The Big Wind Day will take place on Saturday April 27th 2024, as part of the third Chapel Street Festival of Music, in Penzance. It will provide a county-wide focus and celebration of the pleasures and challenges of playing wind instruments, and playing them together, in different combinations and styles, especially for young people.
We are encouraging new youth chamber music wind groups to form, and will give them, together with groups that already exist - whether it be in quintets, quartets, trios or duos - an opportunity to be coached, and to perform in a lunchtime concert as part of the Festival. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the evening concert, which will contain a newly commissioned piece.
Jacqueline Kershaw (CMST Teacher)
Participants will receive coaching from, and work alongside, members of Chapel Street Winds: Karen Green (flute), Tamsin Robinson (oboe), Jacob Perry (clarinet), Sally Bartholomew (bassoon) and Jacqueline Kershaw (French horn).
Players or groups interested in participating and taking advantage of this unique opportunity should either let their teacher know, inform one of the players mentioned above, or send an email to music@chapelstreetmusic.co.uk to register an interest, or make an enquiry.
For younger, enthusiastic players who are not yet ready to perform in a soloistic capacity, but have reached the level of Grade 3, or equivalent, there will be an exciting opportunity to attend, observe, rehearse and participate in a newly commissioned piece being written for the evening concert by Cornish composer, Paul Saggers.
Apart from French horns, other brass instruments need not apply on this occasion, but we are open to applications from saxophone and recorder groups.
The day will run from 11.00am until approximately 7.00pm. Players wishing to take part should be available for the whole day, which will take place in the magnificent surroundings and beautiful, warm acoustic of the Methodist Church on historic Chapel Street.
The Big Wind Day is generously supported by FEAST, and there is therefore no charge for taking part.