Hello there.

I’m sure this isn’t the done thing, but I’m in a bit of a sticky situation…

I’m a composer on the brink of applying to study composition at an esteemed University. I need a “Large Scale Orchestral Piece” in order to apply. I don’t have one.

I’m looking for as many orchestral musicians as I possibly get hold of in order to record a no rehearsal necessary piece for orchestra.

The piece will be written as a kind of musical game, a sort of controlled improvisation. Most of the sounds I’ll ask you to make will be extended techniques, or just exotic/odd noises. We can go through the sounds you like to make on the day and work them into the piece.

The same will apply to the choir (!) who will hopefully be singing at the centre of the work.

I have tried this technique before and it worked very well, but on a much smaller scale. Here is a link to a recording of that previous version: “Quintet”. www.myspace.com/crowestephen
There will be a definite structure to the piece, so it won’t sound like a free-for-all, but it should be good fun for all concerned as we find out what thrills and what fails.

If you are happy to play more detailed music I will be writing out some brief notated phrases.

The session will be 2 hours long and in Waterloo on Saturday the 13th September at 1pm. It’s unpaid I’m afraid, but I will be providing gin and biscuits.

Would you be interested? Either as a group or just individual players…
Many, many thanks,

Stephen Crowe.

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You are cordially invited to ‘Festival4stars’ international songwriting competition awards dinner on the 1st of November 2008 at the 5* Grange City Hotel,  8 – 10, Coopers Row, London, EC3N 2BD, United Kingdom.
 
 
Festival4stars is the UK’s largest  talent contest to offer positive written advice to all competitors. Festival4stars runs in 11 regions of the U.K which include Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
We travel around the country looking for undiscovered talent and previous winners have gone onto cut albums, sing at the new Wembley Stadium, perform on TV and in Musicals in the West End of London and be picked for roles in leading soaps like Emmerdale and Eastenders, to name just a few of their achievements.
 
Our international songwriting competition offers cash prizes, open to anyone of any age. There are three heats throughout the year! Heat one and two are closed, however heat 3 is still open untill the 10th of September!  so there is still time to enter, if you know of anyone who would like to be entered! All competitors receive written feedback. Even if you dont want to enter you can still vote for their favourite song online at: www.festival4stars.com/internationalsongwriting
 
The 12 Finalists chosen from thousands of entrants worldwide will perform their songs live, in front of a prestigious panel of judges along with Special Guest Judge, Internationally renowned  Bee Gee’s legend, Robin Gibb! There will also be performances from our previous Festival4stars winners. Robin will present the 4 winners of the competition with their award.

Each table at the dinner holds a maximum of 10 people. Since it’s you I have attached our Earlybirds poster and you can receive a discount if you book early, lucky thing you.
 
If you are looking for anymore information from us feel free to visit our website: www.festival4stars.com
or phone Judy from the numbers below. If you know of any one else who would like to enter our competition or come to the awards dinner feel free to pass our number on.
 
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Kind Regards
Jennifer Smith
Marketing Manager
 
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Festival4Stars Ltd
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Glasgow G76 7NP
Registered in England and Wales at 147,Station Rd, North Chingford, London E4 6AG       Registered Number: 5335181
0141 620 2300
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Manufacturers and distributors of the DVDs on self learning of Indian / Western Musical Instruments / Dances Eg-Tabla, Sitar, Flute, Harmonium, Shehnai,Dhol,Drums,Guitar,Kathak,Bharatnatyam and also a wide range of Self Learning Indian Classical Ragas-Vocal ( Hindustani ) successfully introduced on DVDs and have marketed with a select bookstores at various centers with excellent results.
 
We would like to have an association with Music Instrument Sellers / Importer & Exporters in various towns for marketing our product thru your valued outlets.
 
Books are being replaced by DVDs as it is more comfortable to learn these subjects by viewing DVD of each subject .
 
We furnish hereunder a list of DVDs available on our Label-Midas / Street Dance :-
 
