Venue: Crucible Theatre

ECHOES FROM THE BIRDCAGE

Evelyn Glennie, Jill Jarman, Paul Booth, Ian East & Brian O'Kane

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 17 May 2025, 7.15pm

Tickets:
£22
£14 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s 

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Percussionist Evelyn Glennie performing in Echoes of the Birdcage
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Experience the vibrant soundscape of London’s King’s Cross with Echoes from the Birdcage. 

In the first half, immerse yourself in a collection of percussion solos performed by Dame Evelyn Glennie, curated by Jill Jarman. These works capture the diversity of the city, from the meditative echoes of Messiaen to the energetic beats of Steve Reich and works infused with jazz and Balkan folk dance. 

The second half brings to life the dynamic spirit of King’s Cross with Echoes from the Birdcage in a stunning collaboration between Jill Jarman and Evelyn Glennie. Don’t miss this sonic journey that weaves together history, culture and the everyday rhythms of city life! 

Dame Evelyn Glennie is the world’s premier solo percussionist. A double GRAMMY winner and BAFTA nominee, she led 1000 drummers in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. 

“[Evelyn Glennie is] quite simply a phenomenon of a performer” The New York Times 

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Echoes from the Birdcage is an Arts Trust Production originally supported by King’s Cross, PRS Foundation and Arts Council England.

 

FAMILY CONCERT: GIDDY GOAT

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 17 May 2025, 11.00am

Tickets:
£12
£7 UC, DLA & PIP
£5 Under 16s 

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Being a mountain goat is no fun when you are scared of heights! Stand poor Giddy on a mountain ledge and his head starts spinning and his knees turn to jelly. But can he find the fearless goat inside himself in time to rescue little Edmund, the sheep? 

This family concert based on the best-selling children’s book by Jamie Rix and Lynne Chapman features original music by Music in the Round’s Children’s Composer-in-Residence, Paul Rissmann, for strings, wind and piano. Presented together with story-telling and projected illustrations from the book, it’s a great introduction to live music for children aged 3 – 7 and includes plenty of opportunities to join in! 

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About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

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SCHOOLS’ CONCERTS: GIDDY GOAT

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
16-18 October 2024, 10.45am / 1.30pm

To secure your place, please email
lucy@musicintheround.co.uk
with your preferred concert date and time
and the number of tickets you require

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Music in the Round invites your class to take part in a brilliant music project, culminating in a live concert at the Crucible Theatre this October.

Paul Rissmann (composer) has created a fantastic piece of music based around the children’s book Giddy Goat (Jamie Rix and Lynne Chapman) which includes songs for your class to learn and join in with in the concert.

Our EY and KS1 practitioners will support you to embed singing and music-making in classroom learning throughout the project, with training, resources, and in-school support newly developed around the Giddy Goat story. The project introduces young children to classical music in a fun and educational setting, including a concert featuring strings, woodwind and horn, presented together with story-telling and projected illustrations.

Being a mountain goat is no fun when you are scared of heights! Stand poor Giddy on a mountain ledge and his head starts spinning and his knees turn to jelly. But can he find the fearless goat inside himself in time to rescue little Edmund?

Performed by the wonderfully dynamic and hugely engaging musicians from Ensemble 360, this concert is a great introduction to live music for early years and KS1 children. It’s full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in. 

Current availability for tickets (each concert is 55 mins):

Weds 16 Oct, 10.45am (aimed at FS1&2) low availability

Weds 16 Oct, 1.30pm (aimed at Y1&2) good availability

Thur 17 Oct, 10.45am (aimed at Y1&2) very low availability

Thur 17 Oct, 1.30pm (aimed at FS1&2) good availability

Fri 18 Oct, 1.30pm (aimed at Y1&2) low availability

These schools concerts are supported with an in-person training session at the Crucible Theatre on Thursday 12 September. Choose from 9.30am-11.30am, 1.00pm-3.00pm or  4.00pm-6.00pm (low availability for the twilight session).

