Betsy Jolas is 100 next year!
You can hear Betsy's Musique pour Delphine (written in memory of her friend, the actress Delphine Seyrig):
David Juritz (violin) and Adrian Bradbury (cello)
7.30pm Thursday 6 February
Folkestone New Music
The Grand, Folkestone
MICHAEL TIPPETT is coming to town:
Nov 16
3:00
The Sacconi's
5:30
John Bridcut's film
'The Shadow and the Light'
Nov 17
3:00
Joseph Havlat
7:30
Ben Vonberg-Clark & Andrew West
Tippett + Beethoven/Haydn/Poulenc/Stravinsky
The Grand, Folkestone
https://t.co/2LzmwpR1RP
TUNE IN!!
https://t.co/955NWUFl0T
Tuesday, October 1st at 8pm (repeated Wednesday 10am)
Primary School Songwriters.
Listen to original songs created & recorded by the children @rhylprimary.
@MusicEdu4all @ethanhein @LEDrewett@MichaelRosenYes
It will be archived as well
Just a week before Daisy Noton (Fl), Bethany Couch (Cl), Emily Trubshaw (Vln), Ooma Lowther (Vc) join the outstanding @joseph_havlat (pf) to premiere works by Cashian, Davis, Drewett, Hayes, Matthews. Muldowney, Skempton, Vitkauskaite & Woolrich. The Grand, Folkestone, 3/10, 7pm.
Another event unique @ Folkestone:
10 world premieres
9 important & distinctive composers
4 leading players of their generation
An extraordinary world-class pianist - @joseph_havlat
In a 70th birthday tribute to our own @johnwoolrich2
Oct 3; 7:00; The Grand @FolkestoneNew
John Woolrich has been an important figure in British music for 40+ years. On July 19-21, artists inc. @WatkinsHuw@TDPKemp@cdomaine @violinFlo1 @sarahdaceyuk @sarahnparkin @gamalpiano@salomequartet are coming down to The Grand to celebrate John's life & work. @FolkestoneNew
@N_L_C_C rehearsing with composer Cassandra Miller (@Fabercomposers) for the concert on Sun 14 July @stjohnswaterloo
Programme features works by @bennobuto, Meredith Monk, John Cage and @LEDrewett amongst others, as well as cellist @amyhelenjolly
🎫https://t.co/tAbK7m1lRu
The concert will showcase the first live performances of pieces by @bennobuto and David Fennessy, alongside Cassandra Miller's 'The City, Full of People' (@Fabercomposers) + works by John Cage, Per Nørgård, Meredith Monk, Howard Skempton, and Louise Drewett.
Join us for a captivating concert of new and recent music for choir and cello, featuring @N_L_C_C, one of the most outstanding choirs of contemporary works and cellist Amy Jolly.
14th July, 7pm at @stjohnswaterloo
https://t.co/euU7oXzWu4
This is the drawing- made from just one continuous line- that Picasso made for the cover of the score of Stravinsky's Ragtime.
Huw Watkins will play Ragtime
at The Grand, Folkestone
at 7.30pm on Friday 19 July
https://t.co/yIKRgrh4KR
news from the other week 😊
my left hand only piano piece 'Mystery in the Monastery' has been published in @ABRSM's 2025-26 Piano Performance Grades syllabus!
also in the syllabus are pieces by friends @LEDrewett & Fred Viner 🎶🎹🎶
In the glorious St Eanswythe's, Folkestone, ace composer Louise Drewett has programmed works by the exciting young composers Keting Sun, Zhenyan Li & Isabella Gellis,
performed by Jo Havlat & Lotte Betts-Dean, 2 of the busiest & best-regarded musicians in the UK. 19/05 - 7:30.
Joseph Havlat and Lotte Betts-Dean are performing music by Zhenyan Li, Louise Drewett and Isabella Gellis at Folkestone New Music.
7.30pm Wednesday 19 June
St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone
https://t.co/XAyU1yI6K1?
Ten composers! Can you identify them all? One thing's first certain: @FolkestoneNew at The Grand is now a magnet for an amazing range of composing and performing talent. It's all happening here in Folkestone!
Come and hear early Birtwistle & late Debussy + much more in beautiful Northend village hall a week Sunday with the fantastic @PelleasEnsemble Tickets & info here: https://t.co/CXqEvqDR8K @AaronHNahum @LEDrewett@oconnellcello