OCMC Calendar 2008/9

There is an exciting programme this year, with all the usual features and more…

The season commences on September 13th with a concert in memory of Graham Thorne and Leonard Whitehouse, both members for over fifty years who contributed such a lot to the club.
On September 17th there will be a concert of works composed by living and past club members, and on October 11th, after a four-year absence, we will see the return of a concert just for pianists (of which the Club has over 50).
On November 8th we will perform Verdi’s Falstaff at the United Reformed Church, Highgate, and on the 29th November there will be the New Members’ concert, for members who have joined the club within the past year.
On December 13th we will have another “Nothing Too Serious” concert - light-hearted music only!
On January 24th we will hold another Concerto Workshop, allowing club soloists to experience a performance with orchestra.
On February 21st we will have our 2000th formally-numbered concert! To mark this special occasion we are constructing a programme that will involve as many of the membership as we can. We will combine this with our AGM.
On March 14th we are holding an exciting new event - an Opera Workshop. This is intended to give all singers an opportunity to perform a role in an opera, and where the larger/principal roles are concerned priority will be given to those who were not involved in this year’s Falstaff performance. It will comprise approx 3-4 scenes from different operas, and shall be in concert performance format accompanied by piano.
The Open concert will be on March 25th, made up of shortish items (maximum 10 minutes) submitted to the Music Secretary. Do not miss this chance to offer an item for inclusion (particularly if you rarely perform).
On Saturday April 18th there will be a Wind Play Day, and on May 30th a Baroque Opera concert.
On June 24th Genevieve Usher is organising a concert called “New Partnerships”, aimed at people who haven't performed together before, and we finish the season with another orchestral collaboration with Pro Corda.
As well as these we will have eight Chamber concerts.

Wednesday concerts are normally at 8pm in the Haldane Room and Saturday concerts, with the exception of the opera and the AGM, at 5.30pm in the Housman Room at University College, Gower Street. Unfortunately the Haldane Room will be unavailable after Easter 2009, so we have booked the Hinde Street Methodist Church for the Wednesday concerts. Please note that these concerts will all start at 7.30pm.

Graham Bowler, Music Secretary

Date	Title	Comments	Organiser(s)	Location
2008
Sat Sep 13	Memorial Concert	for Graham Thorne & Leonard Whitehouse	Jo & Adrian Rushton, Sue Morell	Housman
Wed Sep 17	Club Composers		Tony Noakes	Haldane
Sat Oct 11	Pianists' Concert		Chris Crocker	Housman
Wed Oct 22	Chamber Concert		Hugh Rosenbaum	Haldane
Sat Nov 08	OPERA - Falstaff		Jo Parton and Carl Murray	Highgate
Wed Nov 19	Chamber Concert	to include Messiaen Quartet for The End of Time	Alan Reddish	Hinde Street
Sat Nov 29	New Members' Concert		Carl Murray	Housman
Sat Dec 13	Nothing Too Serious !		Helen and Richard Shaw	Housman
2009
Wed Jan 14	Chamber Concert	to include Berio Folk Songs	Rupert Bawden	Haldane
Sat Jan 24	Concerto Workshop	Works and soloists have now been selected. The conductor is Chris Fifield. Note the workshop will start at 2pm	Peter Kaldor	Housman
Wed Feb 04	Chamber Concert	Baroque, to include a Bach Cantata	Norman Parkyns	Haldane
Sat Feb 21	2000th Concert + AGM	All members are invited to attend this milestone concert, which will include Brahms Academic Festival Overture, choral items and the world premiere performance of an orchestral work by OCMC member Tony Summers	Mike Crowe	St Cyprians
Wed Mar 04	Chamber Concert		Nick Reading	Haldane
Sat Mar 14	Opera Workshop	Contact Evelyn Bercott for further information	Evelyn Bercott	Housman
Wed Mar 25	Open Concert	SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED Open to all members. No submissions under 10 minutes long will be rejected unless time constraints arise.	Music Secretary	Haldane
Sat Apr 18	Wind Play Day		Hugh Rosenbaum	Housman
Wed Apr 29	Chamber Concert	Wind + Strings + Piano	Martin Young	Hinde Street
Wed May 13	Chamber Concert		Michael Friess	Hinde Street
Sat May 30	Baroque Opera	To include Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' for soloists, choir and strings, conducted by Lyn Parkyns, and hopefully a Bach Brandenburg. Norman MacSween will organise the players, and Lyn Parkyns the singers. Please let either of them know if you are interested in taking part.	Norman & Jane MacSween	Housman
Wed Jun 10	Chamber Concert	Wind & Strings	Tim Handel	Hinde Street
Wed Jun 24	New Partnerships	SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED For people who haven't performed together before. Genevieve Usher says "I have not filled my concert yet and would like to include some people who have never performed before or who don't perform regularly, and get them to meet new members."	Genevieve Usher	Hinde Street
Sat Jul 11	Orchestral Workshop with Pro Corda	Conductor and work(s) to be announced	Keith Daley, Carole Kaldor	St Cyprians

For the operas, wind play day and workshops, please confirm venues and times from the individual programmes.

Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

Concert Calendar, 2008/9