Masterclass Week Sunday 28th January – Sunday 4th February Philip Langridge joined us for the first time to lead the first masterclass week of 2007 with Pat ricia MacMahon, Paul Farrington and pianists Caroline Dowdle and Sophia Rahman. Six specially selected young singers were chosen to take part. They were sopranos Norah King and Nicola Mills; mezzo-soprano, Rowan Hellier; Luciano Botelho, tenor; Nuno de Araujo Pereira, baritone; Ronald Nairne, bass baritone. Public Masterclass: Wednesday 31st January 2-5pm Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead A lively and enjoyable afternoon when the masterclass team worked with six young singers to develop and refine their technique and performance skills. Tickets: £7.50 Masterclass concert: Saturday 3rd February 7pm Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead An entertaining evening of words and music performed by the course leaders and the six young singers of this masterclass - the climax of the week's work. Tickets: £26, £18, £12, £6 Available from The Sage Gateshead : Box Office: 0191 443 4661 Online: www.thesagegateshead.org 2006 2006 – A year of celebration! Throughout 2006, The Samling Foundation celebrated 10 years of artistic excellence with a whole host of special events. Right from the first masterclass of the year to special concerts in Carlisle, the North East and London to outreach projects with Northumberland Schools, our second masterclass at The Sage Gateshead and of course, our much loved Party in the Garden – there were plenty of opportunities to join in the celebrations. Masterclass Week Sunday 5th February - Monday 13th February The week was led by Isobel Buchanan and Paul Farrington with actors Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Richard Pasco and pianists Caroline Dowdle and Chris Glynn. Six specially selected young singers - Pumeza Matshikiza, Katrina Broderick, Elizabeth Key, Nicky Spence, Njabulo Thabiso Madlala and Nikola Matisic - were given the opportunity to work intensively with our course leaders. Masterclass Open Afternoon Wednesday 8th February 2pm-5pm, St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle. Members of the public were invited to see a masterclass session in an afternoon of exciting music making. 'Words and Music' Saturday 11th February 7pm, St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle. The climax of the masterclass week, this gala concert featured both the young singers and the course leaders in a one-off evening of songs, arias and readings.          Choral Day Monday 13th February 10am-2.30pm, St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle. School children from around the region were invited to take part in a choral day led by Paul Farrington and Simon Over with pianist Caroline Dowdle and Samling Scholar Njabulo Thabiso Madlala. 10th Anniversary Concert Sunday 23rd April, St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle 8pm with Patricia MacMahon, Mark Le Brocq, Kate Valentine (right) and pianist Caroline Dowdle. This was a special fund-raising concert to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Party in the Garden Sunday 25th June, Dilston House, Corbridge Although the weather let us down, we still had a great time at The Samling Foundation's 6th annual fundraising garden party with non-stop live music from Steelquake, Peter Tickell and Quintessential, an art exhibition, auction and barbecue.                            Performance and Outreach Programme Tuesday 19th September - Friday 22nd September The Samling Foundation brought Southbank Sinfonia and Samling Scholars to work together with Northumberland school children across the age ranges which culminated in a concert on Friday 22nd September. Nearly four hundred performers gathered on the stage in Hall One at The Sage Gateshead, including 270 pupils aged eight to eighteen, to play and sing alongside Southbank Sinfonia in a concert that was enthusiastically received by a near-capacity audience. The concert followed three days of workshops and rehearsals in the participating schools which were all about building and developing unforgettable experiences in arts and music for children and students across the age range, raising aspirations and nurturing talent. Taking part were our partners in the project Southbank Sinfonia and its director Simon Over, four Samling Scholars - Pumeza Matshikiza, Anna Stéphany, Nicky Spence and Njabulo Thabiso Madlala - Newcastle Choral Society, choreographer Lucy Hudson and children and students from Queen Elizabeth High School, St. Joseph's RC Middle School and Sele First School in Hexham and Corbridge C of E First School.      