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Sam Berridge and Will Taylor of FlyteOn Saturday evening Marlborough Rising welcomed up-and-coming alternative pop quartet Flyte to the Town Hall. They were supported by the local group Wilding.
Ann Liu Cannon and Rhett OConnorSaturday (August 10) saw the return of Marlborough Rising Talent at the Town Hall - a free event showcasing the musical ability of various performers from the Marlborough area. This year the musicians each played a longer set, mostly made up of original songs, an admirable feat considering the ages of those who took part.
The latest in the Brilliant Young Musician series saw the return to St Peter's Church (26 May 2019) of the young pianist An-Ting Chang. She graduated from the National Taiwan University with chemistry as her main subject and then decided the piano should be her career.
Since Kaleido Bay’s exceptional set at Marlborough Rising Talent in September last year, marlborough.news has been following the band’s progress – January saw this reporter attending their high energy gig at The Vic in Swindon and talking to the boys about their future plans.
Laura Jane Armstrong - cello, Weng Soon Tee - piano, Manuel de Almeida-Ferrer - violinFor the first time in this series of recitals by Brilliant Young Musicians, Saint Peter’s church welcomed a piano trio - three young graduates of the Royal Academy of Music. The Tee Trio has performed together for a relatively short time and are honing their skills by regularly participating in master classes such as the Thomas Ades class in 2017.
Dominic DegavinoDominic Degavino was the latest performer in this series of recitals by Brilliant Young International Musicians at St Peter’s Church - a programme of recitals now in its seventh year.
Kaleido Bay - from their Facebook pages - l to r: Ben Kay, Jake Gribben & Harry GraceAfter their impressive set at the Marlborough Rising Talent event that we reported last September, marlborough.news followed up-and-coming indie rock band, Kaleido Bay, to Swindon - their home town - for their first headline gig last week (January 4) at the popular music venue The Victoria - known to all as 'The Vic'.
Sophie Devonshire author of 'Lead at Speed'A new book designed to help us respond to rapid change in today’s world has already received very positive reviews and reached number one in Amazon’s business best seller chart.
Timmy Saville: Figure StudiesOn my way to Timmy Saville’s exhibition at the White Horse Gallery, I walked past the Costa coffee shop.
Pianist Ryan Drucker performed the latest recital in the Saint Peter’s Brilliant Young Musicians series (Sunday, March 17). Ryan graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a first class degree and was awarded the Alfred Clay Scholarship with the highest mark in an undergraduate recital. He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Not only Richmond Park's oak trees. Kenneth Armitage: Etching with Collage and Watercolour (1978)Following hot on the heels of the much-lauded John Virtue show, the White Horse Gallery is exhibiting a selection of drawings, prints and sculpture by Kenneth Armitage (1916-2002), who is considered to be one of the major British sculptors of the mid-twentieth century.
In 1960, the Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning produced a work he called Door to the River. For some reason, it’s a work that I’ve always envied; a work I wished I had been able to paint. I love the energy, apparent immediacy, confidence and scale of the piece. I also think it’s a great title.
Warning: may contain spoilers. What would you do if you woke up and realised you had forgotten everything? Who your family is, your friends, where you live, even your own name?
Turin Brakes at The PrioryWhile The Priory rocked to Turin Brakes and the Castle & Ball thundered to Ray Harris' fusion of funk, soul, latin, jazz, The Doors and everything else that forces you on to the dance floor, Marlborough Rising's theming of venues allowed the music to complement the surroundings in every case. St Peter's offered an intimate setting for the audience to embrace the jazz and blues sounds of Pete Gage and Jim Blair, whilst St Mary's enabled Tina May to bring the music of Edith Piaf to life in the grandeur of Marlborough's classic church which dates back way beyond the middle ages.
