{"id":5880,"date":"2014-06-12T09:58:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5880"},"modified":"2014-06-12T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:58:41","slug":"summer-music-week-the-story-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Music Week: the story so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5880 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholars-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholars-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5883'>\n\t\t\t\tMusic Scholars\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Canterberries-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Canterberries-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Canterberries-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5884'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Canterberries\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Dance_Band_dancers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Dance_Band_dancers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/Dance_Band_dancers-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5885'>\n\t\t\t\tDancing to General Harding&#8217;s Tomfoolery\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-1-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5886'>\n\t\t\t\tLive jazz on the foyer-stage\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-3-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5887'>\n\t\t\t\tLive jazz on the foyer-stage\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/06\/photo-5-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5888'>\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Harding&#8217;s Tomfoolery\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy week &#8211; and it&#8217;s not over yet!<\/p>\n<p>Since last we posted, we&#8217;ve had a lunchtime recital from some of the<strong> Music Scholars<\/strong> on Tuesday, and yesterday&#8217;s jazz-themed bonanza\u00a0was bursting with vigour. First of all, <strong>General Harding&#8217;s Tomfoolery<\/strong> had the crowd on its feet in a lunchtime gig recreating &#8216;The Golden Age,&#8217; with the vocal talents of Steph Richardson and Rob Cliff, ably compered by Adam Murgatroyd. Hot on the heels of this came live jazz-funk on the foyer-stage, with an interlude from vocal trio <strong>The Canterberries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last night finished with the annual <strong>Big Band Gala<\/strong> under the direction of conductor Ian Swatman &#8211; and more dancing!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty still to come: find out all that&#8217;s happening over the next few days <a href=\"http:\/\/kent.ac.uk\/music\/whatson.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/&amp;t=Summer Music Week: the story so far' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Summer Music Week: the story so far%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/&amp;title=Summer Music Week: the story so far' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/&amp;title=Summer Music Week: the story so far' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy week &#8211; and it&#8217;s not over yet! Since last we posted, we&#8217;ve had a lunchtime recital from some of the Music Scholars on Tuesday, and yesterday&#8217;s jazz-themed bonanza\u00a0was bursting with vigour. First of all, General Harding&#8217;s Tomfoolery had the crowd on its feet in a lunchtime gig recreating &#8216;The Golden Age,&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/12\/summer-music-week-the-story-so-far\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Summer Music Week: the story so far<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":5888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1111],"tags":[969,91610,934,139502,72982],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5890,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions\/5890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}