Speaking during the evening, Queen Elizabeth High School's headteacher Tony Webster said, "I am sure this most wonderful of occasions will live on in the children's memories and hearts long after they have forgotten many other events. When they meet in years to come, they will say 'do you remember the night we performed at The Sage Gateshead?'"      " It's been fantastic for the children to experience something at such a professional level. It will certainly raise the standard in their music practice. Our thanks go to The Samling Foundation because without them we wouldn't have been able to do a project like this."  Philip Rosier, head of music, St. Joseph's Middle School "This has been a once in a lifetime experience for these children and one they will never forget." Ali Barden, head of Corbridge First School "It has been a thrilling journey and I've really enjoyed learning the African Songs and working with the singers. It has inspired me to carry on with my singing".    George, aged 12 " I loved singing the African and Northumbrian songs and mixing with the children from other schools". Rachel, aged 8         " My first visit to The Sage Gateshead and I'm playing on the stage in Hall One with a professional orchestra - a bit like drowning in chocolate but very exciting! Something I'll never forget"  Jenny, aged 14, clarinet "It's been an amazing experience to work with such a friendly and professional orchestra. It's great to hear how it sounds when it all comes together. It's been hard work but well worth it and has changed my perception about classical music. "  Frances, aged 14, violin Masterclass Week Sunday 19th - Monday 27th November Led by Patron Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon, Paul Farrington and pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over, another six specially selected young singers - Rhona McKail, Claire Surman, Anna Grevelius, Mark Chaundy, Viktor Rudd, and Patrice Lamure - were taken through a week-long course of intensive sessions with the course leaders. Masterclass Open afternoon Wednesday 22nd November  Members of the public were given another chance to see a masterclass session in action. They spent an enjoyable afternoon finding out exactly what it takes to become a professional singer when Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and the masterclass team worked closely with the young singers developing and refining their performance skills. Masterclass Gala Concert Saturday 25th November   The Samling Foundation marked ten years of its unique masterclass programme with a captivating evening of songs and opera - the climax of the week's masterclass.           In rehearsal in Hall Two at The Sage Gateshead With Paddy Lewis of UBS Wealth Management, sponsors of the event "Thank you Samling Foundation for the most amazing week. I can't really begin to put into words what a fantastic experience it has been. Tom, Pat, Paul, Malcolm and Simon were wonderful and so generous with their time, knowledge and expertise. They were also a complete joy to spend the week with. I have so much information and advice to process and I know that it has already, and will continue to have a huge impact on my singing. As for the opportunity to perform the Onegin scene with Tom and Malcolm - it is the highlight of my career so far, and I will be more than happy if it remains so for the rest of my working life!!" Claire Surman Elijah - Mendelssohn  Wednesday 6 th December, Westminster Cathedral  with Sir Thomas Allen, Paul Charles Clarke, Samling Scholars Katherine Manley and Flora McIntosh, Parliament Choir and Southbank Sinfonia   10th Anniversary Gala Concert                                                                                                                                     Friday 8th December, Cadagon Hall, London With Sir Thomas Allen, Amanda Roocroft and four outstanding Samling Scholars, Lucy Crowe, Anna Grevelius, Adrian Ward, James Harrison and Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Simon Over, The Samling Foundation ended it's tenth anniversary year with an evening full of fun and fireworks with orchestrated songs by Finzi and Strauss and opera excerpts by Mozart, Verdi and Gounod.            In rehearsal at Cadogan Hall  Cadogan Hall performance

