Entertainment

Friday, March 12, 2010

TV boost for band?

MUSICAN ISLAND brass band is hoping a new BBC television series will help boost its playing strength.

Friday, March 12, 2010

New club will showcase jazz

MUSICA NEW club has been set up to promote jazz music on the Island.
Newport Jazz Club is hoping to hold a series of concerts and recordings, for the benefit of devotees and musicians on the Island.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Sign up for free music making

MUSICTHE brilliant flautist, Adam Walker, will be running a free workshop, organised by West Wight Arts Association, at Freshwater Memorial Hall on Saturday, April 10.

Friday, March 12, 2010

More harmony needed

MUSICWIGHT Harmony Barbershop, which has been going for more than 30 years, is keen to hear from new members.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Folk act in return to Island

MUSICRESPECTED folk act Uiscedwr are to return to the Island on March 27.

Friday, March 12, 2010

A real feast for music lovers

MUSICTHE IW Symphony Orchestra’s next concert will be something of a family affair for the Island’s Grubb family.

Friday, March 12, 2010

It’s Strictly Dancing

STAGE REVIEWIT was an emotional Monday night at Shanklin Theatre when the huge First Act audience for Strictly Dance Report joined in vocally for their finale number, The Lambeth Walk.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Jazz man at new gig

AWARD-winning jazz legend Courtney Pine is heading for the IW, to headline an exciting new jazz event.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Island music at its best

AFTER a hard-fought night of live music, the final acts have been selected for the grand final of Live/Wired.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Blues star to top bill

MUSICAWARD-winning UK bluesman Big Joe Louis will headline the sixth annual Spring Blues concert, to be held at Ventnor Winter Gardens on March 20.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Performers show music is such fun

PICTURE GALLERY
MUSICA GALA concert predominantly featuring young Island musical and singing talent, rounded off the first Ventnor Music for Fun Festival in two years.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Pianist Alexandra at arts recital

MUSIC THE next West Wight Arts recital, at Freshwater Memorial Hall, will feature the brilliant young Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Concert for restoration

MUSIC AN EVENING of musical entertainment is being held at the Minster Church of Sts Thomas, Newport, on March 19, to raise funds for its restoration.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Thousands raised for hospice

MUSIC CONCERT proceeds and cash raised through the sales of a CD, produced by Island bagpiper Dr Kieron Cooney and his band, the Wight Hot Pipes, have been presented to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Charity concert

MUSIC AN EVENING of entertainment, hosted by the IW Trefoil Guild, will be held in Gurnard next Friday, March 12.