SI-10001 TEACH YOURSELF TABLA
SI-10002 TEACH YOURSELF SITAR
SI-10003 TEACH YOURSELF KEYBOARD
SI-10004 TEACH YOURSELF GUITAR
SI-10005 TEACH YOURSELF BHARATNATYAM
SI-10006 TEACH YOURSELF CLARINET( IN ENGISH )  ( WIND )
SI-10007 TEACH YOURSELF PIANO- IN ENGLISH  ( STRING )
SI-10008  TEACH YOURSELF ALTO SAX ( SAXOPHONE )- IN ENGLISH ( WIND )
SI-10009 TEACH YOURSELF SALSA-IN ENGLISH ( PARTIALLY BLACK  )
SI-10010 TEACH YOURSELF DRUMS-IN ENGLISH ( PERCUSSION )
SI-10011 TEACH YOURSELF ALANKAR-VOCAL 
SI-10012 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA BHUPALI
SI-10013 TEACH YOURSELF  RAGA YAMAN
SI-10014 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA BHIMPALASI
SI-10015 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA BHIRAV
SI-10016 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA KAFI
SI-10017 TEACH YOURSELF HARMONIUM VOL-1
SI-10018 TEACH YOURSELF HARMONIUM VOL-2
SI-10019 TEACH YOURSELF -THE VIOLIN-NEW RELEASE             
SI-10020 TEACH YOURSELF BEATS OF TABLA
SI-10021 TEACH YOURSELF KATHAK VOL-1                                  
SI-10022 TEACH YOURSELF KATHAK VOL-2-NEW RELEASE
SI-10023 TEACH YOURSELF TABLA VOL-3-NEW RELEASE
SI-10024 TEACH YOURSELF ELECTRIC GUITAR-NEW RELEASE
SI-10025 TEACH YOURSELF KEYBOARD VOL-2
SI-10026 TEACH YOURSELF LORD KRISHNA ‘S MAGICAL FLUTE VOL-1
SI-10027 TEACH YOURSELF LORD KRISHNA ’S MUSICAL FLUTE VOL-2
SI-10028 TEACH YOURSELF SHEHNAI
SI-10029 THE ART OF PLAYING SANTOOR VOL-1
SI-10030 THE ART OF PLAYING SANTOOR VOL-2
SI-10031 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA BAGESHWARI
SI-10032 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA MIAN KI TODI
SI-10033 TEACH YOURSELF RAGA MIAN KI MALHAR
SI-10034 THE ART OF PLAYING TABLA VOL-4
SI-10035 CALL OF THE MELODIOUS VALEY VOL-1
SI-10036 CALL OF THE MELODIOUS VALLEY VOL-2
SI-10037 CALL OF THE MELODIOUS VALLEY VOL-3
SI-10038   TEACH YOURSELF FLUTE VOL-3
SI-10039   TEACH YOURSELF SITAR VOL-2
SI-10040   TEACH YOURSELF TABLA VOL-5
SI-10041   TEACH YOURSELF HARMONIUM VOL-3
SI-10042 DRUMS OF INDIA VOL-1
SI-10045 THE HIMALAYAN DRUMS VOL-1 ( A CULTURAL REVELATION ) 
SI-10046 THE HIMALAYAN DRUMS VOL-2 ( A CULTURAL REVELATION ) 
SI-10047 THE HIMALAYAN DRUMS VOL-3 ( A CULTURAL REVELATION ) 
SI-10051 TEACH YOURSELF DHOL VOL-2
SI-10052 DRUMS OF INDIA VOL-2
SI-10057 DRUMS OF INDIA VOL-3
 
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Thanks & regards
 
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Hi
Very grateful if you could let your members know about this opportunity:
Contact: Jay Wilkinson, artscentre@brunel.ac.uk
Tutor required for Gospel Choir, Brunel University Arts Centre, Uxbridge in West London
Closing date: 17 July 2008
The Arts Centre at Brunel University is looking for a part-time tutor to lead and train our new Gospel Choir, starting in October 2008. We have a strong tradition in non-examined music, with a wide range of vocal and instrumental groups led by professional musicians. This will be our first Gospel Choir, and we are looking for someone who can inspire and enthuse our students. Ideally we would like to timetable the choir on Mondays from 4.30-6pm, but this can be flexible for the right candidate. The Arts Centre is a supportive and welcoming community, and provides a range of performance opportunities for all its groups.  The hourly rate for the post is £28.83, and interested applicants should contact artscentre@brunel.ac.uk. Brunel University is committed to the principles of promoting disability equality, preventing and eliminating unlawful disability discrimination in employment.  Full details of the Arts Centre are on www.brunel.ac.uk/artscentre, and the campus is in Uxbridge, near to the M4, M40, M25 and Uxbridge tube station. Closing date: 17 July 2008
Jay Wilkinson
Director, University Arts Centre
Brunel University, Uxbridge
01895 266062
www.brunel.ac.uk/artscentre
Visit our website,  www.brunel.ac.uk/artscentre  for details of all our courses, concerts and exhibitions

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Dear All,

Please do come along to one the real highlights of our 2008 concert series.

La Nuova Musica present a delicious programme of Psalms and Concerti from Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610 along with motets by Alessandro Grandi.

