http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/index.htmlHot News!enonly.connect@mac.comCopyright 2008 Stephen2008-06-26T11:11:40+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:04:12 +0100only.connect@mac.comSchedule2008-06-26T11:11:40+01:00http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/0e17f29d05c1186dde531b13ca41ccca-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/0e17f29d05c1186dde531b13ca41ccca-11.html#unique-entry-id-1128th June 2008
7:30pm at Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Road, Hove

Hangleton Band summer concert - Rhythms of the World

]]>only.connect@mac.comSchedule2008-06-26T11:11:10+01:00http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/3cf312fb92eacf8e106f20564bda044e-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/3cf312fb92eacf8e106f20564bda044e-10.html#unique-entry-id-10Tacet Ensemble with Spiers and Boden Tour

29th November 2008 at 7:30pm, Komedia, Brighton
6th December 2008 at 8pm, The Stables, Milton Keynes
11th December 2008 at 7:30pm, The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford
13th December 2008 at 8pm, Cranleigh Arts Centre, Surrey
10th January 2008 at 8:15pm, The Hawth Studio, Crawley
17th January 2008 at 7:30pm, South Hill Park, Bracknell]]>only.connect@mac.comSchedule2008-06-26T11:11:19+01:00http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/40172093906da7a0523e22da11107395-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/40172093906da7a0523e22da11107395-9.html#unique-entry-id-927th September 2008
From 1pm at Harrogate International Conference Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Hangleton Band will be performing Suite for Brass by John Rutter, arranged by Sandy Smith in the 3rd section of the National Brass Band Championship Finals.]]>only.connect@mac.comSchedule2008-06-26T11:11:35+01:00http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/b31ecf4184fd579c22387474717cdb05-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/b31ecf4184fd579c22387474717cdb05-8.html#unique-entry-id-87th and 8th August 2008
7pm at The Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RL

Tête à Tête Opera Festival are mounting work-in-progress performances of Matthew’s opera The Diary, performed by Heather Cairncross, Lawrence White, Adam Swayne and Tom Norrell, directed by Bill Bankes-Jones and produced by James Turnbull.

More details at www.tete-a-tete.org.uk]]>only.connect@mac.comSchedule2008-06-26T11:11:50+01:00http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/c467800010590ef25e6c58c346b269f9-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.matthewpollardmusic.myzen.co.uk/Newspage/files/c467800010590ef25e6c58c346b269f9-7.html#unique-entry-id-7In March Matthew conducted the Hangleton Band into Runners-Up position at the Regional Contest in Stevenage, performing The Dark Side of the Moon by Paul Lovatt-Cooper. This means that the band have qualified for the National Finals (see below) for the first time in 22 years.

Also, in March Matthew entered the National Association of Brass Band Conductors competition and won the Midlands heat conducting Newstead Band in a performance of Paganini Variations by Philip Wilby. In June Matthew competed against the winners of the other heats in the National Final and won, conducting Lowry Sketchbook by Philip Wilby, with the Virtuosi GUS Band. He is the NABBC “Conductor of the Year 2008” and inaugural winner of the Roy Newsome Challenge Shield.


Matthew here receives the Shield from Roy Newsome
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