Big crowd expected for young musicians
Worcester News
… Bruch's Violin Concerto while the youth choir will sing Beethoven's Overture Coriolan and his Mass in C. The performances are just a few of many throughout the Three Choirs Festival which aim to encourage young people interested in classical music. …

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Boost Swindon's Prospect hospice music night
This is Wiltshire.co.uk
Stevie Gilmore, classical Guitarist, Diane Charlesworth, opera singer, Lewis and Emma Sayle, pianist/singer. Friend of Ian's Theresa Sheridan, 51, of Haydon End, is helping to organise the cabaret night. She said: “Tickets are selling well, …

The Scottish Play @ Greenside
The Skinny
The production gives a brilliant outlook to the experimental side of theatre, as it plays with physicality and the body, which many companies are afraid to do with such a classical piece of theatre. Congratulations are in order for thinking outside the …

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Carl Davis recalls collaborating with Paul McCartney on the Liverpool Oratorio …
Telegraph.co.uk
But he was intrigued by the project [the Liverpool Oratorio was McCartney's first classical piece] and we agreed that we were going to work on it as a complete collaboration. The work evolved over a long time because Paul was touring. …

Holywell pub licensees help fund first Well Inn music festival
Flintshire Chronicle
Music will be performed throughout the day on various stages in Tower Gardens and on High Street, and acts will move into the pubs in the evening. There will also be an acoustic tent, jazz cafe, classical corner, street performers and dance workshops. …

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India to be a generous partner for Festival from 2012
Edinburgh Festivals
player Ravi Shankar, are selling better than traditional classical repertoire in the Usher Hall, he said, as buyers go for “once in a lifetime” experience. But he conceded some people may have been put off concerts that include a few “weird” composers. …

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Mills and Grimshaw to present from Edinburgh Fringe
musicweek.com
The Festival itself includes classical performers such as Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, while the Fringe is host to everything from beatboxer Shlomo to Pink Floyd tribute act MacFloyd.

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£11m bid to revamp Middlesbrough Town Hall theatre
The Northern Echo
A CONCERT venue that has attracted famous names from the worlds of music and comedy for more than a century may seek £11m to improve its facilities. The likes of classical maestro Johann Strauss, musician Paul Weller and indie …

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London riots 2011 looters in court: Primary school worker, postman, dad, and …
Daily Mail
She achieved A*s in French, English literature, classical civilisation and geography A-levels, and is now studying English and Italian at Exeter University. Her parents, Robert and Lindsay Johnson, live in a large detached farmhouse in Orpington. …

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BOSS magazine present The Tea Street Band, The Captive Hearts live at The …
Purple Revolver
In complete contrast indie band The Captive Hearts who have recently supported The Moons on tour deal in classic Liverpool pop akin to The La's. Cold Shoulder and The Complete Unknown? are also on the bill, with sounds between sets courtesy of the BOSS …