{"id":6619,"date":"2015-05-07T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T11:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6619"},"modified":"2015-05-09T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T06:57:37","slug":"bring-me-sunshine-summer-music-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/07\/bring-me-sunshine-summer-music-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring me sunshine: Summer Music Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our annual Summer Music Week festival to celebrate the end of another musical year at the University is now published online<\/strong><\/a>, with all the details of what’s coming up.<\/p>\n

\"Deal_Bandstand\"Running from Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 June<\/strong>, the week kicks off with a seaside visit to the Deal Bandstand with the Big Band<\/strong>; some of the singing Music Scholars<\/strong> will present a programme of Operatic Heroines in Love <\/em>on Monday 8; the Lunchtime Concert<\/strong> on Tuesday 9 from some of this year’s Music Scholars, followed by the Music Awards ceremony; Wednesday sees the Concert and Big Bands<\/strong> coming together in the evening; Thursday features an informal lunchtime performance from the String Sinfonia<\/strong>; on Friday the Music Theatre Society<\/strong> performs on the foyer-stage at lunchtime, whilst in the evening we present our choral commission from composer Matthew King<\/strong>, poet Patricia Debney<\/strong> with projected photos by Phil Ward<\/strong>, performed by the Chamber and Cecilian Choirs<\/strong>; and the week comes to a festive conclusion with the Chorus, Orchestra<\/strong> and Chamber Choir<\/strong> on the Saturday afternoon, followed by cream teas on the lawn and many fond farewells.<\/p>\n

\"summer_music_flower\"Relive the memories of last year’s festival on our Pinterest board here<\/a><\/strong>: full details of all the events are published online here<\/strong><\/a>, or you can collect a brochure for the week’s events from Colyer-Fergusson soon.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to follow @UKCSummerMusic<\/strong> <\/a>on Twitter in the build-up to and throughout the festival. Bring me sunshine…<\/p>\n