Brighton Consort – 17 April 2021 Brighton Consort is getting excited at the prospect of being able to resume live rehearsals from May 19th. If all goes well our aim is to put on a public performance later in the summer. We will be working on a programme of mostly 16th century choral music, with some […]
Sussex Harmonisers – 26 April 2021 OUT OF LOCKDOWN WITH A NEW CHORUS DIRECTOR . Sussex A Cappella are thrilled to announce the appointment of Penny Homer as their new Chorus Director. Penny will be working with Sussex Harmonisers club Music Director, Mark Grindall, in helping the ladies of Sussex A Cappella to continue […]
BHMC – 13 April 2021 Open Strings becomes Brighton and Hove Music for Connection . For the past eight years Open Strings have been Brighton & Hove’s inclusive music hub: the community music service for adults of all abilities to connect and create together for wellbeing and social inclusion. We have been empowering people across […]
Sussex Chorus – 17th February 2021 UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS Our committee continues to progress in such a way that keeps us all safe – no face to face meetings – with Zoom meetings on Monday evenings, at our normal rehearsal time. We have the chance to catch up on individual’s news; sometimes we have a […]
Open Strings – 17th February 2021 Update from Open Strings We’re currently running several online sessions every week. The ones which are open to the public are: Stretch and Sing Club (over-50s music-making, quiz, friendly faces), Wednesdays 2:30pm, and Music and Motion (dementia-friendly music-making) on Fridays at 11:30am. We are also running music training/networking for […]
Strings Attached (14 January 2021) News from Strings Attached On 22 November, Strings Attached was to have held a socially distanced live chamber music concert in the Brighton Dome Concert Hall featuring the GIldas Quartet with Joanna MacGregor (piano) playing pieces by Schubert, Haydn and Shostakovich. Tickets for the event sold out within […]
Open Strings (14 January 2021) Update from Open Strings We are continuing to deliver several online workshops per week: Mondays at a local care home: songs from the 40s to the 90s (Primal Scream’s Moving On Up was a request this week!) Tuesdays: Silver Strings online (currently working on tone and theory, as well as various pieces […]
BHMA (12 November 2020) Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and East Sussex Music (part of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival) are the biggest music service in the area teaching over 4,000 children. With our exciting new programme for Autumn 2020, young people are experiencing the magic of music with instrumental/vocal lessons, our […]
Brighton & Hove Music & Arts (17th September 2020) Gift the magic of music and sign up for music lessons in school, at home or online We are on a mission to bring the magic of music into every home and school because we know learning music helps young people to unlock imagination, lifts […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (7th September 2020) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra announces new Music Director Joanna MacGregor CBE, one of the world’s leading musicians, has been appointed as Music Director of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra as it approaches its centenary in 2025. She becomes only the fourth person to hold the principal post in its history. […]
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (30th August 2020) We are delighted to announce the return of live music at Music & Wine at St. Luke’s under new distancing guidelines. The concerts will start at 7.30pm and last up to one hour with no interval. You may bring your own drinks (no food) but must take […]
Rottingdean Arts (24th August 2020) UPDATE FROM ROTTINGDEAN ARTS The Management Committee of Rottingdean Arts has reluctantly decided to cancel the rest of this year’s planned programme: the three remaining Terraces concerts, the Jazz event in the Village Hall and the visit of the German Chamber Orchestra. The London concert in November to celebrate Roy’s […]
Open Strings (23rd August 2020) MUSICAL BOX SCHEME (MBS) ‘I thought it would be really remote-feeling but it wasn’t. It gave me a lift – I was feeling blue and I don’t anymore.’ Are you or a loved one an older person who is socially isolated due to health issues? Would you […]
Sussex Voiceworks (23rd August 2020) Sussex Voiceworks, normally based in Shoreham-by-Sea, has been continuing its activities through lockdown. We have met online weekly, using Zoom-based rehearsals backed up with online resources and videos posted by our music director, Sarah Forbes. A number of members have submitted videos to a virtual performance of a new […]
