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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Time | 1.30 pm on Monday |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | Memeber's home - Windermere |
| Coordinator | Philip Wraight |
We are a small, and somewhat diverse, group, meeting informally to explore chamber music together at a very amateur level. Current instruments are violin, two clarinets, flute, cello and piano. We should make it clear we are not a group for beginners, learning to play instruments. Our general standard is about Grade 4 to 5. We would welcome new members prepared to play at this level, and in particular could accommodate an oboe, viola or another violin, although if the group increased in size by more than one or two we would need to find new accommodation.
We have no formal tuition but try to listen to one another and so improve our ensemble playing. Our (small) repertoire ranges from Monteverdi and Teleman to Scott Joplin (arranged by one of our members) and we are also privileged to have "A Staveley Suite", a piece in four movements specially composed for the group in 2004 by the late Alan Paynes, a member of South Lakes U3A.
We normally join with other groups to contribute to an informal "concert" at the April monthly meeting of the South Lakes U3A.
You can listen to group members performing the Staveley Suite via the Gallery page.
July 2010
Inevitably numbers are reduced in the summer, with holidays, and we have had to cancel some of our weekly sessions. However we now have seven members and when all are present we no longer fit in my music room, so meet in Windermere in the splendid drawing room of another of our members, Judith Bird.
We look forward restarting in September. If we get more members we shall have to consider splitting into two groups!
November 2009:
The Instrumental Music Group has decided to meet weekly from 1.30 to 3.30p.m. on Monday afternoons, with immediate effect, instead of Tuesday mornings. We have recently acquired a new member, a viola player, so the strings are gradually fighting back against the wind players.
Philip Wraight