Dixit Dominus

Nigra Sum
Jesu Mi Dulcissime – Grandi – 1 sop

Laudate Pueri Dominus

Pluchra Es
Ave Regina Coelorum – Grandi – 4 sops

laetatus Sum

Duo Seraphim
O Beata Virgo Maria – Grandi – 3 tenors

Nisi Dominus
Audi Coelum
Lauda Jerusalem

Singers
Helen Ashby, Augusta Hebbert
Clare Wilkinson, David Bates
Thomas Herford, Ben Hymas, David Knight
James Arthur Johnny Herford James Gower

Players
ORGAN Joseph McHardy,
THEORBO Jorgen Skogmo, Sam Chapman
Bass Violin Henrik Persson

Please see the special facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34860327208

Admission is free follwed by a retiring collection.

The concert will be followed by a wine reception.

The nearest tube station is Baker St.
Here is a link to a map of the venue:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=528338&y=182055&z=0&sv=NW1+5LT&s

Please direct any enquiries to:
St Marylebone Parish Church.
Marylebone Road,
London.
NW1 5LT
Tel: 020 7563 1383, Fax: 020 74865493
e-mail: music@stmarylebone.org
web: www.stmarylebone.org

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1- FRIDAY 30th MAY:
London Venue: EL GRANDE! @ CLUB COLOSSEUM
Featuring HAVANA RAKATAN DANCE TROUPE
NOW BIGGER THAN EVER, 4 ROOMS OF MUSIC AND DANCE!!

SPECIAL DANCE APPEARANCE BY THE DANCE TROUPE FROM THE WEST END, CUBAN MUSICAL SENSATION ‘HAVANA RAKATAN’!
Plus a dance show also from Irene Miguel & Frank Santos

NEW ROOMS: THE LAMBADA ROOM / THE LATIN LOUNGE, introducing live chill out Latin music, this month ENCANTO LATINO
 
4 Rooms of Music: Main Salsa Room / Cuban Room / Lambada Room / The Latin Lounge with chill out live Latin music: ENCANTO LATINO
Plus, Multiple Salsa Classes and a Lambada class – Top Salsa, Latin and Lambada DJs – Dance Showcases
9pm – 3.30am / Entrance: Still £10 – £8 Students with ID
Venue: Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ

__________________________
****HAVANA RAKATAN**** EXCLUSIVE TICKET OFFER:
HALF PRICE (Or 2 For 1) ticket offer on the best seats in the house! Call the ticket office NOW on 0844 412 4322 and quote “Havana Offer”* or visit www.peacocktheatre.com/havana  and enter promo code pcdhavana when prompted. *Subject to allocation availability. Offer valid Wed 21 May – Thu 5th of June excluding Fri & Sat eves. Not available retrospectively or in conjunction with any other offer. Transaction fee applies.
_______________________________
 
 2- CASA DEL RITMO: Friday 13th June @ Tufnells
Every 2nd Friday of the Month
Apollo Sound, Ola Latina, Queen Salsa & Afrocuban Pati have all teamed up to bring you a special Salsa night!

CASA DEL RITMO – Every Second Friday of the Month @ Tufnells / 8.30pm-2.30am / £10 – £8 Students

New Monthly Night in North London featuring some of the best Live SALSA BANDS in the UK and more!
2 SALSA ROOMS – LIVE BANDS – DJs – SALSA CLASSES IN VARIOUS STYLES – DANCE SHOWS
 
MAIN SALSA ROOM & CUBAN ROOM

Live!
 ORQUESTA CACHE
9 piece Salsa band playing ‘Salsa Clasica’ from New York and Puerto Rico

FUTURE DATES: FRIDAY 11th JULY
 
Contact Details: casadelritmo@hotmail.co.uk / 07958 578962
www.olalatina.co.uk / www.queensalsa.com / www.afrocuban.co.uk

Venue: TUFNELLS, Bar & Club, 162 Tufnell Park Road, London N7
3 minutes walk from Tufnell Park Tube; 5 minutes walk from Holloway Road Odeon Cinema
3- SATURDAY 21st JUNE
‘CARNAVAL LATINO DEL NORTE’ @ The Tottenham Carnival 11am – 7pm FREE CARNIVAL!!! – Bruce Castle Park

MAIN ACTS: LUIS FELIPE GONZALEZ, Venezuelan Salsa legend and JHON VASQUEZ & JUDY AGUILAR, Salsa world champions from Cali – Colombia

The Tottenham Carnival, North London’s biggest street Carnival will launch this year their brand new LATIN AMERICAN AREA, with lots of live Latin music and dance showcases, a big Latin Dance Tent providing free lessons in all Latin American dance styles, Latin music DJs, plus Latin American floats adding colour and vibrancy to the Tottenham Carnival Parade earlier in the day.

