Gifted Kimmy Kwok will be inspiring a new generation of violinists when she launches the 2023 Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year contest at her winner’s concert in Pittville Pump Room on Sunday 20th November at 3pm. The 16-year-old Cheltenham College student will be performing Bruch’s famous Violin Concerto in G Minor with Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra under Glyn Oxley’s baton. Tickets are free …
Chair of the county council, Councillor Alan Preest, has chosen a musical venture which began life in the Forest of Dean 40 years ago as his Charity of the Year. The former Forest bandsman from Lydney has adopted GAM, founded in 1982 in the Churcham kitchen of musician Caroline Lumsden. Music will be put at the top of the agenda …
A dazzling line-up of famous ex-students wowed the audience at our Celebration Concert in Pittville Pump Room on Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of Gloucestershire Academy of Music. World-renowned quartets Carducci and String Fever, pianist Joseph Middleton, saxophonist Lydia Kenny, folk singer Chloe Foy and guitarist Harry Fausing-Smith featured alongside a whole orchestra of professional musicians who had been …
We are excited to announce a star-studded GAM 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert to be held at Cheltenham’s Pittville Pump Room on Sunday 16th October at 4pm. The concert will feature an array of talented GAM alumni, including the Carducci Quartet, String Fever and Chloe Foy & Harry Fausing Smith (catch them hot off the back of their summer performance at …
We look forward to welcoming back our students next Saturday. Due to the royal funeral on Monday, we will not be holding our first Senior Department on Monday 19th. Instead, we have put in an additional Monday session on 7th November.
A heartfelt thanks to you all. The Crowdfunding Campaign has been an enormous success, and that is all down to you. You have given generously, both in terms of gifts and time, and everyone has gone the extra mile to make this a truly wonderful experience. We have collectively raised £30,405 plus the £25,000 match and are now well on our way to purchasing Barbican House! This is a huge achievement.
Hi all! We hope, like us, you are full of the joys of spring. Not only is the sun out, but we have had hundreds of rays of sunshine in all the wonderful donations we have had. We also don’t have long left, and we’re only just on target to reach our goal. We would hate to miss out on …
The Big Blast returned in 2022, welcoming 44 young players to Blackfriars Priory.
The Big String 2022 welcomed 143 young string players to Tewkesbury Abbey this February.
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