As you’ll understand, my mind is buzzing with all things “Saint Cecilia” in preparation for the up-and-coming gig in November. During a chat with the prodigious Essex based composer/musician Jeffery Wilson, he flowed ebulliently forth with his knowledge that Saint Cecilia is “the patroness of musicians, and it’s written that as the musicians played at her […]
My life seems to be full of uncertainty and distress at the moment, making everything appear topsy-turvy and nonsensical. One of my best friends recently succumbed to cancer…..and too soon after this tragedy I found myself supporting another dear friend at her husband’s funeral. Both people were wonderful musical souls and exceptional artists who were […]
Guest writer: Fiona Baines (from the “TWN Collective” – Thorpe, Wimborne & Nottingham) My cherished friend and music colleague Fiona Baines from Nottingham has become a familiar voice in our amiable village of late. You may recall Fiona’s soaring descant at Midnight Mass in 2015, or her dazzling performance at the St Michael’s Springtime Concert […]
The beginning of yet another New Year was nearly upon me, and a proverbial blank piece of music manuscript lay on the table….my head buzzing with thoughts of what might be in the year ahead. This was all accompanied by feelings of both excitement and trepidation of the hidden and yet to unfold secrets of […]
Who would have thought that our village “Tesco Express” would be the local hub of connectivity and culture? It was whilst waiting patiently in the queue that I had the good fortune to bump into a vastly knowledgeable and insightful artist friend and villager. As we gradually shuffled towards the till we passed comment on […]
Goodness!!…. February turned out to be one of the most creatively productive months I’ve had for YEARS! – not only did the “Tricsky Trobairitz TWN Collective” devise an abundance of original new material as part of the “February Music Writing Challenge”, but we also developed it in to a 35 minute show! Our first live performance was served […]
1pm on February 1st 2016: Thorpe-le-Soken sees a lively “Tricksy Trobairitz” (* 1) photoshoot near the WI Hall. Afterwards the jocular trio found themselves drawn to the reward of double chocolate brownies AND mochaccinos at “LOVE TO EAT”. The ‘only supermarket in the village’ was closed for the day, so the rush of people in this delightfully bijou café […]
After the furore of Christmas and the full moon in Thorpe, and then the high jinks of New Year (spent gigging in Nottingham and taking in the fireworks and party atmosphere), it seemed natural and almost rude not to relax into the dormancy of the shortest month of the year. My creative flow took a little coaxing out […]