On Friday 8th February, it was the turn of Cranleigh’s string players to compete in the Jack Cook Strings section…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
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Musicians Provide a Stunning Final
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Although hastily rescheduled to Monday 5th March following the snowy weather on the previous Friday, the Final of the Helen…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
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The Jack Cook Strings Performance on Wednesday 24th January was the third of this year’s competition performances leading to the…
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‘Nocturne’ – Piano Recital
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Richard Saxel presented a fascinating solo piano recital in a late evening concert entitled ‘Nocturne’, the culmination of a major…
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Alldis Jazz Trio Concert
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A relaxing and memorable evening was had by all those who attended the Alldis Jazz Trio concert on Wednesday this…
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The Sound of Waves
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Our Head of Woodwind, Dr. Andrew Thomas, was recently commissioned to compose a piece for viola and accordion, which he…
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KALEIDOSCOPE ONE: Opening Organ Recital by Philip Scriven
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“Kaleidoscope One” is the first year of a two-year recital project by Cranleigh’s superb Organist in Residence, Philip Scriven. The…
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Concert Series Swings into Action in Style
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The 2017-18 Subscription Concert series began last night in fine style, with a hugely entertaining evening with Harry the Piano,…
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An Evening of Chamber Music
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An evening of chamber music on Tuesday 27th June marked the end of this year’s musical calendar. Described by Director…
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Cronin Sisters Charm Their Audience
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The second in the series of concerts given by Old Cranleighans to mark the 150th Anniversary celebrations featured Lucy and…
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Merriman Concert Showcases Top Musicians
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For the second time in a week Chapel was home to a major event marking the sesquicentennial celebrations: the first-ever…
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Helen Wareham Encore Concert
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The ‘Encore’ Concert has always been a special event and a favourite in the annual musical calendar and this year…
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Magnificent Merriman Orchestra in Movie Musical Magic
On Friday April 24th Cranleigh School invited young pupils from St Cuthbert Mayne RC Primary School, Cranleigh Primary School, Park…
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Chamber Musicians Delight MMS Audience
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On June 24th, the final concert of the year (apart from Rocsoc, of course) saw around two dozen instrumentalists perform…
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Simply Blue
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Cranleigh jazz ensemble, played to a packed audience on Friday 20th June in the Merriman Music School. The band, under…
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Strike up the Band
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The School Big Band held its annual Supper Dance on Friday 31st January in the Emm’s Centre atrium. A good…
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Symphonic Organ Sounds
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Philip Scriven’s concert on the Mander Organ in Chapel on 29th January ended with the last movement of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth…
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Opera for the Masses
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For this annual collaboration between Cranleigh’s Chapel Choir and Cranleigh Village Choral Society (on Sunday December 8th), the major work…
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Chamber Music Evening
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Few schools, one imagines, would be able to put on a concert by thirteen different chamber ensembles in the last…
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Jeremy Filsell Organ Recital
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Organist Jeremy Filsell kindly told the audience in Chapel on June 21st that it was good to see some familiar…
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Organ Cycle Marches to an End
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Philip Scriven’s second year-long organ cycle ended triumphantly on Tuesday June 4th with a splendid Mendelssohn encore ‘The War March…
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Summer Concert
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There can be few finer shining examples of the quality of Cranleigh’s current music-making than the performance of Sibelius’s Andante…
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Organ Cycle Continues
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Tuesday May 21st‘s concert was only the second one I have been able to attend out of Philip Scriven’s seven…
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Harry Plays Local Composer’s Concerto
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Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams spent a large part of his life near Dorking and made the Leith Hill Festival world…
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Cranleigh Choirs Combine At G-Live
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The Cranleigh Village Choral Society annually join the Cranleigh School Chapel Choir to perform big choral works with orchestra but…
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Music Scholars Concert
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The first concert of the new academic year was a true spring awakening, showing that the talented music scholars at…
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