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About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

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THE MONSTER IN THE MAZE

Music-Makers of Sheffield

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 2 November 2024, 11.00am / 3.00pm

Tickets 
£5 for everyone  
Carers free 

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Silhouette of a Minotaur head
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DOVE The Monster in the Maze (50’)

An opera production for the people of Sheffield and with the people of Sheffield.

Music Director: John Lyon
Director: Rosie Kat
Theseus: Anthony Flaum
Mother: Camille Maalawy
Daedalus: Robert Gildon
King Minos: Paul Hawkyard

Featuring ENSEMBLE 360, CONSONE QUARTET, BRIDGE ENSEMBLE, SHEFFIELD MUSIC HUB SENIOR STRINGS, SHEFFIELD YOUTH CHOIRS featuring JUNIOR VOICES, YOUTH VOICES & CONCORDIA and SINGERS FROM SHEFFIELD

“Here they are – the children of Athens!
The hope of Athens, the future of Athens!
Deep in the maze, the monster, already
paws the sand and tosses his horns…”

      - libretto, Monster in the Maze

King Minos has a labyrinth in his palace. Inside there lurks a Minotaur. This monster, half man and half bull, feeds on human flesh.  

Minos decrees that the Athenians should provide a regular supply of their young people to be sacrificed to the monster. The Athenian hero Theseus steps in, determined to enter the maze and take on the monster at its heart…

Jonathan Dove’s ‘The Monster in the Maze’ receives its Sheffield premiere on the iconic Crucible stage. Our most ambitious project to date, this will be Music in the Round at its best: a bold collaboration, forged in the crucible of creativity that is our City of Makers. 

Commissioned and first performed in 2015 by the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra with Simon Rattle, it was praised by the Financial Times as “an exhilarating, visceral take on the ancient Greek myth”.  

This amazing new production will showcase people of all ages coming together from across the city to perform alongside our professional resident artists and guests, highlighting the best of music-making in Sheffield. 

An epic story: millennia in the making and a fitting celebration for our 40th anniversary year! 

With thanks to our funders: Blakemore Foundation, JG Graves Charitable Trust, Music for All, Scops Arts Trust Sheffield Music Hub, Sheffield Mutual and individual donors.

View the brochure online here or download it below.

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About the Artists

Theseus: Anthony Flaum

Anthony Flaum is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio, in London. His studies were generously supported by English National Opera and the John Wates Foundation. Anthony began his professional life in banking before progressing to his vocal studies.

Next season he will perform Paxton in the world premiere of Pandora’s Box for The Opera Story. Highlights in recent seasons include his main stage debut at English National Opera as Borsa in Jonathan Miller’s production of Rigoletto; Pinkerton Madame Butterfly and Rodolfo La bohème for Iford Arts; Turiddù Cavelleria Rusticana for Portsmouth Choral Society; Paris La belle Hélène for New Sussex Opera; and Gonzalve L’heure espagnole for Mid Wales Opera.

Mother: Camille Maalawy

Camille has achieved notable acclaim for bridging both musical and cultural divides. Born to a Coptic Egyptian father and English mother, her repertoire is as extensive as it is diverse, specialising in singing new music and often working directly with composers to incorporate elements of Arabic music.

Camille made her debut at Glyndebourne last autumn, playing Oma in Glass Human by Samantha Fernando. Recent highlights include ‘Weather Forecaster’ in The Water Diviner’s Tale for Opera North; presenting a group of newly written songs at Hull Jazz Festival as a Kickstart Commission Artist, and the premiere of Egyptian composer, Nahla Mattar’s Songs on Colloquial Arabic at the Royal Opera House Engender Festival. In addition, Camille completed a PRSF Resonance residency with Opera North, where she explored the diversity of her cultural heritage more deeply, co-creating a new song cycle, Mezzaterra (Meeting Point), which has been performed at Opera North and as part of the Tete-a-Tete festival.

