Shropshire Music Service

The following posting gives a list of events for the summer term - in some cases further details will be added shortly.

Saturday 28 April at 2pm – Woodwind Platform (including music by Shropshire Youth Training Woodwind Ensemble, the Training Clarinet Choir, Edgetone (Flute ensemble) Double Reed trio, Saxophone ensemble and Senior Clarinet Choir) at Belvidere School, Shrewsbury at 2pm.

Tuesday 22 May at 6pm - North West Shropshire Schools String Orchestra at the Marches School, Oswestry at 6.00pm

Friday 22 June A concert given by whole school classes of violin pupils showing the progress made by this initiative now in its third year. Shrewsbury Music Hall - further details to be added.

Saturday 7 July 10am -12 noon. Shropshire Youth Brass Band playing in the Shrewsbury Market.

Saturday 7 July Shropshire Training Youth Orchestra and Shropshire Training Youth Wind Orchestra at Crowmoor Baptist Church - further details to be added.

Saturday 7 July Shropshire Girls Choir at Crowmoor Baptist Church - evening - further details to be added.

Saturday 7 July at 7:15pm Strings Gala at Meole Brace School (changed from 14 July)

Sunday 8 July Church Stretton Food Fair featuring the  Shropshire Youth Brass Band, Shropshire Youth Wind Orchestra, Shropshire Girls Choir and  Shropshire Percussion Ensemble.

Monday 9 July – Cellobration 3 (A celebration of cellos) at Christchurch, Bayston Hill - further details to be added.

Tuesday 10 July 7.00pm Meole Brace School – Shrewsbury String Festival - further details to be added.

Wednesday 11 July Brass Extravaganza - further details to be added.

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 Shropshire Youth Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Andy Richards, boasts some of the finest young percussionists in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. Previous members have included Adrian Spillett (Winner BBC Young Musician of The Year 1998) and Toby Kearney (Finalist BBC Young Musician Of The Year 2006). SYPE performs an eclectic and exciting repertoire of music written and arranged especially for percussion ensembles. The instrumentation includes marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel, orchestral chimes, bass drum, drum kit, timpani, congas, bongos, Afro-Cuban and Latin hand-held percussion instruments.

Players are required to have advanced experience on drum kit, tuned and unpitched percussion instruments. The minimum requirement is grade 6 or similar on their first study instrument and grade 5 on second study instrument (one of which must be a tuned percussion instrument).

Shropshire Training Youth Percussion Ensemble conducted by Jerome Auxant, provides an introduction to the percussion ensemble environment. Players are encouraged to have some tuned and unpiched percussion experienced to a minimum grade 3 standard.

SYPE rehearse on alternate Monday evenings 7-9pm STYPE rehearse on the same evening 6-7pm (both following the School of Music weekends as detailed in The Music Service Calendar).

If you are interested in joining Shropshire Youth Percussion Ensemble or Shropshire Training Youth Percussion Ensembleplease contact Andy Richards at The Music Service telephone 01743 874145 mobile 07790 775249 home 01952 510334