Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival Canterbury Kent UK

	Walk to Music Concert Clang, Boom and Steam Saturday, April 25th 2009 11am – Whitefriars Shopping Centre The young Canterbury based group Clang, Boom and Steam gives a free outdoor event, performing Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union from 1975 in celebration of Andriessen’s 70th birthday this year. FREE Read More...
	The Virtuoso Organ Saturday, April 25th 2009 1pm - St. Peter’s Methodist Church Michael Bonaventure is as an indefatigable advocate of new music. Inspired by the work of such pioneers as Karl-Erik Welin, Guy Bezancon and Jean-Pierre Leguay... Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Supporting the new generation of composers Composer Pyramid Level 1 and Foundation Level Celebratory Concert Monday 27th April 10.30am-12.30pm – St. Peter’s Methodist Church The start of a far-reaching composition project which will connect composers of different nationalities, experience, ability and ages. Today, young composers from schools across Kent present their compositions in the presence of eminent composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Paul Patterson. Tickets: £4 FULL, £2 STUDENTS Read More...
	Rebonds Monday 27th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music Nicholas Reed is one of the brightest talents of his generation and is a passionate advocate of contemporary music. Only 24 years old, he has already given many high profile performances in venues such as London’s Cadogan Hall and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Percussion Masterclass/Workshop with Nicholas Reed Monday 27th April 2.30pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music Nicholas Reed leads a percussion workshop with talented young percussionists in contemporary repertoire. FREE Read More...
	Walk to Music Concert Tuba: Oren Marshall Tuesday 28th April 11am – St. Peter’s Methodist Church Oren Marshall brings his amazing and whacky tuba world to St. Peters in a concert specially devised for young people. FREE Read More...
	Benedictus The Kings School, Cathedral Crypt Choir Tuesday 28th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music King's School's 34 piece Crypt Choir has garnered a fine reputation as one of the best young choirs. While its main work is singing in cathedral services and concerts, it has also performed in Boston and New York (2004), Venice (2005) and New Zealand... Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Electric Harpsichord Wednesday 29th April 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music Jane Chapman has premiered over 150 solo, electroacoustic and chamber works by contemporary composers, and ‘her progressive spirit and comprehensive technique have inspired composers to forge new parameters and sound worlds for the harpsichord with works of unprecedented musical and technological scope’ (Harpsichord & Fortepiano). Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Drum Blondes Thursday 30th April Walk to Music Concert - 11am - St. Peter’s Methodist Church Drum Blondes presents a concert of percussion fun especially for young people. This exciting female duo has a mission to entertain people of all ages and backgrounds by banging things with sticks. FREE Read More...
	Messages Thursday 30th April 1.15pm - St. Gregory’s Centre for Music The ALEA Quartet, one of England's most accomplished young string quartets, has just been awarded a post graduate scholarship to study at the Music Department at Canterbury Christ Church University. Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	The Virtuoso Clarinet Friday 1st May 1.15pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music Three ‘classics’ of contemporary clarinet repertoire are framed by two UK premieres. Of his work Harlekin of 1975, Stockhausen wrote ‘Out of the enchanted dream-messenger awake successively the playful constructor, the enamoured lyric, the pedantic teacher... Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Still Life with Violin Saturday 2nd May 1.15pm - Sidney Cooper Gallery The remarkable young violinist Sulki Yu is Laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin competition (2006) and the Szigeti-Hubay International Violin competition (2007). She has already performed throughout the world in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Barbican, UNESCO Centre in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York and the Seoul Arts Centre in Korea. Tickets: £6 FULL, £3 STUDENTS Read More...
	Festival Evensong Music by Penderecki and others Saturday 2nd May 3.15pm – Canterbury Cathedral Quire A special Festival Evensong in the great Quire of Canterbury Cathedral celebrating the music of Poland and especially the work of Krzysztof Penderecki. The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral is directed by Dr. David Flood. Free admission for the service Read More...
	Family Day Sunday 3rd May 2.30pm - The Gulbenkian Theatre In a programme of music designed especially for the entire family, Sounds New presents a showcase for some of the most talented young musicians in the region. Kodaly’s tale of a veteran hussar in the Austrian army regaling fantastic tales of heroism from winning the heart of Napoleon’s wife to single-handedly defeating Napoleon... Tickets: £6 ADULTS, £3 CHILDREN, £15 FAMILY (2 Adults and 2 Children) Read More...