A Souvenir from Beverley
Thu 30 May 2013
Education Director Cherry Forbes discusses her time at the Beverley Early Music Festival.
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A Way Forward
Wed 22 May 2013
This week, as part of our collaboration with National Centre for Early Music (NCEM), we’ve been working with students from Years 7 and 8 from Beverly Grammar School, as well as York University MEG students, recreating Purcell’s Fairy Queen.
Read MoreA Northern Treat!
Tue 21 May 2013
Education Director Cherry Forbes is currently up in Beverley, working on an exciting project based on Purcell’s Fairy Queen. Here, Cherry tells us about the first day of the project; the quirks of staying in this beautiful historic town and what to expect from the rest of the week.
Read MoreSecret Wishes
Tue 9 Oct 2012
After our mammoth Anthem for a Child project last season I spent the summer: a. Recovering and b. Looking to the future The questions I’m always asking of the OAE, our partners and the people we work with are Why? Where? What? and When? In developing our plans for 2012-2013, I’ve been meeting with our…
Read MoreA new Figaro
Wed 3 Oct 2012
At the end of September, OAE players visited St Laurence School in Bradford on Avon for our annual opera project with eight classes of Year 7′s who had just joined the school.
Read MoreAnthem on film
Tue 4 Sep 2012
Here’s a short video about the huge Anthem project that we undertook this year in OAE Education.
Read MoreA 21st Century rehearsal…
Wed 28 Mar 2012
One of the bigger problems musicians face is finding slots of time when we are all free to rehearse for chamber concerts and so on. So, when Cherry Forbes, OAE Education Director, asked Double Bassist Cecelia and me to put together a programme of music for an education project in Plumstead, Cecelia had a brainwave…
Read MoreWhat you can get in a Zafira if you really try….
Wed 7 Mar 2012
It was the day after our wonderful series of Berlioz Romeo and Juliet concerts had finished. Our final, and very successful concert, had been in Paris, involving a day trip there and back on the Eurostar. We even had time for lunch, though probably at a faster speed than the French would approve of.
Read MoreHighpoints to Torpoint!
Tue 17 Jan 2012
It’s now the middle of January and a team of us from the OAE have already worked with 16 primary schools from Plymouth to London on our Anthem for a Child project. Top quotes so far include: ‘That was fantastic, I love singing, I sing everyday!’ Pupil from High Street Primary ‘What an amazing day!…
Read MoreA thousand twangling instruments…the first Anthem workshops
Mon 9 Jan 2012
Not wanting to waste any time in OAE Education, we have already had the first sessions of the year with Anthem workshops in Plymouth and London this week. For the first few months of 2012 OAE players will go into schools and start to teach the Anthem songs ‘Twangling Instruments’ and ‘My Cry’. OAE Education…
Read MoreNovember 2011 podcast now out…
Wed 16 Nov 2011
Here’s our brand-new podcast for November. As ever, it’s a packed edition. First off we speak to regular OAE collaborator, violinist Rachel Podger, about her upcoming project with us – 1700s London and the Fab Four, a concert featuring music from Haydn, Abel, Arne and JC Bach that you can hear in both London and…
Read MoreThe Story of Mr John…
Thu 30 Jun 2011
Next Tuesday 5 July, we’ll be coming straight from Glyndebourne’s Opera House to the Corn Exchange in King’s Lynn to perform in an hour-long family concert, playing highlights from one of Mozart’s most famous pieces, Don Giovanni. OAE musicians will be joined by over 150 children from local schools who’ll be performing live on stage….
Read MoreMozart and guitars
Thu 27 Jan 2011
Hi everyone. This is my very first spangly blog I’ve written all on my own. I’ve been included on a few but never attempted to write more than 50 words so here goes… My role in the office is Education Projects Manager which means I help run our ever expanding education programme here at the…
Read MoreCherry and the Don
Tue 27 Jul 2010
At the Don Giovanni final rehearsal a few weeks ago (we’re perfoming it at Glyndebourne currently) I caught up with OAE Education Manager and Oboeist Cherry Forbes about her role in the opera: Sorry about any background noise which is the OAE office team enjoying a picnic! William Norris, Marketing Director
Read MoreThe June Podcast
Tue 22 Jun 2010
Our June OAE podcast is now here, and is, if we say so ourselves a rather good listen. In it, we take a trip to Glyndebourne, catch up with OAE Education Director Cherry to talk about our fantastic Creation project and related Family Concert, chat with Eduardo Portal, the current Melgaard OAE Young Conductor and…
Read MoreBusiness club launched!
Mon 2 Nov 2009
September marked the successful launch event of the OAE King’s Cross Business Club. Our launch event around our Bite Size Baroque concert was followed by a lively talk by Education Manager, Cherry Forbes. The event proved so popular we needed to open up a second concert and reception to avoid turning people away! The club recognises that…
Read MoreSt Matthew Passion: Bristol
Thu 2 Apr 2009
Monday was the first concert in our long St Matthew Passion tour around Europe in time for Easter, which saw the OAE journey to the west of England to St George’s Bristol. As I’m sure the St Matthew Passion is going to gain plenty of coverage in the blog in the next few weeks or so, I’d…
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