Sussex Harmonisers (22nd August 2020) SUSSEX HARMONISERS – KINGS OF HARMONY & SUSSEX A CAPPELLA The Sussex Harmonisers, based in Burgess Hill, is a one-stop entertainment centre for unaccompanied harmony. The original chorus was all-male and based their repertoire on Barbershop harmony, but quickly expanded into other A Cappella styles. In 2018 The Sussex […]
Sussex Chorus (22nd August 2020) UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS . . Our committee has been exceptionally careful to keep all of our choir members as safe as possible from Covid-19. Sadly, this has meant we have not been able to sing together for a long time. However this will all change in September 2020 […]
Brighton Consort (11th August 2020) Brighton Consort was formed in 1971 and is looking forward to celebrating its 50th anniversary year in 2021. We are a small choir of about 30 people and over the years we have become well known in particular for our ambitious exploration of the rich repertoire of renaissance and early […]
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (1st August 2020) Music & Wine at St. Luke’s is currently consulting with its audience regarding starting concerts in a ‘physical distance’ format. Numbers will be strictly limited, people will need to pre-book and concerts will be limited to one hour with no interval. People will be free to […]
Coastline Harmony (23rd July 2020) Coastline Harmony, a women’s acapella group that usually meets in Southwick Community Church, has been hard at work, rehearsing on Zoom, mastering new technology and recording themselves in their own homes. ‘It’s not been easy, and it’s fair to say we’ve all struggled a bit. Virtual rehearsals can’t replace the […]
Seaford Music Society (16th July 2020) Coming soon? When the government allows indoor concerts, Seaford Music Society has planned a ‘Three Day Beethoven Festival’ including concerts to be played in an auditorium which will accommodate an audience of 50 people distanced by 2 metres. In the meantime… . Sat 25 July at 7.00pm live online […]
Coastline Harmony (22nd May 2020) You live and learn they say. Well we’re certainly doing that as Coastline Harmony morphs into a virtual choir. There’s no real substitute for singing together but there’s little chance of us ringing those chords in the same room anytime soon. So we, like so many others, have turned to […]
Open Strings Music (20/3/20) Now that Brooke Mead is closed to outside activities, we are reflecting on alternative ways that we can continue to use music to reach out to people living with dementia and their carers in this time of profound social isolation. Despite some empty chairs, last week’s session carried a wonderfully […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (14 January 2020) Nicolas Chisholm at the Society’s AGM, Sunday 1 December 2019 “As I come to the end of nine years as a member of the Board of Management of the Brighton Phil I can look back with pleasure at some extraordinary highlights: Holst’s The Planets, Stravinsky’s The Rite of […]
The online entry system is now open for Springboard 2020. Please take a look at our syllabuses, which are all available on the web pages of the relevant section. New for 2020: Singing: The Dame Felicity Lott Recital Competition We are delighted to offer two new recital classes (436 and 437). Discretionary awards include […]
Brighton Philharmonic (29 July 2019) Every year the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra awards prizes of a pair of season tickets to two talented young musicians who have taken part in the Springboard Festival. In 2018 the recipients were pianist Tyzer McAllister & flautist Lucy Leete. Tyzer (then aged 13) won the Brighton Hammond Organ Society Challenge […]
Coastline Harmony (24 April 2019) Southwick-based singing group Coastline Harmony is looking for a new MD as they sadly bid farewell this summer to their encouraging, funny and patient leader, Miguel Fernandes. **** As Oscar Wilde almost said: “To lose one MD may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like […]
Sussex Chorus – 9th January 2019 One of the county’s best-loved choirs, Sussex Chorus, is looking forward to an exciting 2019 under the baton of new Director of Music, Jack Thompson. Jack begins rehearsals with the choir on Monday 7th January as they start preparing for their first performance together in March. Keen supporters of the […]
Resound Male Voices (27 November 2018) Foggy Friday – taking our lives in our hands on a wintry, darkening and dense foggy Friday evening Resound ventured over to Eastbourne Youth Hostel on the edge of the South Downs. Our Annual residential is an opportunity for the group to spend an intensive weekend to fine tune […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (11th October 2018) We asked our musicians which pieces of music they were particularly looking forward to playing this season: “This season is offering several things that are new to me, and that in itself is a rare treat. In the first concert, the Parry and the Elgar Bavarian Highlands are both going to be pieces […]
