2012
Saturday 28th January 2012
Kew Wind Orchestra took to the stage last night to perform a concert celebrating the launch of their album 'Mulholland Drive'.
Held at the Watermans Centre in Brentford, West London, the orchestra performed a selection of pieces that feature on the album, including Michael Omer's Mulholland Drive, which was commissioned by the orchestra with funds from the National Lottery Awards for All scheme. The piece was inspired by David Hockney's painting Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio, a copy of which is currently on show at London's Royal Academy of Arts exhibition, A Bigger Picture.
The programme also included pieces that were specially arranged for the band by assistant conductor, Alastair Wheeler, including Phillip Sparke's 'Rhythm & Blues' and National Youth Jazz Orchestra chart, 'Maltese Cross'. KWO was delighted to be joined by singer Louise Clare Marshall, who featured on their latest album. She joined the band to perform swing classics 'They Can't Take That Away From Me', 'Skylark' and 'Too Darn Hot'.
This concert kicks off a busy year for the orchestra, with upcoming performances at the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles (BASBWE) festival on 24 March, the annual Kew Music Festival in June and a tour to Malta in summer 2012.
For more information about future concerts, check out the concert page.
posted: 2012-01-29 12:00:37
Saturday 11th February 2012
It's that time of year again... Dust off your encyclopaedias, don your thinking caps, and switch off your mobile phones (you naughty cheats!)... Coz the annual KWO quiz night is but two weeks away.
Our resident quizmaster has been in hibernation for most of the winter and is feeling fresh and invigorated and he has a whole load more questions that will titilate, stimulate and oscillate those aching grey cells packed inside you skulls.
Due to the furious cumulative mind-power on show last year we've had to move venues; apparently filling a room with that many brainy people was a fire-hazard [not really]! However we will now be quizzing in St. Matthias Church on Richmond Hill.
Usual rules apply... Teams must contain no more than 8 people. Tickets are £12 and can be purchased in advance from David Vigar at KWO rehearsals, on the door or reserved via email.
Tickets include a free alcoholic/soft drink and food (there will be a vegetarian food option).
All proceeds go towards the orchestra and help us continue making and providing music for the community.
posted: 2012-01-29 11:50:50
Friday 13th January 2012
Tim Reynish has declared the composition by Michael Omer, inspired by the epic six metre painting by David Hockney, as the 'Discovery of the Month' on his website.
posted: 2012-01-13 09:54:41