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2005

Performance and Outreach Programme Wednesday 21st September to Friday 23rd September 2005 The Samling Foundation brought Southbank Sinfonia and Samling Scholars Katherine Manley, Madeleine Shaw, Adrian Ward and Stefan Holmström to work with Northumberland schoolchildren from across the age ranges culminating in a concert in Hexham Abbey on Friday 23rd September as part of the Hexham Abbey Festival. As part of the project visual artist Miranda Whall worked with pupils from Sele and Corbridge First Schools making masks from felt which they had made from scratch. On a theme of mystical animals, the masks were used in dances from around the world choreographed by Lucy Hudson and Tim Rubridge.

'The Samling Foundation came up trumps again! It was a truly marvellous experience for our pupils to work with young musicians of such calibre. Their involvements was first class and their attitude to working with our young people inspirational! I was delighted at the range of opportunity you were able to offer from the singing workshops to the dance and choreography and the mask making' Ali Barden - Head Teacher, Corbridge Church of England First School 'The work the Foundation has initiated and advanced with Southbank Sinfonia has been unique in my experience and of the highest standard. The relationship built over the past 2 years has flourished. As a school we have enjoyed the collaboration immensely. Pupils have had the opportunity to work alongside vibrant and talented individuals, see them work together as a group, stand as excellent role models, and motivate and inspire other young people...The children also benefitted from working with the young artist Lucy Hudson and Artist Amanda Whall. This cross arts collaboration was very positive and successful...The final concert brought the Arts together in a performance that was a sheer celebration of talent, energy and enthusiasm. To see children and young people from 8-18 from our schools sharing the experience was fantastic.' Maggie Anderson - Headteacher Selefirst School, Hexham

31st October-8th November 2004
Masterclass led by Sir Thomas Allen with an international team of artists, teachers and coaches in support including vocal consultant Paul Farrington, teachers Patricia MacMahon, actors Barbara Leigh Hunt and Richard Pasco and pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over. 

With six outstanding young professional singers Katherine Manley, Simona Mihai, Madeleine Shaw, Stefan Holmström, Ben Hulett and Marc Labonnette.

(go to Masterclass page)

14th-16th September 2004

Performance and Outreach Programme with Southbank Sinfonia and Samling Scholar Fiona Duncan.    An exciting new development for the Foundation in 2004 was a creative partnership with the Southbank Sinfonia - a heavenly partnership if ever there was one!

The Samling Foundation and the Southbank Sinfonia came together in September to bring music to Hexham as part of the town's Abbey Festival.  Working with schools in the town, the Foundation and orchestra aworked with music students over three days culminating in a one -off performance in Hexham Abbey - the first night of the Festival.

Also taking part in this one-off collaboration was Samling Scholar Fiona Duncan who sang with orchestra and QEHS Choir, as well as working in schools alongside the instrumentalists. The pioneering orchestra provided intensive performing and learning experiences for talented young professional musicians.

Sunday June 20th 2004
It was time to shake out the picnic rug in readiness for the Samling Foundation's annual Garden Party on Sunday June 20th at Dilston House, Corbridge.

The beautiful gardens were again opened up for all the usual fun - music, auctions, art, activities for the children, wine and food.  Live music and the art exhibition once again focussed on the best talent in the region.  The funds raised at this annual event help sustain the work of The Foundation.

One of the top young steel bands, Steel Quake from Wooler, North Northumberland added a tropical touch to the Garden Party this summer.  Also on the bill were a jazz ensemble and Samling Garden Party Favourites, Peter Tickell and Friends.

Throughout the house there was an exhibition of original art featuring the work of Ruth Stage, Julian Vilarrubi, Enrique Azocar and Malcolm Teasdale.  Chariman Roger McKechnie once again put on his auctioneer's hat to auction some fantastic lots including holidays, artworks and more.

18th - 26th April 2004
Masterclass led by Sir Thomas Allen with an international team of artists, teachers and coaches in support including vocal consultant Paul Farrington , teacher Patricia MacMahon and pianists Caroline Dowdle and Simon Over . 

This year's specially selected young singers were mezzos Susan Atherton and Wendy Dawn Thompson, soprano Alexandra Rigazzi-Tarling, tenors Jonas Duran and Ed Lyon and baritone Byron Watson.  