The ‘CARNAVAL LATINO DEL NORTE’ stage will feature as main attractions: Venezuelan Salsa legend vocalist LUIS FELIPE GONZALEZ – a legendary Latin music figure from the 70′s and 80′s in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, South America, the US and Central America, his hits include the world Salsa hit ‘Londres’, plus the first UK performance by CURRENT SALSA WORLD CHAMPIONS ‘JHON VASQUEZ & JUDY AGUILAR’ direct from Cali – Colombia, as part of their UK 2008 Tour
 
To see the video of Luis Felipe Gonzalez big hit ‘Londres’, click on picture below:
‘CARNAVAL LATINO DEL NORTE’ @ the Tottemham Carnival is organized by OLA LATINA & BAR LATINA
Email: info@carnavallatino.co.uk / Phone: 07950 507 798
 
 
4- JHON VASQUEZ & JUDY AGUILAR,
CURRENT 2007-2008 SALSA WORLD CHAMPIONS UK & EUROPEAN SUMMER TOUR:

OLA LATINA are proud to announce the forthcoming UK and European Summer Tour for the current 2007-2008 World Salsa Dance Champions, Jhon Vasquez & Judy Aguilar from Cali – Colombia. Jhon & Judy will be visiting the UK and Europe from the 20th of June this year.

The couple mesmerized audiences in the UK last summer with their amazing performances, as part of the triple world Salsa dance champions Swing Latino Dance Troupe who visited the UK last year.
 

 Jhon & Judy have an extensive record of achievements, they have been twice Colombian national champions in 2005 and 2006, Cali World Salsa Festival champions in 2006, world runners up in the World Salsa Championships in 2006, twice world Salsa team champions with Swing Latino and now current World Salsa Dance Champions 2007-2008 in the cabaret category open to all styles.

The couple will be in the UK from 20th June to 4th August. TO SEE THEIR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNING ROUTINE, CLICK ON THE YOU TUBE PICTURE LINK BELOW:
 
 
 
5- ** SALSA REPUBLIC’S WEEKEND SPECIAL
Friday & Saturday 27-28 June 2008
@ Club Colosseum, Vauxhall
Including the Carnival de Cuba Official After-Party
 
FRIDAY 27th JUNE
EL GRANDE! SUMMER SPECIAL 8.30pm – 3.30am

4 ROOMS OF MUSIC – 3 INTERNATIONAL DANCE SHOWS – 8 DJS – 10 TEACHERS – CLASSES IN SALSA, LAMBADA & DIRTY DANCING

SATURDAY 28th JUNE 10pm – 4am
THE CARNIVAL DE CUBA OFFICIAL AFTER-PARTY
NO CLASSES, JUST 6 HOURS OF NON-STOP DANCING AFTER THE CARNIVAL DE CUBA’S DAYTIME CELEBRATIONS, PLUS 2 AMAZING SALSA SHOWS!!

5 ROOMS / 10 DJs / 2 DANCE SHOWS / 6 HOURS NON-STOP DANCING / 1,500 PEOPLE EXPECTED
CUBAN ROOM / SALSA ROOM /REGGAETON ROOM / BRAZILIAN ROOM / CHILL OUT ROOM

Tickets: £10 in Adv. each night / £12 at the door / OR £20 in Adv. for both nights 27th & 28th June

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Aurora Orchestra / June 8th 2008, 6.30pm / Royal Academy of Music

Brahms Serenade No.1 / Reger Romantic Suite / Ligeti Piano Concerto

Rolf Hind / Piano
Conductor / Nicholas Collon

BOOK NOW / 020 7873 7300 (Mon-Fri, 10-12, 2-4)
We’re delighted to announce a busy summer season for the orchestra, which includes appearances in the BBC Proms, Aberystwyth and Wyastone Festivals, and at the Wigmore Hall. Please take a look around our website www.auroraorchestra.com for more details.

Aurora’s summer season will kick off on June 8th with the orchestra’s last concert as Fellows at the Royal Academy of Music. Join us for Reger’s sensuous ‘Romantic Suite,’ Brahms’ ever-popular Serenade No.1 and Ligeti’s extraordinarily virtuosic Piano Concerto, with internationally-renowned pianist, Rolf Hind.

