Here is a short recording from the Winter Wonderland event at Elys where the Melodians were playing outside.
Like the hats? Kept us warm though!
Tag: Terrance Noel MBE
Caribbean Pearl Played at the 30th Anniversary Concert
We had a new piece of music composed for our 30th Anniversary Concert. It was named appropriately ‘Caribbean Pearl’ and was composed and arranged by Robert Thompson of Trinidad. You can listen to a recording from the concert on 21st October at our base at Henry Cavendish School in Balham.
30th Anniversary Concert on Saturday 21st October
A quick reminder that our 30th Anniversary Concert is this Saturday. The Melodians have been rehearsing hard and are now looking forward to seeing all their supporters and giving a fantastic performance.
A quick reminder from last year’s annual concert with a performance of the Michael Jackson tune Billie Jean:
30th Anniversary Concert is in 2 weeks time
We are rehearsing hard at the moment for our 30th Anniversary Concert on 21st October. We will be celebrating with our friends, families and supporters at our base in Henry Cavendish School in Balham. Our annual concert is usually in December and just to remind you of last year’s concert here is one of the favourites from that evening.
Memory 3 from Sri Lanka in 1997
The Melodians visited Sri Lanka three times. This video is of a TV performance and interview from 20 years ago.
Memory 2 from Visit to Kazakhstan in 2000
Continuing our series of interesting visits over the past 30 years – in 2000 the Melodians UK visited Kazakhstan and played on National TV. This is a video of the programme with the slightly unusual presenters (notice the woman asleep on the bed behind them!).
SteelPan Experience Event for UK Parliament Week Festival
The Melodians Steel Orchestra has been invited to take part in the UK Parliament Week Festival 2017 . The Week runs from 13th to 19th November and the Melodians will be running a SteelPan Experience Event on Saturday 18th November at their base in Henry Cavendish School in Balham.
As part of the event you will be able to learn about the history of Steel Pan and try your hand at it with help and guidance from the Melodians themselves. It will be a fantastic day and a great opportunity to listen to the Melodians and learn how they create their fantastic music.
BBC’s Virtual Orchestra
The Melodians took a short summer break from rehearsals during August but they still found time on Saturday 20th August to record the ‘Toreador’ by Bizet. This was for the BBC’s first Virtual Orchestra which will be part of the Last Night of the Proms Celebrations on Saturday September 10. The Virtual Orchestra film will be shown at Proms in the Parks across the UK and will be available on iPlayer 5pm on Saturday September 10. See also www.bbc.co.uk/getplaying.
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