Saturday, April 25th 2009 1pm - St. Peter’s Methodist Church
Michael Bonaventure is as an indefatigable advocate of new music. Inspired by the work of such pioneers as Karl-Erik Welin, Guy Bezancon and Jean-Pierre Leguay...
Monday 27th April 10.30am-12.30pm – St. Peter’s Methodist Church
The start of a far-reaching composition project which will connect composers of different nationalities, experience, ability and ages. Today, young composers from schools across Kent present their compositions in the presence of eminent composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Paul Patterson.
Monday 27th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music
Nicholas Reed is one of the brightest talents of his generation and is a passionate advocate of contemporary music. Only 24 years old, he has already given many high profile performances in venues such as London’s Cadogan Hall and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
Tuesday 28th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music
King's School's 34 piece Crypt Choir has garnered a fine reputation as one of the best young choirs. While its main work is singing in cathedral services and concerts, it has also performed in Boston and New York (2004), Venice (2005) and New Zealand...
Wednesday 29th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music
Jane Chapman has premiered over 150 solo, electroacoustic and chamber works by contemporary composers, and ‘her progressive spirit and comprehensive technique have inspired composers to forge new parameters and sound worlds for the harpsichord with works of unprecedented musical and technological scope’ (Harpsichord & Fortepiano).
Thursday 30th April 1.15pm - St. Gregory’s Centre for Music
The ALEA Quartet, one of England's most accomplished young string quartets, has just been awarded a post graduate scholarship to study at the Music Department at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Friday 1st May 1.15pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music
Three ‘classics’ of contemporary clarinet repertoire are framed by two UK premieres. Of his work Harlekin of 1975, Stockhausen wrote ‘Out of the enchanted dream-messenger awake successively the playful constructor, the enamoured lyric, the pedantic teacher...
Saturday 2nd May 1.15pm - Sidney Cooper Gallery
The remarkable young violinist Sulki Yu is Laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin competition (2006) and the Szigeti-Hubay International Violin competition (2007). She has already performed throughout the world in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Barbican, UNESCO Centre in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York and the Seoul Arts Centre in Korea.
