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13th Jun, 2017

Make Music Day UK - Wednesday 21st June 2017

Make Music Day UK is an annual UK wide, free day of music held in public spaces, from squares to libraries, bandstands to school halls and arts centres, held on the summer solstice, 21 June. This is the UK’s contribution to the international summer solstice music celebration which first started in France in 1982 and now takes place in over 120 countries and 750 cities across the world. Make Music Day UK aims to turn the country into a stage, and offer a full spectrum of performers the opportunity to display their musical skills.

In 2017 our celebration takes place on a Wednesday. A host of different venues will be looking for musicians of all ages, kinds and musical genres to fill their locations with music.

  • Make Music Day UK is: performed by anyone, enjoyed by everyone.
  • A way for everybody in the UK to celebrate the summer solstice, enjoying the longest day of the year, while sampling a range of the fantastic music-making which goes on all year round.
  • A DIY celebration of music when almost any way to make music can and will happen.
  • A chance for anyone to have a go at singing or trying an instrument, and finding out how they, too, can become musicians.
  • Make Music Day UK is open to music makers of all ages, skill levels, and musical persuasions.

Make Music Day UK is currently supported by over twenty organisations.  Allied among them are Making Music, Music for All, Classic FM, Arts Council England, The Musician’s Union, Music Sales and the NAMM foundation.

             

 

Artists performing at the NNUH as part of Make Music Day UK are:

 

- The Norwich Lower School Steel Pans -   10.30am - 11.00am

- Carrie O'Donnell -   11.00am - 11.45am

- Caroline Bishop and Xenia Horne -   12.00pm - 12.45.pm

- Norwich School Piano, Violin and Flute Trio -   1.00pm - 1.45pm

- Mussa the Messiah -   2.00pm-.2.30pm

- Ian Brownlie -   2.30pm - 3.00pm

- Finn Docherty -  3.00pm - 3.30pm

- Anna Carter -  4.30pm - 5.00pm

- The Blasian Band with New Routes Music -  5.00pm - 5.40pm

- Dan Scoggins -   5.40pm - 6.00pm

- Folk Bells -  6.00pm - 6.30pm

- Sarah Temple Duo -  6.30pm - 7.00pm

 

*Please note - all performances take place on Wednesday 21st June 2017

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Extra information about a few of the artists performing:

Carrie O' Donnell

Carrie O’Donnell is a classically trained pianist from Norfolk with both classical and contemporary influences reflected in her musical style.  She has played in many unique venues around Norfolk, and always brings to the environment music that is ethereal, breathtakingly beautiful and elegant.

Carrie’s personal website can be found here: http://www.carrieodonnell.co.uk/home/4581674639

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Xenia Horne and Caroline Bishop

Xenia Horne is a Norwich-based Harpist with twenty-years’ worth of experience across the arts.  She is a composer and performer of music for the harp, as well as being a writer, director, actor and voice over artist as well.  All these different streams of creative work help Xenia in her other roles with organisations such as AndAction Projects and Productions.  She plays the  harp both as a solo artist, but also extensively  as part of an ensemble.

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