http://dreamingrealist.co.uk Hilary Burrage's journal about life and what happens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:47:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://dreamingrealist.co.uk http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2009/12/31/richard-gordon-smith/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2009/12/31/richard-gordon-smith/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:36:50 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=434 Richard Gordon-Smith is a composer, music animateur and violinist. Previously a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, he now commits himself full-time to educational and community activities in schools and elsewherework, and to serious composition. Richard has a substantial list of compositions to his credit, and has had work recorded and played in many parts of the world. He is especially adept at developing music with young people that can then be used to produce scores for professional performance. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2009/12/31/richard-gordon-smith/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger Richard Gordon-Smith(small)90x74 Richard Gordon-Smith (small) 140x120 http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/18/ensemble-liverpool-lunchtime-trio-recital-thursday-18-december-2008bootle-town-hall/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/18/ensemble-liverpool-lunchtime-trio-recital-thursday-18-december-2008bootle-town-hall/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=526 Ensemble Liverpool, in association with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Sefton Council, presents a lunchtime recital on Thursday 18 December '08 of Piano Trios by Joseph Haydn and Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, in Bootle Town Hall. Members of Ensemble Liverpool are Martin Anthony Burrage (violin), Alexander Holladay (cello) and John Peace (piano). Tickets are £3 each, obtainable in advance or on the door. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/18/ensemble-liverpool-lunchtime-trio-recital-thursday-18-december-2008bootle-town-hall/feed/ 1 dreamingblogger ensemble_liverpool Ensemble Liverpool Nov 04 065 http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/07/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-liverpool2-3-30-pm-sunday-7-december-2008/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/07/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-liverpool2-3-30-pm-sunday-7-december-2008/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=523 ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/12/07/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-liverpool2-3-30-pm-sunday-7-december-2008/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/04/01/spring-four-strings-and-four-seasons/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/04/01/spring-four-strings-and-four-seasons/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:30:00 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=457 Daffodils in the sunshine take on a new aspect when they've just been background to a performance of 'Spring' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Members of Elegant Music are here (below) relaxing in a break from rehearsals for a client's special occasion. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/04/01/spring-four-strings-and-four-seasons/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/03/12/alexander-holladay/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/03/12/alexander-holladay/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:55:27 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=452 Alexander Holladay is a cellist and a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, which he joined in 2007 aged 25.
A graduate of Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, he is also professor of 'cello at the University of Liverpool.
Alex is a regular performer with Ensemble Liverpool and Elegant Music and has throughout his studies and career been an enthusiast for the chamber music repertoire, especially that for piano trio. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2008/03/12/alexander-holladay/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/12/23/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-2007/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/12/23/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-2007/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:44:20 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=401 Sunday 23 December 2007 was the date for an occasion to remember: Carols Round the Christmas Tree at Sudley House, the historic home of a Victorian Mayor of Liverpool. The free singalong afternoon concert saw almost three hundred people came to enjoy the company and the carolling with Live-A-Music and the Children's Choir. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/12/23/carols-round-the-christmas-tree-at-sudley-house-2007/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger Xmas Tree & Piano 113x87 011b http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/08/29/a-summerful-of-childrens-music-workshops-in-liverpool/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/08/29/a-summerful-of-childrens-music-workshops-in-liverpool/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:25:24 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=372 Summer 2007 has been a special opportunity for HOPES and Live-A-Music to provide Children's Music Workshops, thanks to generous funding from Awards for All. The workshops, held alternately in the city centre and a close-by suburb, have focused on themes developed by the children themselves - in one case, a 'symphony' featuring global warming, drifting snow, salsa / jazz and a roller-coaster! Following sessions in July and mid-August, the next workshops in the series are on Saturday 8 September in Mossley Hill Parish Church Hall. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/08/29/a-summerful-of-childrens-music-workshops-in-liverpool/feed/ 0 dreamingblogger HOPES Children's Music Workshop 07.8.14 (Two boys) 125x87 Children's Music Workshop 07.7.30 7077aa (480x326) Children's Music Workshop 07.7.30 7012b (480x445) http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/14/john-peace/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/14/john-peace/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:03:32 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=339 John Peace is a Liverpool-based pianist, organist, lecturer and teacher of keyboard studies. He has an extensive solo, chamber and accompaniment repertoire across classical, opera and church music repertoires, and has taught piano at all levels; former students include Ian Hobson, winner of the 1981 Leeds International Piano Competition. John instigated the Merseyside area European Piano Teachers' Association. He performs with Live-A-Music and in the chamber group, Ensemble Liverpool. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/14/john-peace/feed/ 2 John Peace Photo03C2aa 115x126 dreamingblogger John Peace Photo03C2aa 115x126 http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/10/introducing-elegant-music-classical-music-easy-listening-for-events/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/10/introducing-elegant-music-classical-music-easy-listening-for-events/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:35:10 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=338 Elegant Music is a long-established, independent free-lance ensemble of fully professional classically-trained musicians who provide high quality music and easy listening for private, family and corporate events, after-dinner and soiree concerts, and special occasions. As individual players and singers we appear in our own rights with the North West's most prestigious symphony orchestras and other performing arts organisations; and we come together as Elegant Music to offer classical music and lighter musical entertainment in venues across the region and beyond.
From Salon to Celebration, from Intimate to Corporate, we have music to suit your requirements. Please contact us, or read on... ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/10/introducing-elegant-music-classical-music-easy-listening-for-events/feed/ 0 Elegant Music JohnPeace SarahHelsby-Hughes TonyBurrage (small) 80x113 dreamingblogger Elegant Music JohnPeace SarahHelsby-Hughes TonyBurrage (small) 80x113 http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/06/the-live-a-music-childrens-workshops-5-april-2007-a-fun-packed-family-day/ http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/06/the-live-a-music-childrens-workshops-5-april-2007-a-fun-packed-family-day/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:24:25 +0000 Hilary http://hburrage.bpweb.net/wordpress/?p=337 The Live-A-Music Children's Workshops on 5 April in Mossley Hill Parish Church Hall, Liverpool 18 were action-packed, with much creative sparking between the children, musicians and 'supporting cast' of accompanying (grand) parents and younger brothers and sisters. Themes included 'Music, Myth and Magic', 'Animal Samba' and 'Symphony' - with the children also performing a work of their own. ]]> http://dreamingrealist.co.uk/2007/04/06/the-live-a-music-childrens-workshops-5-april-2007-a-fun-packed-family-day/feed/ 0 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5134b90x73 dreamingblogger LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5134b90x73 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5160a160x264 LiveAMusic07.5.4(small)5147a160x113 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5134b90x73 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5137b160x84 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5138a160x264 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5141a160x138 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5144a160x175 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5146a160x141 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5147a160x133 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5148b160x184 LiveaMusic07.4.5(small)5151a160x198 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5154a160x120 LiveAMusic07.4.5(small)5158a160x211