Daedalus: Robert Gildon

Robert studied singing at Manhattan School of Music, New York, the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival (performing lead role in John Casken’s Golem) and the Britten Pears School. He was a recipient of the Garsington Opera Prize.

Work includes Orlando Gough’s Weather the Storm (Garsington Opera), Billy Budd in Billy Budd REimagined (ROH), Old Man in The Moon Hares (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenmen), Scott Stroman’s new opera ‘The Weekend’, based on Michael Palin’s play, (Bloomsbury Theatre), Old Man in world premiere of The Old Man and the Sea (First Light Festival/Britten Pears Arts), Don Giovanni (Garsington Opera Lord Mayor/Education Project), Lord Cecil in Philip Cashian’s The Cumnor Affair (Tête à Tête), Compere in The Answer to Everything (Streetwise Opera/BFI), Head Fox in children’s opera Outfoxed at the Royal Festival Hall, Journalist in Jonathan Dove’s TV opera Man on the Moon (Channel 4) and Dave Brubeck’s cantata La fiesta e la posada (London Symphony Orchestra /Barbican).

King Minos: Paul Hawkyard

Paul has worked in an extensive range of acting roles from TV drama, Children’s TV, and West End Musicals and shows. Credits include Ghost Stories, War Horse, Old Jack’s Boat, The Railway Children and Emmerdale.

JESS GILLAM & FRIENDS

Jess Gillam Ensemble

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Thursday 17 October 2024, 7.15pm

Tickets
£22
£14 UC, DLA & PIP
£5 Under 35s & Students 

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Jess Gillam, classical saxophone player
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Jess Gillam shot to fame as the first saxophonist to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician and the youngest ever soloist to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. Her infectious enthusiasm and passion for music lights up every stage.  

Her newly-formed Jess Gillam Ensemble brings together brilliant musicians who share her bold, uplifting and open-minded approach. Including music from Jess’s chart-topping albums and featuring music from Bach to Björk and Boulanger to Bowie, this promises to be an electrifying concert showcasing the versatility of the saxophone. 

MILHAUD Scaramouche ‘Brazileira’  (3’)
CPE BACH  (arr. Simon Parkin) Flute Concerto in A minor Allegro Assai (10’)
BJÖRK Venus as a Boy (4’)
N BOULANGER Cantique (3’)
DAVID BOWIE Life on Mars (4’)
MARCELLO Oboe Concerto in D minor (10’)
BARBARA THOMPSON A Tribute to Sidney Bechet (4′)
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Lumina (4’)
RUNE SORENSEN Shine You No More (4’)
JS BACH Adagio Ma Non Tanto (5’)
JOHN HARLE Briggflatts (21’)

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“A true inspiration…she frankly rocks”

Huffington Post

“Not just one of Britain’s most virtuosic instrumentalists, but also an unstuffy, inspiring personality”

The Times

THE MONSTER IN THE MAZE

Music-Makers of Sheffield

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Friday 1 November 2024, 3.00pm / 7.15pm

Tickets 
£5 for everyone  
Carers free 

Book Tickets
Silhouette of a Minotaur head
Home› What's on› THE MONSTER IN THE MAZE

DOVE The Monster in the Maze (50’)

An opera production for the people of Sheffield and with the people of Sheffield.

Music Director: John Lyon
Director: Rosie Kat
Theseus: Anthony Flaum
Mother: Camille Maalawy
Daedalus: Robert Gildon
King Minos: Paul Hawkyard

Featuring ENSEMBLE 360, CONSONE QUARTET, BRIDGE ENSEMBLE, SHEFFIELD MUSIC HUB SENIOR STRINGS, SHEFFIELD YOUTH CHOIRS featuring JUNIOR VOICES, YOUTH VOICES & CONCORDIA and SINGERS FROM SHEFFIELD

“Here they are – the children of Athens!
The hope of Athens, the future of Athens!
Deep in the maze, the monster, already
paws the sand and tosses his horns…”

      - libretto, Monster in the Maze

King Minos has a labyrinth in his palace. Inside there lurks a Minotaur. This monster, half man and half bull, feeds on human flesh.  

