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Radio 2 favourite

Radio 2 favourite

7:50am Thursday 12th August 2010

RADIO 2 favourite, Beth Nielsen Chapman, is set to perform at Cheltenham Town Hall next month as part of her high-profile tour in support of new album Back to Love.

TV reporter and crooner

7:40am Thursday 12th August 2010

FORMER television reporter and Tewkesbury crooner Tony Belmont has swapped a TV audience for a live one with a performance at the Halfway House, Stroud, on September 18. Tony will have support from 13-year-old Sam Jones, who will perform a Michael Buble set. For

Have cello, will travel

7:30am Thursday 12th August 2010

INTERNATIONALLY known cellist Orlando Jopling will perform in the Shipston area this weekend to raise money for local churches.

Choir ready for new year

7:30am Thursday 12th August 2010

FOLLOWING its end-of-year concert at Pershore Abbey in July, the Silurian Choir will resume rehearsals at Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall soon. A varied programme of music for the coming year includes Elgar, Finzi, Holst and Vaughan Williams, Haydn and a summer of French music. The choir meets

Rockers and divas

7:20am Thursday 12th August 2010

X FACTOR runner-up Stacey Soloman will rub shoulders with re-formed 80s rockers Simple Minds at Upton Music Festival this month.

Rockers at Bulldog Bash

7:10am Thursday 12th August 2010

EVESHAM rockers Wrathchild are among the bands set to play at this weekend’s Bulldog Bash. The group will share the Area81 Rock Club stage with the Glitterati and Godsized on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, Blues Brothers tribute act The Brothers Grimm will play their first gig in 11 years when they head the main stage that night.

Fund-raising concert

7:00am Thursday 12th August 2010

THE Quiristers Chorus will perform a fund-raising concert at St Peter’s Church in Bengeworth this month. The programme will feature music from composers such as Wesley, Bach, Bairstow and Stanford, who all share anniversaries this year. The concert on Friday, August 20, starts at 7.30pm and proceeds go to the church organ and the Chernobyl Children’s Project.

Lend me a tenor

8:00am Thursday 5th August 2010

SOME of the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland, The Celtic Tenors are set to appear at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury next month.

Three Choirs Festival night

7:50am Thursday 5th August 2010

INTERNATIONAL conductor Martyn Brabbins will lead the Philharmonia Orchestra in a special performance for the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival.

Crows playing at pub

7:40am Thursday 5th August 2010

THE Roving Crows will play at an historic Pershore pub tomorrow. The music at the Talbot in Newlands will start at 9pm and entry is free.

Captain Sensible’s crew

7:30am Thursday 5th August 2010

PUNK rockers the Damned are coming to The Subscription Rooms in Stroud.

Masterclasses

7:20am Thursday 5th August 2010

Young performers can get a masterclass in musicianship at Pershore’s Number 8.

Summer night concerts

7:10am Thursday 5th August 2010

THE Vienna Proms comes to Cheltenham Town hall this month with an evening of music based on the ‘summer night’ concerts in Vienna. With a full programme of melodies from the likes of Strauss and other great Austrian composers of the Romantic period, the concert opens with Die Fledermaus and features a host of Strauss waltzes and polkas including The Blue Danube, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Vienna Blood and more. The concert closes with the Radetsky March. Tickets cost £19.50 and £17.50 from 0844 576 2210.

School of rock for youngsters

7:00am Thursday 5th August 2010

A ROCK School for young musicians is on offer in Cheltenham later this month.

Mickey plays the blues

8:20am Thursday 29th July 2010

BLUES guitar maestro Mickey Two-Names will be playing at the Talbot Inn, Pershore, on Saturday. The music at the historic pub on Newlands gets underway at 9pm.






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