Shropshire Music Service

Saturday 8 December    

Christchurch Bayston Hill -12.00 noon
Shropshire Girls Choir, Shropshire Junior Choir, Shropshire Training Clarinet Choir and
Shropshire  Training Youth Orchestra  

Saturday 8 December   

St Mary’s Church – 2.30pm 
Shropshire Youth Wind Orchestra,
Shropshire Youth Training Wind Orchestra and
Shropshire Youth Percussion Ensemble 

Saturday 8 December 

Priory
School—7.00pm
Shrewsbury Area Windband and
Shropshire Youth Saxophone Ensemble 

ALSO on 8 December
Shropshire Youth Brass Band are performing under the Market Hall in
Shrewsbury with collecting tins from 10-12am. Do listen while you are
Christmas shopping! 

Thursday 13 December 

13 December  7.30pm  NWSSSO will be performing in the Marches School Carol
Service at
Christchurch, Oswestry. They are rehearsing from 6-7pm; the Carol Service should finish approx. 8.30pm. Please see Mrs Jarratt for more details 

Monday 17 December
Shrewsbury Abbey—8.00pm
Shropshire Youth Orchestra with New College Chorale

This summer the Shropshire Youth Brass Band will visit and perform in Reims and Lausanne.  The tour leaves on July 22nd and returns on the 29th.

The Shropshire Youth Orchestra visits the Lake Garda area from August 26th to 2nd September.

Today saw an excellent rehearsal for a major pair of concerts later this year.  This seasons repertoire include music from Mission Impossible, Dances with Wolves, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Les Miserable, The Big Country and Gladiators.  The next rehearsal is on Sunday February 18th from 10:00am -3:00pm with concerts as follows:

Albrighton hall Hotel (Shropshire County Council Charity concert for Hope House) - Friday evening March 16th (time to be confirmed via this posting - probably 7:30pm - Tickets available from Shirehall - details of this special fund-raising event to be posted here.
Church Stretton School - Sunday March 18th at 2pm - tickets available on the door. Tickets £4.

The rehearsal of The Shropshire Music Service Pops Orchestra on 29th October was most successful with some very impressive orchestrations from Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Mission Impossible and Dances with Wolves rehearsed. There are still places for all instruments especially woodwind and violins. Remaining rehearsals are on 21st January 2007 & 18th February 2007 (10.00am -3.00pm) and concerts are on 16th & 18th March 2007.

If you enjoy film music come & enjoy a different experience.

Christmas concerts ‘Passport tickets’ are available for the following concerts at £8 adult, £4 concession £20 family which entitles you to entry to as many of the following concerts as you wish. Individually these concerts are priced at £4, £2 & £10.

Look out for further details which will be posted closer to the event.

Saturday 2 December - 6.00pm Shropshire Girls Choir & Shropshire Junior Choir at Crowmoor Baptist Church

Saturday 9 December – 2.00pm Shropshire Training Youth Orchestra, Shropshire Training Youth Wind Orchestra, Shropshire Senior Clarinet Choir & Shropshire Senior Percussion Ensemble at Christchurch, Bayston Hill

Saturday 9 December – 2.30 pm Shropshire Youth Wind Orchestra & Shropshire Youth Brass Band at St. Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury

Monday 18 December 8.00pm Shropshire Youth Orchestra & New College Chorale at Shrewsbury Abbey

The following items from the diary are here to give some advance notice – further details will be posted closer to the event.

Tuesday 5 December North West Shropshire Schools String Orchestra at The Marches School, Oswestry 6.00pm

January 5-7 – Strings Residential Weekend at Pioneer Centre. This very popular course is now full.

February 24th – Woodwind Platform

March 2 to 4 – Residential Chamber Music Course at Pioneer Centre. Please return forms asap even if you are not a member of a chamber group.

March 3^rd Shropshire Youth Brass Band performing in Condover

March 9 and 10 – School of Music Open days – take an opportunity to hear our bands, choirs and orchestras in rehearsal, especially if you would like to join.

March 17 (10.00 -16.00) Music for Youth, Meole Brace School – the regional round of the National event.

March 30^th at 7.30– Shropshire Youth Brass Band at Wrekin College

April 28th– Woodwind Platform

June 22^nd Whole class violin concert, Shrewsbury, The Music Hall

July 9^th – Cellobration 3 – our third annual event to celebrate the cello at Christchurch

July 10^th 7.00pm Meole Brace School – Shrewsbury String Festival

July 11^th Brass Extravaganza

July 14th 7.15pm Strings Gala Concert, Meole Brace School

Shropshire Youth Wind Orchestra & Shropshire Girls Choir Visit to Belgium 21-25 July.

This was a most successful tour. Concerts included performances at the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels, St. Michael’s Church in Gent as part of the Gent International Music Festival, and Ypres Town Square. The ensembles received many very favourable comments on their performances & professionalism and were invited to make a return visit to the festival. Hopefully this will take place in July 2008.

The Pops Orchestra

Rehearsals; 29 October, 21 January, 18 February (10.00 -15.00).

Concerts;  16 & 18 March

This is available to members of SYO, SYWO, SYBB, SYBigBand, SYPE & staff. We also have some parents as playing  members. String players specially welcome. If you enjoy film  music come & enjoy a different experience.

There was an impressive array of musical talent on display when the combined forces of the Shropshire Youth Brass Band, the Shropshire Training Youth Brass Ensemble and 70 beginner brass players performed the grand finale to this year’s Brass Extravaganza. Castaway Cove was a thrilling conclusion to an inspirational evening of brass music performed by Shropshire and Telford players of all abilities The beginner brass very ably performed two ‘world premieres’ of specially composed suites for brass by Glenn Pollard as well as versions of well known tunes.

The Training Youth Brass Ensemble demonstrated just how far the group has progressed since it was formed just 3 years ago and played a variety of solo and ensemble music under the direction of Wendy Jones and Andrienna Straw.
The Shropshire Youth Brass Band were having a final run through of the programme they were to play at the National Festival of Music for Youth at Symphony Hall, Birmingham the following day. No-one could fail to have been impressed by the power, precision and musicality of their performance conducted by Dave Heywood.

The performers were rightly given a standing ovation at the end of the concert by an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.

Next year’s event has already been booked for 11 July 2007.

Preliminary Rounds 14 November at New College & 15 November at Crowmoor Baptist Church

Penultimate Round 17 January at New College

Final 28 March at Shrewsbury Music Hall

Application forms will shortly be available from  instrumental teachers