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!).
Tag: Terry Noel
Today at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly
The Melodians played today at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly for their annual Celebration of Summer Exhibition.
Received a lovely thank you from the organisers:
“Huge thanks to you and the band for playing at the Non-Members Varnishing Day today.
You played absolutely beautifully and everyone enjoyed your fabulous repertoire. We really appreciate you coming all the way into central London and hope you enjoyed the event too.”
Many thanks again.
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.
Melodians Documentary and Promotional Video
To all our friends, you will be excited to know that we have updated the ‘Home’ page on the website with a short video ‘We Are The Melodians Steel Orchestra UK’ to introduce the Melodians to new visitors to the website.
We have also included a longer documentary about the Melodians on the About page to make it more interesting. You will also find this documentary on the ‘Sponsor Us’ page as it includes an appeal for a new sponsor to help us continue our great work.
Heritage Day at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
The Melodians visited the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for their Heritage Day celebration on Sunday 19th June. This is an annual event by the Academy to raise money for various charities. The Melodians played down by the lake in the amazing grounds of the Academy. This was the first public performance of their newest addition to the repertoire ‘Mr Sandman’.
Photos of the Melodians at the Queen’s 90th Birthday Party in Moscow 8th June 2016
Patron’s Lunch tomorrow
HM The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations are in full flow this weekend. Loads of street parties taking place and especially one on the Mall tomorrow – The Patron’s Lunch! http://www.thepatronslunch.com/event_info
BBC1 will be showing the event live between 1.15 and 4.15 pm. The Melodians are due to play between 1.45 and 2.20 pm at Admiralty Arch so hopefully we will be on BBC1 tomorrow afternoon.
The Melodians Played at the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on Monday 14th March
The Melodians Steel Orchestra played at Westminster Abbey on a chilly day as guests arrived for the Commonwealth Day Service. The players, helpers and parents of the younger children were able to attend the service in the Abbey which was televised live on BBC1. HM the Queen and many of the Royal family were at the service and Terry Noel (leader of the Melodians) was invited to meet the Queen and other members of the Royal family as they left the Abbey.
The recording of the service can be seen on the BBC iPlayer on this link. You can catch the Melodians playing right at the beginning of the recording behind the presenter Mishal Husain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0745hs1
Among the 7 pieces that the Melodians played was one of their new pieces of music ‘Colour Blind’ that was composed for them by Robert Thompson of Arima, Trinidad. You can hear a recording from the day on this link:
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