MUSIC AT BOSBURY 2008
 

Bosbury Church is at the heart of the village, together with the school, the pub and the Parish Hall. The church building has an excellent acoustic for live music and is a large welcoming space. Our concerts are intended to provide an entertaining selection of music for all tastes, and we hope that people who come to one concert and enjoy it, may be tempted to try another style of music later in the year. It is also important to us to provide events where people can get together, which is why the delicious interval refreshments are a regular feature of the evening.

We have a splendid series of concerts to look forward to this year, with a wide variety of music on offer. Performers range from the vast wealth of local talent, including our young musicians, to spectacular singers from St Petersburg, taking in the internationally renowned jazz band New Orleans Heat on the way. Tickets are available on the door for all concerts, and include the now legendary Bosbury nibbles and a glass of wine or juice. All concerts take place in Holy Trinity Church, Bosbury and are in aid of church funds.

For further details please contact Esther Kay on 01531 670634.

HELP FOR HEROES CONCERT

Habanera Wind Quartet

Harriet Campbell (Flute) Annie Kay (Oboe) Beth Allen (Clarinet) Rebecca McPherson (Bassoon)

Bosbury School Choir and Drummers

Saturday 5^th July

This concert features some highly talented local young musicians raising funds for a very worthy cause - the provision of excellent rehabilitation facilities for injured service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Since its inception the charity Help for Heroes has raised £3million in just under five months. Its first aim is to build a swimming pool and new gym complex at the tri-service rehabilitation complex in Surrey.

ORGAN RECITAL

John Challenger

Friday 15^th August (date to be confirmed)

Since leaving Hereford Cathedral School, John Challenger has been Organ Scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor. In October he takes up a place as Organ Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge. More details to follow.

PAX SINGERS

Friday 26^th September

Pax Singers, the well known chamber choir, began life in Bosbury under the direction of Herbert Baber, who then lived in Pax Cottage. In the intervening years they have gained an enviable reputation for stylish and committed performances of popular classical choral works through the ages. Tickets £6 Adult, £3 Children, £15 Family.

VITAL SPARK

Sunday December 7^th (date to be confirmed)

A concert by this enthusiastic and very popular West Gallery choir from West Malvern has become the traditional start to the Christmas season in Bosbury. They sing a lively style of church music which would have been heard in Thomas Hardy's day, before the advent of the church organ banished the Gallery musicians. The choir accompany themselves on fiddle, concertina and bassoon. Highly recommended for all the family.

For more details on any of these concerts please contact Esther Kay 01531 670634