Minos decrees that the Athenians should provide a regular supply of their young people to be sacrificed to the monster. The Athenian hero Theseus steps in, determined to enter the maze and take on the monster at its heart…

Jonathan Dove’s ‘The Monster in the Maze’ receives its Sheffield premiere on the iconic Crucible stage. Our most ambitious project to date, this will be Music in the Round at its best: a bold collaboration, forged in the crucible of creativity that is our City of Makers. 

Commissioned and first performed in 2015 by the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra with Simon Rattle, it was praised by the Financial Times as “an exhilarating, visceral take on the ancient Greek myth”.  

This amazing new production will showcase people of all ages coming together from across the city to perform alongside our professional resident artists and guests, highlighting the best of music-making in Sheffield. 

An epic story: millennia in the making and a fitting celebration for our 40th anniversary year! 

With thanks to our funders and supporters: Blakemore Foundation, JG Graves Charitable Trust, Music for All, Scops Arts Trust, Sheffield Music Hub, Sheffield Mutual and individual donors.

View the brochure online here or download it below.

DOWNLOAD

Save £s when you book for 5 Music in the Round concerts or more at the same time. Find out more here. 

About the Artists

Theseus: Anthony Flaum

Anthony Flaum is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio, in London. His studies were generously supported by English National Opera and the John Wates Foundation. Anthony began his professional life in banking before progressing to his vocal studies.

Next season he will perform Paxton in the world premiere of Pandora’s Box for The Opera Story. Highlights in recent seasons include his main stage debut at English National Opera as Borsa in Jonathan Miller’s production of Rigoletto; Pinkerton Madame Butterfly and Rodolfo La bohème for Iford Arts; Turiddù Cavelleria Rusticana for Portsmouth Choral Society; Paris La belle Hélène for New Sussex Opera; and Gonzalve L’heure espagnole for Mid Wales Opera.

Mother: Camille Maalawy

Camille has achieved notable acclaim for bridging both musical and cultural divides. Born to a Coptic Egyptian father and English mother, her repertoire is as extensive as it is diverse, specialising in singing new music and often working directly with composers to incorporate elements of Arabic music.

Camille made her debut at Glyndebourne last autumn, playing Oma in Glass Human by Samantha Fernando. Recent highlights include ‘Weather Forecaster’ in The Water Diviner’s Tale for Opera North; presenting a group of newly written songs at Hull Jazz Festival as a Kickstart Commission Artist, and the premiere of Egyptian composer, Nahla Mattar’s Songs on Colloquial Arabic at the Royal Opera House Engender Festival. In addition, Camille completed a PRSF Resonance residency with Opera North, where she explored the diversity of her cultural heritage more deeply, co-creating a new song cycle, Mezzaterra (Meeting Point), which has been performed at Opera North and as part of the Tete-a-Tete festival.

Daedalus: Robert Gildon

Robert studied singing at Manhattan School of Music, New York, the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival (performing lead role in John Casken’s Golem) and the Britten Pears School. He was a recipient of the Garsington Opera Prize.

Work includes Orlando Gough’s Weather the Storm (Garsington Opera), Billy Budd in Billy Budd REimagined (ROH), Old Man in The Moon Hares (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenmen), Scott Stroman’s new opera ‘The Weekend’, based on Michael Palin’s play, (Bloomsbury Theatre), Old Man in world premiere of The Old Man and the Sea (First Light Festival/Britten Pears Arts), Don Giovanni (Garsington Opera Lord Mayor/Education Project), Lord Cecil in Philip Cashian’s The Cumnor Affair (Tête à Tête), Compere in The Answer to Everything (Streetwise Opera/BFI), Head Fox in children’s opera Outfoxed at the Royal Festival Hall, Journalist in Jonathan Dove’s TV opera Man on the Moon (Channel 4) and Dave Brubeck’s cantata La fiesta e la posada (London Symphony Orchestra /Barbican).