Sussex Symphony Orchestra (30th May 2018) It is very hard for many of us to believe that we are this year celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Sussex Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has gone from performing just two concerts in its first year, up to nine at our peak and now we have a […]
encore (30th April 2018) encore with Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival present MUSIC MARATHON A joint fundraising event for encore and Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, supporting the next generation of musical talent on Saturday 17 November 2018, Brighton Dome Foyer from 10am-6pm Performer registration is open from Saturday 5 May and closes on Monday 17 September […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (1st April 2018) As part of their prize from the Brighton Phil, last year’s Springboard Festival winners Berniya Hamie and Natasha O’Flynn chose to attend the Brighton Phil’s rehearsal at Brighton Dome on Sunday 11 February and met guest conductor Howard Shelley. Natasha was accompanied to the rehearsal by her […]
Coastline Harmony (20 March 2018) Coastline Harmony, a local women’s a cappella chorus, competed on Saturday 10 March 2018 at the Chichester Music Festival. This is the first time they have taken part in this event and it was a fun day out. Competing in 3 different classes, the chorus were delighted to be placed first in […]
Coastline Harmony (23rd November 2017) Coastline Harmony, an acapella group from Southwick, love to sing all over the world. In 2013 they visited Cyprus, in 2015 they took a trip to their Musical Director’s home town of Porto in Portugal and this year they spent a long weekend in Prague. ** Imagine standing in […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (22nd November 2017) We asked the orchestra which pieces of music, and indeed concerts, they are most looking forward to this season, and our next concert, on Sunday 3 December*, ranked particularly highly in their responses (see below): “The Ravel is one of my favourite piano concertos as it […]
Brighton Early Music Festival (26th October 2017) I feel very privileged to be one of four trainees at the Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) this year. I have been working with BREMF officially since July and have relished every second. I have been involved with a wide variety of areas within the organisation […]
Brighton Philharmonic (24th October 2017) By Richard Watson – double bass The first time I came to the Dome was in the very early ’50s when as a small child we were on holiday with some relatives who lived in Hove and I remember Douglas Reeve playing the organ. Little did I realise then that I […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (19th September 2017) Our recent story about Barbara & Samuel Burston, who met playing the violin in the Brighton Philharmonic in 1948, got us thinking about how many musical partnerships the orchestra has benefited from over the years. Those audience members with long memories may recall another husband and wife duo […]
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (2nd Sept 2017) Since the church purchased the Steinway piano in the 1990s it has hosted occasional concerts. As a local resident who had performed there, Rachel Fryer decided to work with the church and began a regular series in 2007. The first concert was attended by just 1 […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (1st Sept 2017) The Brighton Philharmonic was contacted earlier this year by Lancing College who are researching the history of their Steinway Model D concert grand piano. Graduate Music Assistant Fraser Harrington spent an afternoon in the Brighton Phil office looking through papers as far back as 1936 trying to […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (9th August 2017) For My Mother by Keith Burstein The Brighton Philharmonic were recently contacted by local composer Keith Burstein who was arranging a memorial performance of a piece of music he had written in memory of his mother, Barbara Burston, who died recently at the age of 97. He was […]
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (17th May 2017) A request from The Park Centre Wives group in Burgess Hill to give a talk about the history of the orchestra set Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society chairman, Nicolas Chisholm, MBE, the challenge of finding out some fascinating details. The Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society is fortunate […]