{"id":7052,"date":"2015-11-19T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:27:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T10:27:54","slug":"tis-almost-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Tis almost the season&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the festive season lurking just around the corner, rehearsals are really beginning to pick up pace here in Colyer-Fergusson.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, the <strong>Big Band<\/strong> were in festive form as they cracked open seasonal swing arrangements for their already-sold-out <em>Christmas Swing-along<\/em> next month. Earlier in the week, <strong>Minerva Voices<\/strong> were getting into performance mode as they wielded <em>Carols for Choirs, <\/em>preparing to sing at the University Carol Service in Canterbury Cathedral in mid-December.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7052 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110035_web.jpg'><img width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110035_web-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110035_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110035_web-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110049-Copy.jpg'><img width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110049-Copy-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110049-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110049-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And yesterday afternoon, the hall rang to the sound of buoyant choruses from Handel&#8217;s <em>Messiah<\/em> as the <strong>String Sinfonia<\/strong> and <strong>Cecilian Choir<\/strong> came together ahead of their &#8216;A Baroque Christmas&#8217; concert on 4 December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7055\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110055-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"P1110055\" width=\"650\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110055-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/11\/P1110055-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even the <strong>Flute Choir<\/strong> was getting into the seasonal spirit earlier in the day, with some sparkling carols for the <em>Watch This Space<\/em> event on the foyer-stage at the end of term. With Chorus and Orchestra also learning Vaughan Williams&#8217; <em>The First Nowell<\/em>, t is <em>very<\/em> nearly the season to be jolly&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/&amp;t=Tis almost the season...' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Tis almost the season...%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/' 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\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/' 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\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/&amp;title=Tis almost the season...' 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\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/&amp;title=Tis almost the season...' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the festive season lurking just around the corner, rehearsals are really beginning to pick up pace here in Colyer-Fergusson. Last night, the Big Band were in festive form as they cracked open seasonal swing arrangements for their already-sold-out Christmas Swing-along next month. Earlier in the week, Minerva Voices were getting into performance mode as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/11\/19\/tis-almost-the-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tis almost the season&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":7055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110],"tags":[969,949,139525,119603,14606],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052"}],"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=7052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7057,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052\/revisions\/7057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}