King Minos: Paul Hawkyard

Paul has worked in an extensive range of acting roles from TV drama, Children’s TV, and West End Musicals and shows. Credits include Ghost Stories, War Horse, Old Jack’s Boat, The Railway Children and Emmerdale.

SHEFFIELD JAZZ 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 18 May 2024, 7.15pm

£20
£18 Over 60, Disabled & Unemployed
£10 Students with NUS
£5 15-17 year-olds
Under 15s free

*Sheffield Jazz tickets do not qualify for any other Music in the Round ticket offers or discounts.

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EMMA RAWICZ saxophones
IVO NEAME piano
CONOR CHAPLIN bass
ASAF SIRKIS drums
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TONY KOFI saxophones
JONATHAN GEE piano
BEN HAZLETON bass
ROD YOUNGS drums

A very special concert, a double bill, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sheffield Jazz and its predecessors. It features two great all-star bands led by multi-award winning British Jazz musicians, one of whom is a longstanding favourite with Sheffield audiences and another who has made a huge impression in the past couple of years.

Described as “an astonishing new talent” by Jamie Cullum, rising star saxophonist and composer Emma Rawicz is already making waves on the UK scene. She has a unique sound, fusing many influences from lilting Afro-Cuban inspired grooves to modern jazz and funk numbers. Emma has already recorded two albums of original compositions, with her second, ‘Chroma’, released on the prestigious German label ACT, garnering numerous 4 star reviews.

One of the most popular jazz musicians (both in the UK and internationally), Tony Kofi is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, whose list of collaborators reads like a Who’s Who of jazz. Having cut his teeth in the Jazz Warriors of the early 90’s, Tony has gone on to establish himself as a musician, teacher and composer of real authority. He leads and co-leads several groups, including this quartet which is dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk.

Please note there will be an interval of 30 minutes for this event.

“A young musician who is destined to be a major voice in the music both as an instrumentalist and composer.”

Jazz Views about Emma Rawicz

“There is so much respect in jazz circles for Tony Kofi.”

Jazzwise

SIR SCALLYWAG & THE BATTLE OF STINKY BOTTOM

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 18 May 2024, 10.30am

Tickets
£12
£7 UC, DLA or PIP
£5 Under 16s

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An illustration for our family concert in Sheffield for SCMF 2024, Sir Scallywag and the Battle of Stinky Bottom. Sir Scallywag is in armour, holding a sword skewering a sausage.
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No interval 

When King Colin sets his sights on finding the famous Golden Sausage, there’s only ONE person for the job: Sir Scallywag! But will the six-year-old knight be mighty enough to defeat the filthy trolls and win the Stinkiest Battle Ever? 

Paul Rissmann’s much-loved musical retelling of Giles Andreae and Korky Paul’s best-selling picture book returns. With narration, visuals from the book and lots of music, this is a brilliant first concert for 3–7 year-olds. 

Part of Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024.

View the brochure online here or download it below.

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“My own seven and five-year-olds who were enchanted by the show, one rated it ‘ten thumbs up’ and the other gave it ‘1,000 out of 10’. Both were keen to have the Sir Scallywag story read to them repeatedly that night too.”

Yorkshire Post

About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

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THE CHIMPANZEES OF HAPPY TOWN

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Friday 10 November 2023, 10.45am / 1.30pm

10.45am SOLD OUT

1.30pm SOLD OUT

Please email ellen@musicintheround.co.uk for more information and to be added to the waiting list.

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CONCERTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Celebrating the importance of love and happiness in everyone’s lives, Paul Rissmann’s much-loved musical retelling of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s best-selling picture-book returns.  

Meet Chutney the Chimpanzee who, with one small act of planting a seed, transforms the lives of the entire town of Drabsville, and teaches its inhabitants to celebrate their differences and make life more colourful along the way!   

