Tag Archives: Croydon

Premiere of Thelma, review by SCTF patron Daniel Labonne

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Daniel Labonne (previously Croydon SC-T Society artistic director) attended the premiere by Surrey Opera of Thelma at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, and sent us this exclusive review. Continue reading →

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Recalling my Father’s reminiscences on Hiawatha

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Richard Gordon-Smith writes: My father David Gordon-Smith* was born in 1915.  In the very class-conscious (by today’s standards) 1920s and ’30s my father’s parents would have been considered ‘lower middle class’.  Their cultural aspirations included occasional theatre and concert attendance, musical … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Green: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life is to be published in June/July 2011. It was written by historian Jeffrey Green. Jeffrey Green tells SCTF that by using copious contemporary comments, different aspects of the composer have been documented. Green’s discoveries over … Continue reading →

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The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Society in Croydon (1994-)

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Society was inaugurated in Croydon in 1994.  It was founded (and then chaired) by Daniel Labonne, who at the time lived in that historic town, just south of London. The SCT Society was active for some ten years, and it was Daniel … Continue reading →

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