Having postponed their annual concert in Exeter Cathedral last July due to Covid, the Amadeus Orchestra is delighted to announce that it will now take place in July 2021.
Principal conductor Philip Mackenzie says: “As an orchestra, we have been silent since February 2020 when we performed in the House of Commons and we are very excited by the prospect of performing once again. It is very fitting that our first post-Covid concert will be held in Exeter Cathedral as this is the city where the orchestra was founded in 1990.”
Choirs from across Devon are currently singing to thier own phone or laptop, filimg themselves, ready to be montaged together with Dartmoor based multi award-winning folk singer Seth Lakeman.
Dartmoor based Seth Lakeman’s new Song for Devon, How We Remember, will be premiered on asongforus.org from 12.30pm on 23 March 2021, the first anniversary of lockdown 1. A nationwide project, A Song for Us commissions leading music creators across genres to write new songs inspired by the people of their county. A Song for Devon – How We Remember by Seth Lakeman is commissioned by Sound UK,...
Multi-million selling recording artist Bryan Adams is coming to the UK next summer with a spectacular open-air tour set in the grounds of some of the UK’s most beautiful venues.
Kicking off in Bristol on 26 June, Bryan Adams’ 2021 outdoor tour will visit Powderham Castle on Tuesday 6 July.
Enjoy a live performance from one of the world’s best selling artists in summer 2021, taking in an open-air show set against stunning, picturesque backdrops. The tour also visits Cardiff, Scarborough, Widnes, Telford, Canterbury and Leeds, plus The Eden Project in Cornwall and the...
Exeter-based performer Riaz Ahmad will join nine musicians and artists from across the globe for a virtual music festival that will raise money to support Creative Action Institute’s work to advance gender equality and build a more sustainable planet.
Riaz will be performing a set as part of Raising Spirits, Creative Action Institute’s online event taking place October 24th at 4:00 pm EST. He is joining performers from Bristol, Boston (United States), New York City, Cincinnati, Seattle, Kenya, and Cameroon, in this one-night-only event.
For the past few weeks composer / technologist Simon Belshaw has been working on a project to create a Zoom version of his Music Machine 4 for 8 players sound installation.
The Arts Council funded physical installation was scheduled for March 2020 but had to be cancelled due to Covid-19.
The piece uses 8 novation launchpads and 8 Raspberry Pi computers. The launchpads have an 8x8 grid of buttons, when one of these lights up the performer presses it and a short cell of music is played.
The piece runs for 8 minutes and begins by choosing only one note, then two and...
Groove pop band Heir have followed in the footsteps of their music heroes – all the way to Abbey Road!
The five-piece – whose keyboard player Sam Perry hails from Exeter – have just released their eagerly-awaited new single Fear of Falling .
The brilliant slice of throwback pop was not only recorded at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios but was produced by the great Ken Scott who has famously worked with such icons as The Beatles, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Elton John .
The magical experience at Abbey Road was new territory for Heir whose previous singles...
Making a yoga playlist doesn’t have to involve collecting solely tantric, spellbinding melodies, or albums that are reminiscent of temples. There are plenty of songs to collect that will be able to get you zen enough to strike a pose. Yoga is personal, and playlists can reveal a touch of that personality.
Music can be incredibly powerful for your yoga practice. With these songs, you’ll get a mix of slow spacey sounds and energizing beats to help you hold poses from happy baby to bird of paradise.
1. Bob Moses - Talk
This song has some of that primal vibe known in yoga...
Following the government’s announcement yesterday, and the ongoing daily developments in regard to Coronavirus, the decision has been made to postpone the nationwide Learn to Play Day events that were planned for the weekend of 28th/29th March 2020.
Paul McManus, CEO of Music for All, the organisers of Learn to Play Day, said:
“The safety of all event organisers and participants is of the utmost importance to us. This is a very current and fast-changing situation with the risks to people's health likely to escalate alongside growing public concern. We understand that this...
Are you also pleased with the idea of how fun and easy being a DJ can be? Now it might be a fact, but it’s not all true! Since being a DJ is all fun and cool, it’s also important for someone who is opting to become a DJ to work hard enough in it. As when it comes to becoming a full-time DJ and making your name in it, one needs to consider putting great effort and skills in it. And for that, once you learn about all the insights of becoming a full-time DJ and master all the required skills; it’ll be a little less of a struggle for you to become a successful DJ. Something that the music...
This event has been POSTPONED due to Coronavirus and will now take place on Saturday 26 September 2020. -------------------------------------
Spring isn’t just about daffodils and longer days – it’s also about one of the biggest events of the year in a glorious part of Devon.
Spring Forward Saturday on Saturday March 28 is a feel-good family-friendly day of music, shopping, food and drink taking place across the Exe estuary town of Topsham.
Almost all Topsham’s 50 shops, cafés and restaurants are involved with special offers for visitors and locals - one store...
