New twitter account

Music in Durham now has its own twitter account – you can follow @musicdurham for reminders about upcoming concerts, and links to other relevant pages. My personal twitter account is @altojane

Northern Spirit in Choir of the Year final

Huge congratulations to Northern Spirit Singers who have made it through to the category finals of Choir of the Year 2014. They will perform at the Royal Festival Hall on 19 October, alongside two choirs from Wales and one from Dorset in the Adult Choir category, and twelve choirs in the other three categories. Best […]

Lanchester Early Music Festival

All the dates for this summer’s Lanchester Early Music Festival are now listed on the events guide: http://www.musicdurham.co.uk/events/tag/lemf There are five concerts, mostly of eighteenth-century chamber music, with C.P.E. Bach, whose tercentenary falls this year, featuring heavily in the programming.

English Touring Opera Durham dates

English Touring Opera’s make their Spring visit to the Gala Theatre on 19 and 20 May – details are now on my listings. They’re doing Magic Flute and Tippet’s King Priam. I’d quite like to see their production of the Magic Flute, and the trailer looks great fun (there’s a link on my listing page) […]

Northern Spirit open rehearsal and auditions

The highly acclaimed acapella chamber choir Northern Spirit are holding an open rehearsal and auditions on Thursday 10 October, 7pm at Elvet Methodist Church. For more information see http://northernspiritsingers.co.uk/

New season listings

Concert dates for 2014 for Durham Singers, Orchestra North East and Durham Choral Society have been added to the what’s on listings.