{"id":9457,"date":"2019-06-05T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2019-06-10T14:56:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:56:26","slug":"summer-music-week-day-three-and-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/06\/05\/summer-music-week-day-three-and-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Music Week: Day Three and Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two further music-filled days as part of this year’s Summer Music Week<\/strong>; on Monday, the University Rock Choir<\/strong>, directed by alumni Jonathan Grosberg, had an enthusiastic audience clapping along to songs such as\u00a0Don’t Stop Believin’\u00a0<\/em> and\u00a0Roar;\u00a0<\/em>the choir’s debut brought a standing ovation in Colyer-Fergusson Hall.<\/p>\n

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And Tuesday saw the annual Music Scholars’ Lunchtime Recital<\/strong>, which began in unique fashion this year with first-year Biosciences student and highland bagpiper Eloise Jack<\/strong> – her skiriling pipes were heard outside the hall before she entered on the balcony to instant applause.<\/p>\n

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Final-year Computer Science student, Robert Loveless<\/strong>, dazzled in a rhythmically vivacious\u00a0Bossa Merengova<\/em> by Mike Mower.<\/p>\n

\"\"Four final-year violinists then delivered a pitch-perfect performance of Telemann’s second Concerto for Four Violins; Zaneta Balsevic<\/strong> (reading Music Performance), Florence Nightingale Obote<\/strong> (Biosciences), Molly Richetta<\/strong> (Mathematics) and Melody Brooks<\/strong> (Psychology).<\/p>\n

\"\"The programme took a folksy turn in the form of two saxophone duets from two first-year Music Scholars, David Curtiss <\/strong>(reading Physics) and Megan Daniels<\/strong> (Law), in melodies from Bulgaria and Spain.<\/p>\n

\"\"The concert drew to a close with final-year sopranos Fleur Sumption<\/strong> (History of Art) and Helen Sotillo<\/strong> (LLB Law Senior Status) in a lyrical rendition of the ‘Barcarolle’ from\u00a0The Tales of Hoffmann.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A highly responsive audience greeted all the performers at the end for a collective bow – our thanks to all the players. The concert was followed by the awarding of this year’s Music Prizes, about which more anon…<\/p>\n

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Image: Millie Falla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was Of Course time for selfies afterwards…<\/p>\n

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Our music festival continues tonight with the annual roof-raising extravaganza that is the valedictory concert from the University Concert Band and Big Band under the baton of Ian Swatman. Still plenty more to come…<\/p>\n

Main photos: \u00a9 Matt Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n