Week One
Monday 31 July
MINI RECITAL Sherborne Abbey, 13.30
Martyn Noble Organ
Please note the starting time of this Mini Recital
RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 20.00
Oliver Nelson Violin Nigel Hutchison Piano
a benefit concert for Cheap Street Church
Tuesday 1 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Nigel Hutchison Piano
RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 20.00
Paul Vowles Clarinet Alex Jenkins Piano
a benefit concert for Cheap Street Church
Wednesday 2 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Paul Vowles Recorders Alex Jenkins Piano
Thursday 3 August
MINI RECITAL Big School Room, 12.45
The Serious Wind Ensemble 1
Wind Ensemble conducted by Mark Heron,
Bjørn Sagstad and Alberto Roque
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 22.00
The Art of Song
Masterclass for Singers
Linda Hirst Director
Friday 4 August
MINI RECITAL Big School Room, 12.45
The Serious Wind Ensemble 2
Wind Ensemble conducted by Mark Heron,
Bjørn Sagstad and Alberto Roque
PRE-DINNER CONCERT
Big School Room, 18.30
The New Sherborne Sinfonia
Oliver Nelson Conductor
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 20.00
Cappella Chamber Choir
James Davey Conductor
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 22.00
The Composers’ Workshop
Malcolm Singer Director
Saturday 5 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
The Art of Song
Masterclass for Singers
Linda Hirst Director
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 15.00
Piano Accompanists and Friends
Nigel Hutchison Director
CONCERT Big School Room, 17.00
Wind Ensemble
With the Wind Band Conductors’ Course
Directed by Mark Heron, Bjørn Sagstad
and Alberto Roque
CONCERT Big School Room, 20.00
Chamber Orchestra
John Gibbons Conductor
Week Two
Monday 7 August
MINI RECITAL Sherborne Abbey, 13.30
Timothy Uglow Organ
Please note the starting time of this Mini Recital
RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 20.00
Oliver Nelson Violin Julian Jacobson Piano
a benefit concert for Cheap Street Church
Tuesday 8 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church 12.45
Paul Vowles Recorders Alex Jenkins Piano
PRE-DINNER JAZZ
Cheap Street Church 18.30
Mike Hall Sax and Friends
Wednesday 9 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Julian Jacobson Piano
Thursday 10 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Paul Vowles Clarinet, Oliver Nelson Violin
and Alex Jenkins Piano
PRE-DINNER CONCERT
Cheap Street Church, 18.30
Choir of the Choral Conductors
Amy Bebbington Director
OPEN REHEARSAL Big School Room,20.00
Stravinsky, The Firebird, Suite for Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra with the
George Hurst Conductors’ Course
Directed by Rodolfo Saglimbeni and
Denise Ham
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 22.00
Communicate through Singing
Masterclass for Singers
Stephen Varcoe Director
Friday 11 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Communicate through Singing
Masterclass for Singers
Stephen Varcoe Director
PRE-DINNER CONCERT
Cheap Street Church, 18.30
Albert meets Façade
Susan Hollingworth Narrator
Caroline Clemmow Piano
CONCERT Big School Room, 20.00
Choral Course
with instrumentalists from the Symphony Orchestra
Katie Thomas Conductor
CONCERT Cheap Street Church, 22.00
Jazz Course
Mike Hall Director
Saturday 12 August
MINI RECITAL Cheap Street Church, 12.45
Piano Course
Julian Jacobson Director
CONCERT Powell Theatre, 15.00
‘The Lighter Side Show’
Susan Hollingworth Conductor
FINAL CONCERT Big School Room, 20.15
Symphony Orchestra
Philip Ellis Conductor
Concertfest 2023
31 July - 12 August 2023
Sherborne School, Cheap Street Church and Sherborne Abbey
Our Concertfest 2024 programme of concerts and recitals will be available to view a few weeks prior to the start of the summer school of music.