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Suite Music
Flute - Jill Thatcher: Violin - Karen Snook: 'Cello - Brenda
Palmer
Suite Music was started because we felt the need of a supplementary
musical diet from all the light music.
We play 17th/18th century music, which was founded in the time
of home entertainment when big houses held dances accompanied by their own musicians who played suites, or collections, of
dances.
Later the music became independent in its own right, and instead
of dance names like galliard, gavotte, minuet etc, their character was described musically such as allegro, larghetto, presto.
We have been invited to play at a variety of venues, lunches,
fetes, weddings, dinners, recitals at The Lights and Westridge, receptions and even late night Christmas shopping, where we
were required to provide a little 'couth'. In this modern world of instant and portable music entertainment there seems to
be a hankering for live classical perfomances
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The Tacet Team
The Tacet team is a small brass ensemble, drawn mainly from the brass section of the ALO.
Our anchorman is James, on Tuba. Kate and Don are next up the scale on French and Tenor
horns, respectively. On trumpets we have Nicky, Ros (who also composes and arranges some of our music)
and Chris, our compere and resident comedian!
We are continuing to play in nursing homes under Age Concern's "Entertainment Showtime" project and have
been pleased to receive very enthusiastic feedback from many residents and staff. It is wonderful to see people getting involved
in our music, and we all really enjoy these evenings.
On Sunday 15th June 2008, the Tacet Team provided musical entertainment at Penton Mewsey village picnic.
The music was a pleasant mix of selections from musicals, marches, nursery rhymes and popular songs.
Towards the end of the afternoon the skies darkened and rain started which enabled the band to strike up with "Raindrops
Keep Falling On My Head" which received great laughter and applause from the audience
Quintessence
Jill Thatcher: flute, Desmond Graves: oboe, Kate Hughes: Horn, Helgard Pattison: clarinet, Brenda
Palmer: 'cello(bassoon)
This group is basically a wind quintet with Brenda as an honorary bassoon. It is a great excuse to
get together to make music and have a lot of fun, and tea.
Performance is not our first concern, but we have occasionally been persuaded to, somewhat against
our better judgement.
Gossip
Brenda Palmer - 'Cello
Stannah Stairlifts Older Musician of The Year 2006
Brenda won The Older Musician of The Year in front of a panel of
international judges at The Corn Exchange in Newbury on 16th September 2006.
Though the competition was very talented Brenda swept past them
to win with her programme of:
- Ariosa by J S Bach
- Passepieds by Campra
- Foggy Dew by Arnold Trowell
Congratulations to Brenda from all at ALO.
News
Courses being attended by members of the ALO
Benslow Music Trust: Symphonic Band - Kate Hughes, Jill Thatcher
Benslow Music Trust: Benslow Light Orchestra - Jill Thatcher
Benslow Music Trust: Wind Chamber Music - Jill Thatcher
Benslow Music Trust: Summer Winds - Kate Hughes
Winchester Summer School: Chamber Music - Karen Snook:Leader, Desmond Graves, Helgard Pattison,
Jill Thatcher
Worcester: Summers Cool - Anna Mullen
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