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February 2020
Valentine's Gala
Anna Patalong, Ben Nelson, Stevie Higgins and Mick Doran.
"Outstanding"
"What a great evening"
Xmas 2020
Pirbright Arts Christmas Special Video
Choir of St Bride's, Fleet Street Richard Blayden Natalie Davis Stephanie Edmundson
English National Opera Orchestra Stevie Higgins Olly McCoy-Page Matthew Morley
Claire Pendleton Nicky Spence Richard 'Kid' Strange John Suchet Enrico Tomasso Mark Wallinger Steve White
"What a fantastic collection, great people! "
"Outstanding and uplifting"
"Great to welcome such a talented and entertaining group of artists into our home"
January 2021
An Evening with Nicky Spence
A Tribute to Robert Burns
Nicky Spence - Tenor, Dylan Perez - Piano
Live Stream and on demand
"Great gig. Really enjoyed it"
"A great event - lovely sounds and great craic! "
"Beautiful show, well done"
"Loved the concert, thank you"
"Bravo! amazing singing, lovely accompanying too"
"Great concert and very entertaining"
"Nicky Sounds amazing!"
May 2021
An A to Z of Orchestral Triangle Playing
Mick Doran-Actor/musician
Live to a socially distanced audience
"Brilliant"
"Funny"
"Moving"
"I had tears of laughter and sadness"
July 2021
Cheek to Cheek -
A celebration of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Joanna Eden -Vocals
Enrico Tomasso -Trumpet
Chris Ingham - Piano
Jerome Davies - Bass
Richard Pite - Drums
2 live shows to socially distanced audiences
"What a fab evening! Thank you so much, terrific performers, a real treat"
"First time at a Jazz concert for my cousin and she loved it. Pirbright Arts is a wonderful initiative, I hope it goes from strength to strength!"
"That was a great concert last night - superb! We both felt it was an incredible privilege to have such a quality performance on our doorstep"
"We all thoroughly enjoyed it and always get a buzz out of listening to Rico. The vocalist, whose name escapes me (shame on me!!), really captured Ella’s personality perfectly so we look forward to other gigs you plan in the future"
July 2021
A Night at the Opera
An evening at West Green House Opera watching La Rondine, with luxury supper, champagne and pre-theatre entertainment.
Claire Pendleton - Solo Soprano
Georgina Taylor - Chef
The Cast and Orchestra of West Green House Opera
"We enjoyed the West Green adventure very much"
"Thank you so much for organising such a wonderful evening"
"A huge thank you for arranging such a wonderful evening last night"
"Such a delightful evening"
September 2021
Pirbright Rocks
A Day celebrating Rock & Roll.
Morning - Drumming masterclass with Steve White
"it's great to see someone so brilliant so close"
"what a player and what a story"
"thank you so much, my kids haven't stopped talking about Steve"
Evening - Rock & Roll Party with music, dancing, food and bar.
Harry Hayward - Guitar
Eddy Smith - Vocals and keys
Keshav Kanabar - Bass
Iain McFarlane - Drums
Georgina Taylor - Chef
"a brilliant night - the band was amazing!"
"thanks, what a great night"
"please bring the band back, they were fantastic"
"thank you for a lovely evening, we had an absolute ball"
"great music, great food, great night. Thank you"
October 2021
Art with Mark Wallinger
The Turner Prize winning artist spent the daytime working with young artists from Pirbright Primary, Brookwood Primary and Guildford County Schools exploring portrait and self portraits.
"can we start again? I can't wait" - student returning from a break to work with Mark
"wow! How did you do that?
In the evening Mark talked about his work, methods and materials as well as exploring 6 major works of art that have inspired and influenced him.
"I found Mark fascinating"
"Mark made me look at some of these works in such a different way. Amazing"
"A brilliant, world famous Turner Prize artist, here in Pirbright! How lucky are we?"
November 2021.
Beethoven-The Man Revealed
Classic FM's John Suchet offered us a fascinating and touchingly human insight into Beethoven. Award-winning broadcaster, journalist and Beethoven expert, John vividly brought the great composer to life.
To further enhance the evening, piano virtuoso
Jinah Shim performed Beethoven Sonatas D major Op. 28 (‘Pastoral’ Sonata) and E major Op. 109
"his enthusiasm was infectious"
"Clearly John Suchet loves his subject, he brought Beethoven to life for me"
"I don't really like classical music, but this changed my opinion. Brilliant"
Jinah! My god what a talent!
March 2022
Positively Parkinson's
A day celebrating the art of the possible for people living with Parkinson's
10am. Make a Move! Feel the Beat!
Parkinson's dance specialist Kate Finegan and music animateur extraordinaire Sarah Freestone took a group of willing volunteers on an adventure through sound and movement, creating a new comedy theme tune with a full dance routine to match. See the final sharing performance in the video here...
"if you'd told me I was going to help create a dance piece and act like Charlie Chaplin, I would never have come. Actually it was fabulous fun and I loved it"
"Kate and Sarah were brilliant. Please can we do it again soon"
"Just so good! I didn't feel embarrassed at all"
7pm. Incurable Optimist. In the evening comedy writer and performer Paul Mayhew-Archer performed his one-man show. A capacity audience laughed until it hurt at his extraordinary stories and personal insight.
"I was diagnosed with Parkinson's six months ago. After hearing Paul, I'm going to go home and look at life a different way, with fun and laughter "
"Paul Mayhew-Archer was a tour de force. Hilarious and moving"
"You don't need to have Parkinson's to laugh out loud at this show. Absolutely phenomenal"
April 2022
Sounds and Sweet Airs
The world premiere of a new show featuring music inspired by Shakespeare starring soprano Susan Bullock CBE
Stephen Higgins - Piano
Dominic Ashworth - Guitar
Paul Morgan - Bass
Mick Doran - Drums
"Absolutely brilliant"
"Amazing musicianship, wonderful programme"
"I didn't want it to end. Sue was amazing"
"Will you be doing this again? I want to see it again!"
"Wow! Opera, song, musical theatre, jazz, instrumentals...it was all fantastic"
