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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of our Founder Eileen Parkhouse 1924 - 2020 Patrick Moriarty cello Stephanie Tang piano Tuulia Hero violin Paddington Trio Piano trios by Sam Perkin, Haydn & Mendelssohn Thursday 14 November 2024 at 1pm 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Tickets £15 (students £5) tel: 020 7935 2141 Wigmore-hall.org.uk Next Parkhouse Award 8 - 11 April 2025 www.parkhouseaward.com Supported by The Tertis Foundation/The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust 27th London New Wind Festival http://www.londonnewwindfestival.co.uk/ Artistic Director: Catherine Pluygers Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 6.30pm-10pm Two concerts to celebrate the life of trombonist Alan Tomlinson (1947-2024) Craxton Studios, 14 Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SU 6.30pm World premières of works by Giorgio Coslovich, Alan Danson, Gerald Garcia, Stephen Gibson, Manos Panayiotakis, Michiko Shimanuki, and David Sutton-Anderson. 8.30pm Open scores and free improvisations, featuring works by Michael Boyd, Amy Brandon, Carol Chant, Livia Garcia, Catherine Pluygers, and Hugh Shrapnel. This event will run on an “invitation and suggested donation” basis. Suggested donation £18 (£10 concessions) Further information: catherinepluygers@hotmail.com Friday 25th October 2024 at 7.30pm Birthday Composers and Friends Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT Works by composers with a significant anniversary, including Arnold Schoenberg. Premières of works by Amelia Brey (world), Peter Copley (London), Vincent David (UK), Justine Koontz (Europe), George Nicholson (world), Catherine Pluygers (world), Angela Elizabeth Slater (UK), and Andrew M. Wilson (world). Tickets £15 (£8), online via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-newwind-festival/t-gamolrz or on the door. Thursday 21st November 2024 at 7.30pm Brand New Music for Winds and Strings The Warehouse Waterloo, 13 Theed Street, London SE1 8ST Advance tickets go on sale in October, online via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-new-wind-festival/t-pqvdmla

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of our Founder Eileen Parkhouse 1924 - 2020

Patrick Moriarty cello Stephanie Tang piano Tuulia Hero violin Paddington Trio

Piano trios by Sam Perkin, Haydn & Mendelssohn

Thursday 14 November 2024 at 1pm

36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Tickets £15 (students £5) tel: 020 7935 2141 Wigmore-hall.org.uk

Next Parkhouse Award 8 - 11 April 2025

www.parkhouseaward.com

Supported by The Tertis Foundation/The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust

27th London New Wind Festival http://www.londonnewwindfestival.co.uk/ Artistic Director: Catherine Pluygers

Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 6.30pm-10pm Two concerts to celebrate the life of trombonist Alan Tomlinson (1947-2024) Craxton Studios, 14 Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SU 6.30pm World premières of works by Giorgio Coslovich, Alan Danson, Gerald Garcia, Stephen Gibson, Manos Panayiotakis, Michiko Shimanuki, and David Sutton-Anderson. 8.30pm Open scores and free improvisations, featuring works by Michael Boyd, Amy Brandon, Carol Chant, Livia Garcia, Catherine Pluygers, and Hugh Shrapnel. This event will run on an “invitation and suggested donation” basis. Suggested donation £18 (£10 concessions) Further information: catherinepluygers@hotmail.com Friday 25th October 2024 at 7.30pm Birthday Composers and Friends Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT Works by composers with a significant anniversary, including Arnold Schoenberg. Premières of works by Amelia Brey (world), Peter Copley (London), Vincent David (UK), Justine Koontz (Europe), George Nicholson (world), Catherine Pluygers (world), Angela Elizabeth Slater (UK), and Andrew M. Wilson (world). Tickets £15 (£8), online via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-newwind-festival/t-gamolrz or on the door. Thursday 21st November 2024 at 7.30pm Brand New Music for Winds and Strings The Warehouse Waterloo, 13 Theed Street, London SE1 8ST Advance tickets go on sale in October, online via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-new-wind-festival/t-pqvdmla

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