Events in St Lawrence's Church
In St Lawrence's Church there will be some great music to come and listen to and songs to join in with. See below for the various performers and go to the timings page for the program of events. The church is medieval and itself worth a visit click here for more information. To find the church go down the passageway by the Buttercross heading towards the Square, Museum and Cathedral. The passageway takes you under an arch and the church is on this passage,
Southampton Folk Orchestra is an open access group that plays traditional folk music. The group creates arrangements of tunes together and performs at least once a term. The orchestra welcomes all players of acoustic instruments from confident experienced musicians to beginners. Have a look at them on the web here. And listen to them in the church from 11.00-11.45.
The Hyde Pipers share traditional and modern music from the North East. They play Northumbrian Smallpipes – a bellows-blown, keyed bagpipe – in the Hyde Tavern every month and have been gigging around Hampshire for the last few years. They are continually surprised and startled that there are so many Northumbrian pipers in Hampshire. Click on https://www.facebook.com/groups/HydePipers for more information, photos and music clips. They will be in St Lawrence's Church from10.00 to 10.45.
The University of Winchester Folk Band play mix of folk music, mostly dance based (reels/slides) mixed with some klezmer and others thrown in.
Here's a video of some of them playing before Xmas in their chapel and they will be in St Lawrence's 2.15 to 3.00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6iT9JjYRvo&ab_channel=MusicCentre
The FolkActive Youth Ensemble welcomes young players of any instrument at Grade 3 standard or above. Tunes are taught by ear and then used to explore the stylistic details in the playing of folk music as well as spontaneous use of harmony and variation. So expect some lovely music from these young performers, who will be playing from 1.15 to 1.45
Corvids'20 are a vocal group who perform traditional British folk songs, reviving ancient tunes with fresh harmonies and a 21st century pulse. They'll be performing from 12.00 to 12.30
The Itchen Folk Band are a Compton & Shawford based group whose dynamic programmes are made up with a variety of traditional songs from the British Isles and the US together with contemporary material. The emphasis is on audience participation in the choruses and their sets are always fun and varied. The Band’s musicians harmonise and provide accompaniment using guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bass, concertina and other instruments. They have played several evenings at the Chesil Theatre as well as many at other local venues. They will be in St Lawrence's Church from 3.15 to 4pm