Public events took place for the first time at the beautiful St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle:

Open afternoon;  Wednesday 21st April

Gala Concert;  Saturday 24th April

Choral Day;  Monday 26th April

(go to Masterclass page)

Sunday March 28th 2004

A Gala Evening with Christopher Maltman and Leigh Woolf .

Husband and wife team Christopher Maltman and Leigh Woolf took the stage together for a rare duet recital at the Mansion House, Jesmond in Newcastle on Sunday 2th March 2004. 

Both Christopher and Leigh are in demand at concert halls and opera houses around the world but as a couple, they rarely get the opportunity to perform together.   The intimacy of the Mansion House provided the perfect backdrop for an evening of pure magic.  Only 90 tickets were available, which were snapped up by eager supporters.

5-15th February 2004

Following on from the hugely successful house-City in Newcastle's Grainger Street, Wolfgang Weileder has taken house-City to Madrid.  Three stories high, house-Madrid was constructed between the 5th and the 15th of February 2004 in the middle of Paseo de Recoletos next to Plaza de Colón.  Two groups of builders simultaneously constructed and de-constructed two identical shells during the ten days. The 7.5m high shells were built out of lightweight blocks up to third floor level and juxtaposed with each other in rotational symmetry. The process was synchronized so that the construction and de-construction was choreographed sequentially: The opposite segments of the two shells slowly moved around each other until house-Madrid was completed. Two separate houses appeared on the same spot at the same time.

house-Madrid was part of the international public art festival MADRID ABIERTO 2004, Madrid, Spain, and a further development of house-City, an arena project initiated and managed by the Samling Foundation.

Live web-cam and info:
http://www.house-projects.com

29th January 2004
A stunning evening of music and song at St John's, Smith Square, London SW1.  This fund-raising event featured Sir Thomas Allen and Samling Scholars Amy Black, Sophie Graf, Jared Holt and Thomas Walker with pianists Caroline Dowdle and Simon Over.  The funds raised will support the continued work of the Foundation. Sponsored by Bradford & Bingley.

November 2003 - January 2004

LANDMARK, the final piece of artwork in the arena project appeared on the cliffs at Tynemouth in early November.  The long-awaited piece by Tom Woolford spells out the word LAND in four-metre high illuminated letters and was situated on the concrete buttress on the cliffs below Tynemouth Priory.  LANDMARK remained in situ until late January 2004 and could be seen from the North Pier.

2nd - 9th November 2003

Masterclass led by Isobel Buchanan and Paul Farrington with pianists Simon Over and Caroline Dowdle and actors Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh Hunt, this week offered a unique opportunity for another six young singers to study and explore the dynamics of opera and song. (go to Masterclass page). This masterclass week culminated with 'Words and Music' on Saturday 8th November at Penrith Methodist Church. An evening with the leaders and Samling Scholars; Carolyn Dobbin, Amy Freston, Gudrun Olafsdottir, Kate Valentine, Kris Belligh and Rafael Vasquez.

October 2003 - February 2004

MONUMENT, a two-part video installation by Carl von Weiler was sited at Central Station Metro, Newcastle as part of the arena project. 

In the centre of the station's ticketing hall was a large plasma screen, encased in a thin stainless steel box and placed on top of a matching plinth section.  Travellers moving through the metro passed this first half of the work in the upper concourse before descending via the escalators to the lower platforms where they were confronted by a second plasma screen hanging directly from the ceiling.  (go to the arena page for further details)

7th -9th October 2003

The culmination of the arena project with events programmed throughout the Tyne & Wear area, celebrating this ground-breaking project.  (Go to arena website for full details).

14th - 17th July 2003

house-city by Wolfgang Weileder (part of the arena project)

Over four days and nights around the clock bricklayers simultaneously built and dismantled two houses at the foot of Grey’s Monument in Newcastle’s city centre. Time-lapse photography recorded the process, showing the building in a way that it never existed on the ground.

