It’s so nice to see all of the groups playing again and posting on Facebook. Thanks to you all!
It’s our AGM on Saturday at 3pm – please do complete the sign up link HERE if you’re attending – so you can get the Zoom link sent to you on Friday.
In this week’s Cobweb News:
Workshop with Amy Yule
Haydn Symphonies Project – save the date
We’re looking forward to the ‘music by heart’ event tomorrow and we’re so grateful to Roland for covering for Andy. Andy asked to share this message:
Thanks to Cobfriends and all Cobweb players for the lovely flowers, which really cheered me up.
Andy
A huge thank you to Chris Griffiths who covered for Patrick last weekend. Sue’s wonderful analysis of the day: “Chris guided us through the entirety of this very challenging work with patience and good humour and at the end of the afternoon we left feeling very proud of our achievements.”
For more of Chris, he is performing in the Bewick Orchestra Autumn Concert on Saturday October 16th 2021, at St James The Great, Morpeth NE61 1BS, 7.30 pm.
Tickets: £10 (students free), available at The Chantry, Tourist Information Centre, Morpeth , NE61 1PQ, or at the door.
All proceeds to Chris’ chosen Charity – CMT
Programme:
Beethoven – Overture to King Stephen
Richard Strauss-Horn Concerto no.1. (soloist Chris Griffiths)
Short interval
Bizet – Symphony no 1. in C
In this week’s Cobweb News:
Cobweb Orchestra Annual General Meeting
Sedbergh Residential – Save the Date
Some lovely news
The Dalston Group won’t be meeting this week, Monday 13 September, but will be back again on Monday 20 September.
We had an excellent return to the Haydn Symphonies’ Project led by Peter Wood on Saturday with almost 30 players tackling No’s 76-81 in fine fashion, despite a few transposing issues (and not from the wind/brass!) Look out later in the term for the next instalment of the project.
In this week’s Cobweb News:
Guinea Pig Orchestra/Composers and Arrangers’ Day recap
Brahms Symphony No.4 with Patrick Burnett
A Different Approach to Mozart 40
Some of our Cobweb Composers and Arrangers
Our Composers and Arrangers were very busy during lockdown, creating new pieces for our return to live music events.
Last Sunday 22nd August was the first time that their music was played by the Guinea Pig Orchestra.
The GPO is a group of players who are not a regular group but who volunteer to be guinea pigs whenever Cobwebs needs to carry out controlled musical experiments!
We had a lovely day at Eldon Community Centre, near Bishop Auckland. Music included original pieces ‘Mission improbable’, ‘Tinnittus’ and ‘Cobweb Silver Miniature’, and arrangements of Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonata No. 4 Movt. 2 and some swing music to finish with ‘a smile’.
Thank you to all of the players who supported our composers, and a huge thank you to the composers for such a lot of work. We’re looking forward to more opportunities to play the music.
This newsletter is just a quick reminder of what we have coming up soon, more details and enrolment information will be available at the end of the month.
In this week’s Cobweb News:
Haydn Symphonies Project
September Events
Summerhill Concert Party Picnic – this Saturday!
GPO/Composers and Arrangers
Haydn Symphonies Project
200 Club
A musical premiere at Dipton
Tyneside group
Update on COVID procedures
As you know, all of the legally binding restrictions on our rehearsals and events have been withdrawn. However, we must exercise caution in view of the rapidly rising number of COVID cases, particularly in our region. The Trustees believe that abandoning our precautions now would leave many members feeling unable to attend our events. The Cobweb core ethos is inclusivity, and we are proud of the spirit of community and togetherness that pervades all we do.
So, for the time being, most of our current precautions will remain in place. Some specific processes and measures may be modified slightly at the discretion of event organising teams, but always erring on the side of caution. Full details are below. Please read this carefully, and we hope you will continue to enjoy playing together while feeling safe.
Michael Cave
On behalf of Cobweb Orchestra Trustees
22 July 2021