Spirit of Music Festival

We had a fantastic time with the Messenger Choir from Uganda yesterday. They led a fun workshop with lots of singing, dancing and drumming to enthusiastic children and parents from many surrounding schools, and delighted us with beautiful part-singing and dancing in the evening concert, again with much audience interaction. They did get us all to our feet! Such a joyful event! Don't miss today's concert with Mendelssohn's octet!

It's THIS WEEKEND...! It's at St Mary's Church, Liss
Saturday at 4pm - African Workshop - FREE - great for kids of all ages.
Saturday at 6pm - African Beats - FREE (+charity collection). Come and let your hair down for this joyous music and dance.
Sunday at 3:30pm - come and discover Mendelssohn's best in Chamber Music, played by the professionals. £10 / kids free.
So how's that for choice?
We look forward to welcoming you. :-)

Coming soon!
Saturday, 11th May - African Beats, including FREE workshop
Sunday, 12th May - Mendelssohn and other greats, played by SouthDowns Camerata
Book these times in your diary!
Check out the details...

Next Wednesday, 27th March, come and hear some top quality 'a cappella' singing of the best Lent music. It's not a church service, nor a concert, but a chance to enjoy fine spiritual music in a relaxed and peaceful place.
Give yourself a break for an hour to enjoy this feast of harmony!
St Peter's (Petersfield Square) at 7:30pm.
FREE (donations to Ukraine)

Like it?
Come to St Peter's Church, Petersfield on Wednesday, 27th March to lose yourself while The Free Radicals sing this, and a short set of equally gorgeous Lent music.
A free show with a collection for relief work in Ukraine.
Starts at 7:30pm - diary this!

VOCES8: 'Ne Irascaris Domine' & 'Civitas Sancti Tui' by William Byrd VOCES8 performs William Byrd’s double motet ‘Ne Irascaris Domine’ and ‘Civitas Sancti Tui’ in the Gresham Centre in London.Audio available at https://orcd.co...

There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes of the Spirit of Music Festival 's Youth Extravaganza concert. It's all going to become obvious tomorrow, Sunday 25 Feb at 3pm in St Mary's Church. We've rehearsed a repertoire of folk, classical and pop with our large ensemble of about 60 young people aged between 5 and 18, and the established chamber groups and bands have been exploring the performance space over the last days. Join us for an hour of fun, beautiful, and invigorating music from Mozart to Coldplay! Free entry, donations welcome.

This Sunday! (25th Feb) Youth Extravaganza About 60 children and students will be performing - ranging from a large orchestra for all ages, to well-established ensembles of advanced students, plus carefully selected soloists and even a couple of new competition-winning compositions. The choice of music will be very wide - from Earth, Wind and Fire to Mozart, from Coldplay to Rameau and from traditional gypsy folk to Frank Bridge - and lots more besides. Truly something for everyone and we guarantee that you won't be disappointed! The concert will be in St. Mary's Church, Liss at 3pm on Sunday, 25th February with FREE admission, and an opportunity to contribute to this work as you leave. We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday!

Come and enjoy a winter warmer with the Parnassian Ensemble and its seductive sound-world.
Tantalising melodies, lush harmonies and toe-tapping rhythms from the greatest baroque composers.
** Sunday, 21st January at 3:30pm in St. Mary's, Liss **
Please make a note in your diary so that you don't miss it. :-)
All welcome!

Make a point of coming to this concert at 5pm on Sunday (18/6)!
Sublime, positive, lush - probably the best chamber music ever written.
It's happening in Liss, and it's FREE to enter.

It was a capacity audience at the Spirit of Music Festival Family Concert this afternoon - standing-room only.
We had excellent renditions of Bach, the children played Bartok's Romanian Dances with great skill and vigour, and we were treated to amazing new compositions by our own members, Lucy Flint and Dorry Macaulay...including a memorable visitation by an angel...on double bass!
If you would like to know about future events, please email [email protected] and we will add you to our mailing list.

Last Saturday's workshop on Bartok's Romanian Dances. Come and hear those as well as a festive programme with music by Bach, Handel, and new works by Dorry Macaulay and Lucy Flint, performed by the SouthDowns Camerata at 4pm in St Mary's Church Liss.

Celebration!
After the coronation, the Spirit of Music Festival will be giving a celebratory concert by the SouthDowns Camerata on Bank Holiday Monday, 8th May, at 4:00pm in St. Mary's Church, Liss. Expect a rich array of uplifting music including Bach's Suite in B minor for flute and strings (soloist Helen Walton) and Bartok's Romanian Dances in which the Camerata will be joined by the Young SouthDowns Strings. In addition, we have two new works by our own members, Lucy Flint and Dorry Macaulay. An afternoon of music fit for a king! As usual, the concert is family-friendly and free to enter. There will be refreshments, and a collection (cash or card) as you leave. We look forward to welcoming you on Monday afternoon.

All this year’s spring festival concerts on two pages. Come along to events these two weekends! We are continuing to run the concert series throughout the year, details to follow. But these two weekends are at the core of our community work. Swing concert tonight at 6pm, and Classical orchestra concert Monday 8th at 4pm. Both family-friendly events, both at St Mary’s Church Liss. Free entry, donation at exit.

Come along to our first big forces event of the year: Swing, Sing and Dance with the Hampshire Youth Swing Bands and the Free Radicals. Saturday 29th April at 6pm. St Mary's Church, Liss. Guaranteed entertaining!