{"id":4457,"date":"2012-10-25T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2012-10-25T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T11:08:30","slug":"a-week-of-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/10\/25\/a-week-of-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"A week of firsts…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, it’s been a week of firsts.<\/p>\n

Moving into the new building on Tuesday, Tuesday night saw the first Chamber Choir rehearsal in the new concert-hall.<\/p>\n

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University Chamber Choir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, Day Two of the move, saw the Sirocco Ensemble meeting for the first time this year in one of the upper rehearsal rooms:<\/p>\n

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Sirocco Ensemble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following this was the inaugural rehearsal of the newest departmental ensemble, the University String Sinfonia, which became the first instrumental ensemble to use the new hall.<\/p>\n

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Strings attached: the String Sinfonia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And finally, in the evening, Concert Band and Big Band came into the new building for each of their first rehearsals here.<\/p>\n

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Band substance: Concert Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today is Day Three, which will see the Cecilian Choir rehearsing in the hall this afternoon, followed by the Symphony Orchestra tonight. Which will leave Chorus to meet in the hall on Monday of next week for the first time, and we’ll have run the gamut of all the current ensembles trying out the new building. Plus the development of the building’s social spaces as its furniture is installed.<\/p>\n

What an amazing week; and it’s not over yet…<\/p>\n