Wolfgang chose Grainger Street because it offered him ‘ the most spectacular showcase of Georgian architecture in England’ and the best possible backdrop to
to his project which he hoped would ‘open people’s minds to new ways of thinking about the city, its buildings and the environment.’

A webcam set up on neighbouring buildings captured the whole process with over 5000 visits to the website in the first 24 hours.

house-city was the first of five major public art commissions to reach fruition as part of the arena project, led by the internationally acclaimed sculptor Antony Gormley. Central to the project is the involvement of 60 of Tyne and Wear’s most gifted post 16 students and their teachers, who are working alongside the five artists on their commissions. The project, which was initiated and managed by the Samling Foundation in partnership with BALTIC, The Centre of Contemporary Art reaches its climax in October when the other four commissions will be completed and in the public domain.

17th July 2003

Mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus, soprano Rebecca Evans and pianist Michael Pollock performed at Newcastle’s Assembly Rooms in July when the international stars gave a dazzling performance in a fund-raising gala concert, the Foundation’s debut concert in the North East.

22nd June 2003

Dan Rogers and Peter Tickell were joined by members of the Young Sinfonia and the mezzo-soprano Amy Black in an afternoon of non-stop live music.

The event, which for the fourth year running enjoyed fine weather was a huge financial success and raised just over £10,000. A huge thanks to all who came and supported the event and to those who helped behind the scenes.

May 24th - June 22nd 2003

The Foundation once again invited a young artist to give a solo show, This year Catrin Webster, an abstract landscape painter who has worked with the Foundation's education programme, exhibited at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.

Catrin's work includes Oriel: Viewfinder, which explores the relationship between the gallery and perceptions of landscape. This work includes drawings made at Tate Modern and the AGO in Toronto. The project will further be developed both nationally and internationally and was shown at the Samling Foundation Annual Alumni Exhibition at Theatre by the Lake this summer.

30th March - 6th April 2003

Masterclass led by Sarah Walker and Patricia MacMahon with the supporting team of vocal consultant Paul Farrington and pianists Simon Over and Julia Lynch. Featured scholars; Bibi Heal, Sophie Graf, Lucy Crowe, Mezzo Soprano; Amy Black, John Mackenzie and Thomas Walker. (go to Masterclass page)

6th February 2003
Launch of arena, a major public art initiative at BALTIC, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (go to arena page)

arena 2003  

The culmination of the 3-year Visual Arts Programme, arena brought The Samling Foundation to the forefront of public art in the UK. Led by Antony Gormley, five ground-breaking professional artists each received a commission to work within a public 'arena' of their choice for a 3-month period. Each of these artists mentored 12 A-level art students throughout the project, offering a total of 60 students the opportunity to experience the practice of public art; a rare opportunity.

(go to arena page)

27th October - 3rd November 2002
The sixth Annual Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Paul Farrington, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau and Caroline Dowdle. Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Emma Gane, Anouschka Lara, Trine Møller, Helen Withers, Adrian Dwyer and Richard Morrison.  (go to masterclass page)

October 2002
Climax of the Land and the Samling project with photographs by Mark Pinder documenting the artworks created at Keilder Water. Touring exhibition to Bede's World, Jarrow, Gosforth High School, Newcastle, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, The Globe Gallery, North Shields, Central Library, Gateshead. (go to Land and the Samling page)

19th September 2002
Gala Concert at St John's, Smith Square, London. Featuring the Masterclass team of Sir Thomas Allen and Patricia MacMahon, accompanied by pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over. Samling scholars Lisa Milne, Leigh Woolf, Jonathan Lemalu, Eric Reiger and Sally Matthews also performed.

23rd June 2002
The Samling Picnic, an annual fundraising event at Dilston House, Corbridge.  Featuring live music by Kintamarni.

30th May -30th June 2002
The Foundation Alumni Exhibition at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, featuring the work of painter Enrique Azocar.

