sketches” op 16 for violin and piano.
Barbara Walton Singers at Stoke on Trent Minster (Glebe St Stoke upon Trent ST4 1LP)
7.30 pm Tickets £10 (£2 young students)
Tel 01889 502377 or www.barbara-walton-singers.org.uk

SATURDAY 28 APRIL

Open rehearsal by Surrey Opera
Including Coleridge-Taylor’s Syphony in A minor, op. 8, Zara’s Earrings op.7, and Rapsody for Voice and Orchestra
3.00pm to 6.00pm approx. The rehearsal will be followed by tea and an informal performance of the two works at approximately 7.30pm. All welcome!
Please contact: Jonathan Butcher – jonathanbutcher@blueyonder.co.uk 07762 560537 if you would like to take part etc.
Croydon, Clyde Hall CR0 6SZ
There will be a small charge of £8 per person, whether playing or observing/listening, to cover expenses.
Email Surrey Opera for more details

MAY 2012

TUESDAY 22 MAY

Piano recital to inc works by Coleridge-Taylor  (Soundpractice Music Ltd)
Croydon Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, CR9 1DG
13.00 Tickets from 020 8688 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

THURSDAY 24 MAY

Braithwaite Hall Royal College of Music students recital of Coleridge-Taylor Piano Quintet op.1, Fantasiestucke op.5 and Clarinet Quintet op.10
Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street, CR9 1ET
Tickets £8 from 020 8657 7909 or on the door

JUNE 2012

SATURDAY 23 JUNE

Concert by Croydon Bach Choir, Conductor Tim Horton, to inc Coleridge-Taylor A Tale of Old Japan op.76
Croydon St Matthew’s Church, Chichester Road, CR0 5NQ
19.30 Tickets from 020 8405 2171 or on the door  www.croydonbachchoir.org

SATURDAY 23 JUNE

Carshalton Choral Society will present Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Hiawatha, and part-songs
Carshalton Methodist Church on Ruskin Road, Carshalton.
7.30pm admission £10.
See further details on http://carshaltonchoral.org.uk

JULY 2012

MONDAY 16 JULY

Launch of exhibition of portraits of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
London, National Portrait Gallery St Martin’s Place WC2H 0HE, in Room 29.
Details of further connected events tbc.  Display probably available until March 2013.

FRIDAY 27 JULY

Hereford, Three Choirs Festival
14.30 St Peter’s Church, chamber concert to include Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet, op. 10 performed by the Dante Quartet with Robert Plane
18.00 (NB time!) Hereford Cathedral, concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Three Choirs Festival Chorus including Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert op.77

SATURDAY 28 JULY

Open rehearsal of Coleridge-Taylor’s Toussaint Overture op.46, Symphonic Variations op.63 and The Bamboula op.75
Croydon, Clyde Hall CR0 6SZ

SATURDAY 28 JULY

Song of Hiawatha project final concert (also, opening concert of the Lake District Summer Festival) Northern Chamber Orchestra with the Festival Choir, Conductor Ian Jones
Ulverston, Coronation Hall, Cumbria UK LA12 7LZ
www.cumbriachoralinitiative.org.uk

AUGUST 2012

WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born on this day, in Holborn London, in 1875
Coleridge-Taylor Birthday Celebration in the Hall where SCT sang as a boy treble.
Croydon, Masonic Centre, 73 Oakfield Road, CR0 2UX
Email Surrey Opera for more details

SEPTEMBER 2012

SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor died in Croydon one hundred years ago today, aged just 37.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ‘Picnic Pilgrimage’ with commentary by Jeffrey Green
Croydon, commencing at St Mary Magdalene Church, Canning Rod, CR0 6QD and ending at Aldwick, St Leonards Road, where SC-T died.

OCTOBER 2012

October is UK Black History Month – look out for events and exhibitions across the country

TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on Radio and Television (inc Great Lives and Hidden History broadcasts)and Performance of Twenty-Four Negro Melodies op.59
Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street, CR0 1ET, Braithwaite Hall
20.00 Tickets £8 from 020 8657 7090 or on the door

NOVEMBER 2012

FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER

Coleridge-Taylor’s Petite Suite de Concert op.77 to be included in the Fairfield Halls 50th Anniversary Concert.
Croydon Fairfield Halls, Park Lane CR9 1DG
19.30 Tickets from 020 8688 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER

Talk by Charles Elford, author of Black Mahler and recital of Coleridge-Taylor songs by Patricia Robertson and Paul Sheehan
Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street CR0 1ET, Braithwaite Hall
20.00 Tickets £8 from 020 8657 7090 or on the door

DECEMBER 2012

SATURDAY 15 DECEMBER

Concert of Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto op.80 and Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast op.30, with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Choir Conductor Jonathan Butcher (Choir rehearsals weekly on Thursdays from 13 September)
Croydon, venue TBA
Email Surrey Opera for more details
19.30 Tickets from 020 8657 7909 or on the door

TUESDAY 18 DECEMBER

Concert by Trinity Boys Choir featuring songs by Coleridge-Taylor
Croydon Fairfield Halls, Park Lane CR0 1D
13.00 Tickets from 020 8688 9291 or via www.fairfieldhalls.co.uk

SUNDAY 30 DECEMBER

Informal concert and afternoon tea, admission free
Croydon St Mary Magdalene Church, Canning Road CR0 6QD
Email Surrey Opera for more details

MONDAY 31 DECEMBER

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Jessie Fleetwood Walmsley were married in Holy Trinity Church, Selhurst on this day in 1899

Events in 2013

16 + 17 March 2013

The 2013 Longfellow Choral Festival: Longfellow & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The entire 4-part Hiawatha complete with ballet and other works will take place on March 16 & 17, 2013, in Portland, Maine, USA. More information at http://www.longfellowchorus.com

Event Promoters

For ease of reference, here are links to the organisations which have events related to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor during 2012:

BBC Proms 2012, London
Black History Month UK
Conservatoire Frederic Chopin, Paris
Cumbria Choral Initiative, UK
Fairfield Halls, Croydon UK
National Portrait Gallery, London
Pegasus Opera, London
Surrey Opera, UK
Tallis Chamber Orchestra
Three Choirs Festival, UK
UpRise Anti-Racism Festival, Hackney London
Valentine Singers

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