The Rest of Term 2019
Music Appreciation Classes in Bridport, Dorchester, Ringwood, and at DRMS continue from the 5th November until the end of the month. We shall be continuing to explore the richness of 19th century Romantic music.
The ‘Sing for Pleasure’ choir continues its Monday evening meetings from 4th November aiming for performances at the Civic Carol Service in the Parish Church on the 6th December and carol singing at Kingston Lacy the following week.
On 7th November DRMS will be hosting an improvisation masterclass with Tim Klipous.
Staff and students will be performing at the Mayors ‘last Night of the Proms’ concert in the Corn Exchange on Friday 15th November.
On Tuesday 19th November the Blandford Literary Festival will be holding a poetry reading at DRMS – we are delighted that our newly refurbished premises are starting to prove an attractive venue for arts events other than concerts.
For the New Year be on the lookout for our next Dorset Island Discs session with Dorchester musician Peter Oakes and a murder mystery evening with a musical twist at DRMS – and much more to come.
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The DRMS Singing for Pleasure choir & The Occasional Singers.
Church of St Peter & St Paul, BLandford
Sunday 8 July 2018
19:00
Workshop on Glees and Catches
Now We Are Met
Partsongs from the 18th and 19th centuries full of wit and political satire. This will be led by Chris Price, an old friend of DRMS and something of a world expert on this intriguing area of English music.
Primarily for singers, players would be welcome too to help explore this technically not-too-demanding repertoire.
Saturday 21 October 2017
Dorset Rural Music School
10:00 – 16:30
£12.50 (school students £5.00)
Dorset Island Discs
Local musicians introduce works which have shaped their careers
Richard Hall – Director of the Dorset Rural Music School – in conversation with Chris Price
Friday 20th October 2017
Church of St John the Evangelist, Tolpuddle
19:00
Tickets £7.50 (to include a glass of wine)
John Young – High Sheriff of Dorset – in conversation
We have by no means exhausted all the local musicians willing to be cast away in our Desert Island Discs series, but we are looking beyond the music desk or the organ loft to include people from other walks of life who have an interesting tale to tell and a catholic taste in music.
John Young certainly fits both these categories; his life has ranged from service in Northern Ireland in the teeth of the ‘troubles’ to work in Dorset, thirty years as a magistrate and now filling the role of High Sheriff. His musical tastes are equally wide-ranging from Peter Grimes to Danny Kaye!
Friday 6 October 2017
The Tithe Barn, Hinton St Mary
18:30
Tickets £12.50 (to include wine and canapés)
Music Appreciation Classes
led by Dr Richard Hall
With piano, in chamber music, with orchestra
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century
Folk songs, art songs
German, French, Italian, English, Russian, American
Serious, amorous, light-hearted
The course will run for eight weeks from 5 October to 23 November 2017.
Blandford
Dorset Rural Music School, The Close, Blandford (opposite the Methodist Church)
Thursday afternoons
14:15 – 15:45
The cost will be £55 for the whole course (£50 for DRMS Friends) and £8.00 per individual meeting.
As always new members are welcome at any stage of the course.
Julian Phillips | Boogie Woogie Suite
Sunday 15 July 2018 @ 19:00
Informal performance of foot tapping blues and boogie woogie piano.
There will be a bar.
Dorset Rural Music School, The Close, Blandford, DT11 7HA
every 3rd Sunday (excluding July and August)
19:00
Cost £5.00 available at the door
Singing for Pleasure Choir
New venue – Dorset Rural Music School!!
Monday evenings
6.00 – 7.30pm during term time
String Orchestra
Durnovaria Band Hall (The Old Methodist Church), Kings Road, Fordington, Dorchester
2nd and 4th Thursday
6.00 – 7.30pm
Cello Club
Directed by Michael Moorsom
Dorchester
Durnovaria Band Hall (The Old Methodist Church), Kings Road, Fordington
1st and 3rd Thursdays
6.00 – 7.30pm
Blandford Cello Club
Directed by Michael Moorsom
Dorset Rural Music School
Alternate Fridays
7.30 – 9.00pm