‘It’s been a remarkable success story. Founded just a little over three years ago, Aurora Orchestra­ has already reached the threshold of big-name status.’ Metro, January 2008
 
 
BOOK NOW for ENCHANTED TALES

Tickets £15 / £12 (concessions) / £5 students

Available from the RAM Box Office: 020 7873 7300 (Mon-Fri 10-12, 2-4)

Otherwise reserve your tickets from tickets@auroraorchestra.com OR send an SAE and Cheque payable to Aurora Orchestra, 21 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HP
Visit www.auroraorchestra.com for more details
‘Just how many hands does Rolf Hind have?’ Daily Telegraph
Rolf Hind
Rolf Hind has worked closely with living composers across a broad range of styles: from John Adams and Tan Dun, to Ligeti and Kurtag; Xenakis and Messiaen, to Simon Holt and Judith Weir.

Rolf is in demand as a soloist with all the major BBC orchestras, wedding bands and plays regularly with the London Sinfonietta. As a performer he has had a number of concertos written for him, by Unsuk Chin (BBC NOW) Poul Ruders (LPO) Bent Sorensen (BBCSO/Danish Radio) and Simon Holt (London Sinfonietta). In his fifth appearance at the BBC Proms in 2002, he premiered a new concerto by David Sawer with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin.
Rolf is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, teaching chamber music and composition for the piano and string quartet. 
Aurora Orchestra

‘edgy, adventurous, elite…….the future of music.’ Evening Standard, January 2008
The orchestra has performed to critical acclaim in the Cadogan Hall, LSO St Luke’s, the Barbican Theatre, and the Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh. Future concerts include appearances in the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Aberystwyth and Wyastone Festivals, alongside the release of their first recording for CD. Visit www.auroraorchestra.com for more information.
 

ADVERT / LONDON SINFONIETTA

Resonances: A portrait of Niccolò Castiglioni
Sunday 8 June, 7.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
 
Discover the sumptuous sound world of enigmatic Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni. Piano music exploring the extremes, Castiglioni’s work encompasses stylistic influences from the renaissance to impressionism and the avant-garde. Performers include world-renowned Castiglioni experts, conductor, Oliver Knussen and pianist, Sarah Nicolls.
 
Castiglioni Study Event (Free Admission)
4pm-5.30pm | Purcell Room at QEH
Composer Richard Causton and Sarah Nicolls explore the life and work of Castiglioni, with live illustrations of the composer’s piano works for children performed by young musicians.
 
In Conversation
6.40pm | The Front Room at QEH
Silvina Milstein talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her commission for this evening’s concert and her work.
 
Box Office: 0871 663 2500 / London Venue southbankcentre.co.uk  
 

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Hello There,
Please excuse the email by way of introduction, but I am contacting you in the hope that you may be able to let your choir know about  the forthcoming production of Molora, at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
 Molora is a South African adaptation of the Greek Trilogy, the Oresteia and is a powerful and wonderful piece. Please see the links below for the recent review from The Times and a clip of the production on You Tube.  The Times said “This is theatre from the gut. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
 Molora features the Chorus of Xhosa tribeswomen, who bring grace and humanity to the drama through their ancient art of ‘split tone‘ singing, adding a haunting intensity to this evocative production. We think that your group would really enjoy this.
 Molora will be at the Rose Theatre from 20-24 May, daily at 7.30pm and tickets start at just £7. We do hope that you will join us for this wonderful production.
Very best wishes,
Louise Gilbert
 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3721929.ece
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OaLnLckySio
 http://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/whats-on/malora
 Rose Theatre
24-26 High Street
Kingston Theatre Trust
KT1 1HL
Box Office 0871 230 1552

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Dear Helen,
 
I am writting to you in request of your support for an upcoming coming charity event (Masti in the Basti) in aid of a slum based project in West India.
 
Organised by Shanti International, Masti in the Basti is especially aimed at supporting Talimi Haq School based in the Priyamanna Basti of Culcutta, West India. (http://shanti-international.org.uk/index.php/Latest/Welcome.html)
 
As part of the event we are looking for artists who will be able to entertain our audience of about 180 guests. In particular I was interested in a classical act and a jazz performing artist. Subject to confirmation the act will be amongst a few others including, a stand-up comedian, poetry readings, singing artist, druming artist and a classical sitar performing artist.
 
The event will be taking place on Saturday 2nd August 2008 from 4pm – 9pm at Archangel bar/club venue in Kensington, London. (http://www.archangelw8.com/)
 
Further, I would like to think that the aim of this event will be two-fold; to serve as a great platform for artists at to showcase their talent as well as to enrich the lives of hundreds of young children at Talimi Haq School. With your added support I’m sure this event will become to be a truely memorable date.
 
I very much look forward to hearing from you. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me on 07824511019 or via email.
 
Thank you.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
Kartik Bharadia.

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