With narration, visuals from the book and lots of music to introduce the musicians of Ensemble 360, this is a brilliant first concert for 3 – 7 year-olds. 

About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

Read more.

THE CHIMPANZEES OF HAPPY TOWN

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Thursday 9 November 2023, 10.45am / 1.30pm

10.45am SOLD OUT

1.30pm SOLD OUT

Please email ellen@musicintheround.co.uk for more information and to be added to the waiting list.

Sold Out
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CONCERTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Celebrating the importance of love and happiness in everyone’s lives, Paul Rissmann’s much-loved musical retelling of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s best-selling picture-book returns.  

Meet Chutney the Chimpanzee who, with one small act of planting a seed, transforms the lives of the entire town of Drabsville, and teaches its inhabitants to celebrate their differences and make life more colourful along the way!   

With narration, visuals from the book and lots of music to introduce the musicians of Ensemble 360, this is a brilliant first concert for 3 – 7 year-olds. 

About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

Read more.

THE CHIMPANZEES OF HAPPY TOWN

Ensemble 360 & Lucy Drever

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 11 November 2023, 11.00am / 3.00pm

Tickets:
£14
£8 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Under 16s

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Celebrating the importance of love and happiness in everyone’s lives, Paul Rissmann’s much-loved musical retelling of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s best-selling picture-book returns.  

Meet Chutney the Chimpanzee who, with one small act of planting a seed, transforms the lives of the entire town of Drabsville, and teaches its inhabitants to celebrate their differences and make life more colourful along the way!   

With narration, visuals from the book and lots of music to introduce the musicians of Ensemble 360, this is a brilliant first concert for 3 – 7 year-olds. 

About the Artists

Members of Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Lucy Drever

Lucy Drever is a presenter, workshop leader and narrator. She regularly presents and leads workshops with some of the leading orchestras, arts venues and music charities in the UK including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of which she is Associate Artist. She has recently narrated concerts for Lambert Jackson at the London Palladium and is the Head of Creative Learning at the Benedetti Foundation. Furthermore, she was recently appointed trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.

Lucy works in a variety of settings including arts venues, schools, Early Years spaces, hospitals, conservatoires and prisons. As well as education consultancy she works across various industries, helping people with their presenting and public speaking skills.

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COME & SING: KATE RUSBY

Kate Shipway

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 13 May 2023, 1.00pm / 3.30pm

Workshop: SOLD OUT
Performance tickets: Free
Tickets for the public performance must be booked in advance through Sheffield Theatres box office here.

 

 

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Home› What's on› COME & SING: KATE RUSBY

Workshop: 1.00pm – 3.30pm SOLD OUT (register on our waitlist via the Eventbrite Page)
Performance: 3.30pm – 4.30pm

The workshop portion of this event is now sold out. Please keep an eye on our Eventbrite page for details of any returned spaces or to join the waiting list.

Tickets for the public performance must be booked in advance through Sheffield Theatres box office here.

This workshop for singers of all ages and abilities is a chance to come together for music-making and an informal performance of brand new choral settings of songs by folk superstar Kate Rusby.  

Choral leader and arranger Kate Shipway will lead a workshop on the iconic Crucible Theatre stage, featuring her own arrangements of Rusby’s much-loved songs. Either learn by ear or from provided notation. This event is for both beginners and experienced singers alike (although some experience of singing in a choir will be helpful). 

About the Artists

Kate Shipway

Kate is an experienced choral director, workshop leader and vocal coach. Kate loves to enable and encourage people to sing, a vital skill for leading choirs, vocal ensembles, and singing workshops.

Kate is Creative Director of Singing In… and leads their community choirs in Grenoside and Hillsborough. She is a Vocal Music Leader at Sheffield Music Hub, and Musical Director of Romulus Singers, The Sheffield Chorale and Vocal Expressions. She sings alto in Sine Nomine and is one of the vocalists with the Northern Collective Big Band. Read more.