Chamber ZoneFree concert tickets and workshops

Schools’ Concerts

Events for Young Musicians

Chamber ZoneFree concert tickets and workshops

Schools’ Concerts

Events for Young Musicians

Teacher TrainingTeacher Training

Schools’ EventsJanuary – March 2013

Enhance yourcurriculum withlive music atWigmore Hall

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CHAMBER ZONEFree Ticket Scheme for 8 – 25 year olds

Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support fromThe Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust.

Chamber Zone includes:

Free tickets for one of our specially selected Wigmore Hall Series concertsPlease note, there are approximately 35 Chamber Zone tickets available per concert

A free workshop in your school

Free programmes and interval ice creams

A deposit of £50 is required for all school bookings, which will bereimbursed on arrival. School groups must book concert tickets at least1 week before the date of the concert. No free tickets will be allocatedon the night without prior booking.

Please book through the Box Office on 020 7935 2141

CAVATINAChamber Music Trustwww.cavatina.net

Free Concert Tickets

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Tuesday 26 February 7.30 pmPavel Haas QuartetSchnittke, Shostakovich,Beethoven

Saturday 2 March 7.30 pmTetzlaff QuartetHaydn, Berg, Beethoven

FREE CHAMBER ZONE WORKSHOPSA limited number of free workshops are available to accompany all concert bookings.Workshop leaders will visit your school and facilitate an interactive music sessionto complement the individual concert programme. Suitable workshop topics withdirect curriculum links will be devised in partnership with teaching staff and arescheduled to suit your timetable where possible.

Visit our website for more details www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone

Sunday 17 March 7.30 pmSt. Lawrence String QuartetBeethoven, Osvaldo Golijov,Dvor̆ák

Saturday 23 March 7.30 pmQuatuor EbèneFanny and Felix Mendelssohn

for Schools!

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Monday 21 January 7.30 pmChristian Tetzlaff violinLars Vogt pianoBrahms Violin Sonatas

Wednesday 23 January 7.30 pmCuarteto CasalsSchubert String Quartets incl.‘Death and the Maiden’

Tuesday 29 January 7.30 pmHagen QuartetBeethoven String Quartets

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Britten Sinfonia Featured Free WorkshopLinked to their concert on Wednesday 13 February

During this two-hour workshop, Key Stage 3 students will take inspiration fromthe concert repertoire and explore some of the musical ideas composers haveused to create their pieces. Along with workshop leader James Redwood andtwo players from Britten Sinfonia, they will create original group compositionsinspired by the pieces in the concert and explore the idea of writing music fortheatre and of musical borrowings. Having gained a new appreciation of themusic in the programme, the students will come to the concert at the end of theweek to hear it all in action. This opportunity is offered on a first come firstserved basis and is available to one secondary school. To express an interest,please contact Chloe Shrimpton on chloes@wigmore-hall.org.uk.

Workshop to take place in school on a date suitable to school’s timetable.

Monday 4 February 1.00 pmCalefax reed quintetBrumel, Debussy, Rameau

Wednesday 13 February 1.00 pmBritten SinfoniaCopland, Shostakovich,Britten, Jay Greenberg

Thursday 14 February 7.30 pmJörg Widmann clarinetAntoine Tamestit violaFrancesco Piemontesi pianoBruch, Jörg Widmann, Mozart,György Kurtág

Tuesday 19 February 7.30 pmNicholas Daniel oboeJulius Drake pianoJacqueline Shave violinClare Finnimore violaCaroline Dearnley celloSchumann, Britten,Helen Grime, Mozart

Friday 22 February 7.30 pmTakács QuartetCharles Owen pianoBrahms and Haydn

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Schools’ ProgrammeThe Schools’ Programme is supported by The Monument Trustand The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

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Key Stage Concerts

One-hour, interactive concerts forschool groups

This term’s concerts include:

THE MUSIC FACTORYKey Stage 2 Schools’ Concert

Friday 1 February 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

Join five wacky woodwind musicians from theCalefax Reed Quintet for a tale of tubes, pipesand whistles. Set in a Music Factory, thisextraordinary show is packed full of musicalhumour and re-workings of Mozart, Debussy,Bach and Prokofiev, including opportunitiesfor the audience to join in. An ideal concert forchildren learning the recorder.

Accompanied by a teachers’ resource pack.

Tickets £2.50

Please book through theLearning team on 020 7258 8240

HEROES AND VILLAINSKey Stage 1 Schools’ Concert

Friday 1 March 11.00 am – 12.00 noon

Join international countertenor Iestyn Davies, presenterIsabelle Adams and characters from 18th Century Operafor a concert of glorious arias and diva behaviour. Travel ona marvellous musical journey and explore the costumes,drama and characters of the time.

Accompanied by a teachers’ resource pack.

Tickets £2.50

Please book through the Learning team on 020 7258 8240

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Events for Young Musicians

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Teacher Training

In partnership with Turtle Key Arts

HALF- DAY WORKSHOP

Wednesday 6 March 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Led by Turtle Key Arts Director Charlotte Cunningham, facilitatorCeri Black and professional musicians, this half-day workshopwill provide an in-depth introduction into working with youngpeople with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Participantswill explore communication and social interaction,behaviour and sensory considerations and interactivelydiscover appropriate and accessible music activitiesthat are transferable to the classroom.

This workshop is accompanied by a resource pack.

Suitable for all types of practitioner.Limited to 25 applicants

£20 including refreshments

Please book through the Box Office on 020 7935 2141

AN INTRODUCTION TO WORKINGWITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISTICSPECTRUM DISORDERS THROUGHTHE CREATIVE ARTS

STRIKE A CHORDTuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 February

10.00 am – 3.30 pm both days

HALF-TERM COURSE For ages 11– 16

Join Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite and anexciting guest guitarist for this two-day half-term course. Getstuck into writing and playing some brand new music of yourown, make new friends, and finish by performing your pieceson the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the course. Open toall instrumentalists; ideal for budding guitarists.

£40 for the two-day course

Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and The Monument Trust

NATIONAL YOUNG STRING QUARTETWEEKEND AT CHETHAM’S SCHOOLOF MUSICThursday 28 February – Sunday 3 March

If you are in a string quartet at school or college, this is a fantasticopportunity to take part in an intensive weekend of coachingand performance with leading chamber music coaches andthe Carducci Quartet. For more information or to apply,contact Ruth Wheal on rwheal@wigmore-hall.org.uk.

Hear the players who took part in this weekend in apre-concert performance at Wigmore Hall on Thursday14 March at 6.00 pm. (FREE, ticket required)

Wigmore Hall • 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Ursula Crickmay Director of Learning

Learning Tel: 020 7258 8240

The Wigmore Hall Trust

Registered Charity No. 1024838

FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

For full details please call 020 7258 8210

The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.

All photos by www.benjaminharte.co.uk

Young ProducersConcertWednesday 6 February 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Young People are invited to attend this excitingconcert programmed by the Wigmore Hall YoungProducers team – a group of teenage arts curators.Working together since September 2012, theYoung Producers have carefully selected the artists,repertoire and theme for what will be a uniqueconcert for Young People by Young People.

Further information to be announced on theWigmore Hall Learning pages:www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/young-producers