{"id":4847,"date":"2024-06-12T12:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2024-06-12T12:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:58:34","slug":"music-and-gratitude-celebrating-our-benefactors-and-the-impact-of-their-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2024\/06\/12\/music-and-gratitude-celebrating-our-benefactors-and-the-impact-of-their-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Gratitude: Celebrating our benefactors and the impact of their support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 8th June, we welcomed over 70 benefactors to an afternoon of music and appreciation. &#8220;Music for a Summer\u2019s Day&#8221; was performed by the University of Kent Concert Band, Chorus, Symphony Orchestra and Cecilian Choir, bringing together students, staff, alumni and members of the local community for a captivating performance.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon saw our guests enjoy a varied programme, from the rousing energy of John Philip Sousa&#8217;s \u201cLiberty Bell March\u201d to the timeless beauty of Mozart&#8217;s \u201cAllegro maestoso\u201d from \u201cFlute Concerto No. 1 in G major\u201d. Highlights included the powerful operatic selections \u2013 the \u201cHumming Chorus\u201d from Puccini&#8217;s Madam Butterfly and the Waltz Scene from Tchaikovsky&#8217;s \u201cEugene Onegin\u201d. Soloists Yuyu Hosokawa (Flute) and Kammy Pike (Violin) delivered performances that left the audience enthralled.<\/p>\n<p>Following the concert, guests enjoyed a glass of bubbly and strawberries on the registry lawn which provided an opportunity for us to thank them for their generous support over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Georgina Randsley de Moura, Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent, Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University and Professor Chris Holland, Founding Dean of Kent and Medway Medical School remain immensely grateful for the continued support of their supporters and friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4852\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4853\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4854\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4856\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4857\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4859\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4860\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4866\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/IMG_6709-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4861\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/tent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4862\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/CCCU-Banner-Logo-White-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"121\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4863\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/files\/2024\/06\/KMMS_logo_165_blk_rgb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 8th June, we welcomed over 70 benefactors to an afternoon of music and appreciation. &#8220;Music for a Summer\u2019s Day&#8221; was performed by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2024\/06\/12\/music-and-gratitude-celebrating-our-benefactors-and-the-impact-of-their-support\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2419,"featured_media":4856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118123],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4847"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions\/4868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}