Peter Symonds College music diary 2019-2020

Peter
Symonds
College
music
diary
2019–2020

2019
BSO Set Works Concert      College Concert
Tues 8 Oct: 12.30–2.30pm   Mon 18 Nov: 7.30pm
Varley Theatre, PSC        Bapsy Hall, Winchester Guildhall
                           Tickets: visitwinchester.co.uk/
                           events
HSMC open evening
Mon 21 Oct: 6.30pm
Recital Room, PSC
                           Steinway Masterclass
                           Thurs 21 Nov
                           Steinway Hall, London
HSMC Concert
Tues 12 Nov: 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Kings
                           Carol Service
Worthy, Winchester         Mon 9 Dec: 7.30pm
                           Winchester Cathedral
                           Free entrance

2020
Young Musician Festival Jazz and Soul Night
Mon–Fri 13–17 Jan                  Weds 1 Apr: 7.30pm
Recital Room, PSC                  Concorde Club, Eastleigh
                                   Tickets: theconcordeclub.com
BSO Concert trip
Thurs 16 Jan                       Founder’s Day Evensong
6.15 talk, 7.30pm concert          Weds 22 Apr: 5.30pm
Guildhall, Portsmouth              Winchester Cathedral
                                   Free entrance
HSMC Auditions
Weds–Thurs 12–13 Feb               HSMC and friends
Recital Room, PSC                  End of Year Concert
                                   Thurs 30 Apr: 7.30pm
HSMC Rotary Concert                Recital Room, PSC
Weds 26 Feb: 7.30pm                Tickets: £5
St Lawrence’s Church, Winchester
Tickets: £10                       Beethoven Anniversary
                                   competition
Young Musician                     Thurs 2 July: 1pm
Festival: Classical Final          Recital Room, PSC
Thurs 27 Feb: 1pm                  Tickets: £5
Recital Room, PSC
                                   HSMC lunchtime
Simon Clarkson                     concert
Memorial Concert                   Weds–Thurs 8–9 July: 1pm
Mon 9 Mar: 7.30pm                  St Lawrence’s Church, Winchester
Bapsy Hall, Winchester Guildhall   Tickets: £10
Tickets: guildhallwinchester.
co.uk/events

All concerts free for students.
other tickets £8 (£5 concessions),
Available from music@psc.ac.uk,
unless otherwise stated.

Young Musician
Festival 2020
Classes and Guest
Adjudicators
13–17 Jan
All in the Recital Room,
College Centre, PSC

singing
Mon 13 Jan
With Alexander Le Strange, award
winning singer, arranger and
conductor at Carnegie Hall.

Piano
Tues 14 Jan                         Strings
With Tim Barratt, Piano Professor   Thurs 16 Jan
at the Royal Academy of Music       With Jesper Svedberg, Leader
and former Head of Piano at         of the Cellos in Bournemouth
Dulwich College.                    Symphony Orchestra, cellist in
                                    Kungsbacka Piano Trio.

wind
Weds 15 Jan                         Contemporary
With Zoe Booth, Examiner            Fri 17 Jan with 7.30 final concert
and Trainer for ABRSM, Flute        With Katie Holmes-Smith,
specialist and educationalist.      vocalist for Adele, Olly Murs and
                                    Kylie Minogue; and Lewis Allen,
                                    guitarist for Sam Smith, Liam
Brass                               Payne and Jessie J.
Weds 15 Jan
With Beth Randall, Deputy Head
of Wind, Brass and Percussion
                                    Classical final
at Guildhall, French Horn in        Thurs 27 Feb: 1pm
Birmingham Royal Ballet.            Dougie Scarfe, CEO of
                                    Bournemouth Symphony
                                    Orchestra.

music at
peter symonds
Symonds is the place for Musical    The Music Department is
Ambition! We are so proud of the    situated in beautiful grounds
class of 2019 – thirty of them      on the College site in a three-
are pursuing their music studies    storey Victorian house. Facilities
at conservatoire or university,     include practice rooms, computer
including four scholarships to      rooms for composition with
the Royal College of Music in       Sibelius and three recording
London, lots of competitive         studios, as well as the Recital
universities (including Oxford,     Room and more practice rooms in
Manchester, Bristol and             College Centre.
Durham), the world-renowned
Tonmeister course at Surrey for     Students on the Hampshire
Sound Engineers, BIMM for           Specialist Music Course receive
electric guitar, Chichester for     additional coaching, including
Musical Theatre and Electronic      free tuition on both their first and
Music at the Guildhall School of    second study instrument or voice,
Music and Drama.                    and many solo and chamber
                                    performance opportunities.
The Music Department is one of      Auditions for entry onto this
the busiest in the country, with    course take place on 12 and
an incredible range of music        13 February 2020.
activities involving 250 students
across the college. A level Music   For further information contact
students receive free tuition on    the Music Department.
their main instrument or voice,     Email: music@psc.ac.uk
and all perform in a variety of     Tel: 01962 857592
bands, orchestras and choirs in
a wide range of concerts. Their
A level results are exceptional,
achieving high grades (A or
B) well above the national
average. BTECs in Digital Music
Production and Popular Music
Performance are also offered.       Peter Symonds College
Progression to conservatoires and   Owens Road, Winchester,
universities is outstanding.        Hampshire. SO22 6RX.

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