A talented violin player from Tedburn St Mary, who used to busk to pay for his music lessons, has been awarded a highly prestigious scholarship from the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). Joel Munday, 24, is one of just 10 musicians from across the world to have been awarded the new LSO Conservatoire Scholarship.
The ground-breaking initiative has been created to ensure that musicians from all backgrounds have access to conservatoire training and to help reduce the financial barriers of those wanting to enter the profession.
A well-known Exeter musician is set to take up his baton again after a fifteen-year break in conducting for a special charity concert in aid of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund.
Raymond Calcraft, a lifelong Unicef supporter, was Director of Exeter Philharmonic Choir for fifteen years from 1988 to 2003. He led the Choir in more than 80 concerts in Exeter Cathedral and took them to Spain in 1998 to sing in Madrid's famous Auditorio Nacional and the Cathedral of Salamanca.
"It was extremely sad to have to give up my conducting career in 2003, when I became quite...
Exeter Phoenix... Thyrs. 25 October. Slide Guitar Workshop 4-6pm Tickets £10, music concert 7.30pm Tickets £12 . tickets for both £20
PHILLIP HENRY RELEASES MILESTONE SOLO ALBUM this October mapping out a decade of musicianship across the globe .. Virtuoso is an overused word, glibly littered around as a description of ability. But when attributed to Lancashire-born, Devon-based musician Phillip Henry it’s spot on.
Henry has made his name as a spellbinding exponent of the slide guitar augmented with show-stopping beatbox harmonica. His celebrated partnership with singer-...
Multi-award winning folk musician Jim Moray presents a live performance of his acclaimed album Upcetera.
Accompanied by a 9 piece ensemble including strings, woodwind, piano, double bass and drums, he reimagines traditional ballads as dramatically orchestrated torch songs or a sort of English Fado.
For 15 years Jim Moray has been at the forefront of a new movement in English traditional music.
Upcetera heralds a new chapter for the producer and has received the best reviews of his career, including five stars from Mojo, fRoots and R2 magazines.
Having recently released his eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Wishes’, Rhodes is taking the stunning record on the road this autumn.
A brooding and melancholic collection of self-written songs, ‘Wishes’ is refreshing in its stripped back beauty, with Rhodes’ haunting and unique vocals taking centre stage.
The album confirms the arrival of a major talent who has already been compared to artists as diverse as Jeff Buckley and Adele, with a flair for writing songs that build from something incredibly fragile to a hugely powerful climax. Nowhere is this more evident than on new...
A one day Family Sci-Fi themed event featuring T.V. and Film actors (Doctor Who, Thor, Poldark and more) and Bestselling Author Andrew Lane (Young Sherlock and Lost Worlds).
Plus Science Fiction/Fantasy shops and comic stalls, costumed characters, live music, Board game playing, artists and fun and games and lots more!
This Grammy nominated musician has had her multi-platinum selling songs recorded by everyone from Willie Nelson, to Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Peter Frampton, Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, among others. Her brand of lyrical Americana is utterly beautiful. "When I hear Kimmie sing, it makes me know what the phrase ‘pulling on your heart strings' means" (Waylon Jennings). Playing with her son Gabe Rhodes.
Tickets: £12.50 (price covers the music only) To book, please call 01395 568521 or visit our Mill Shop in the Mill...