25-28th April 2002
Masterclass, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Ileana Cotrubas and Sir Thomas Allen accompanied by pianist Simon Over.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Jared Holt, Mathias Hausmann, Rahel Wagner, Sofia Serra, Serena Kay, Henrikka Grondahl.  (go to masterclass page)

11th - 12th February 2002
Land and the Samling Programme began with a symposium led by Matthew Collings in Masterclass with artists Elpida Hadzi Vasileva, Tanya Axford, Matt Stokes, Wolfgang Weileder and Clare Barber. (Go to Land and the Samling page)

Land and the Samling 2002
The second project in a 3-year Visual Arts Programme, Land and the Samling began with a symposium led by Matthew Collings in masterclass with Elpida Hadzi Vasileva, Tanya Axford, Matt Stokes, Wolfgang Weileder and Claire Barber.   Sixty of Tyne & Wear's most gifted and talented A-level students were selected to take part.

22-25th November 2001
In Masterclass with Felicity Palmer and Malcolm Martineau.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Lisa Carlioth, Lise Christensen, Louise Innes, Jason Bridges, Jonathan Gunthorpe and André Morsch.  (go to masterclass page)

20th October 2001
An evening of Italian Songs and Opera with Nuccia Focile and Paul Charles Clarke, accompanied by Michael Pollock at Penrith Methodist Church.

14th September -12th October 2001
Exhibition of work from the Divining project at University of Northumbria Gallery with Angela Hughes, Dan May and Matthew Clegg. Visual Art Exhibition of the students work in the Squires Foyer. (go to Divining page)

25th July-25th August 2001
The Foundation Alumni Exhibition featuring paintings by Ruth Stage. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

24th June 2001
The Samling Picnic, an annual fundraising event at Dilston House, Corbridge.

16th June 2001
An Evening with Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Malcolm Martineau at Penrith Methodist Church.

11th -17th March 2001
Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Paul Farrington accompanied by pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Morag Atchison, Elizabeth Atherton, Allison Cook, Leigh Woolf, Jonathan Lemalu and Christopher Steele.  (go to masterclass page)

Divining 2001
Three young professional artists were chosen to participate in 'Divining', the Foundation's first residency project in the North East of England. The landscape painter Angela Hughes, photographer Dan May and poet Matthew Clegg were invited to explore shared ideas and themes, take soundings, make references and feel the pull of 'gravities' reflecting their individual response to their chosen locations.

12th - 14th October 2000
Barbara Bonney in Masterclass with pianist Simon Over at Penrith Methodist Church. Samling scholars Yvette Bonner, Fiona Duncan, Andee-Louise Hypolite, John Heuzenroeder, Robbert Muuse and Paul Robinson also performed.  (go to masterclass page)

Sept 2000 - Sept 2001
Divining Residency, a visual arts project with landscape painter Angla Hughes, photographer Dan May and poet Matthew Clegg. (go to Divining page)

18th July -6th August 2000
The Foundation Alumni Exhibition with work by Julian Vilarrubi and Harry Bell, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.

8th - 15th July 2000
Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert featuring Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Paul Farrington, accompanied by Caroline Dowdle and Iain Burnside.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Jeni Bern, Lynne McMurtry, Sally Matthews, Andrew Foster, Eric Reiger and Mattijs van de Woerd.  (go to masterclass page)

24th March 2000
A gala concert by soprano Rebecca Evans and pianis Michael Pollock.
Exhibition by photographer Dan May.

27th November 1999
'Duets' with soprano Mary Plazas and tenor Paul Nilon with pianist Simon Over.
Exhibition by artist Liz Hough

9th October 1999
'Innocence and Experience'. An evening of music and words with Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Cullen, Finbar Lynch, Susannah Waters and pianist Iain Burnside.
Exhibition by painters Paul Gallagher and Angela Hughes.

26th June - 4th July 1999
Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon, Paul Farrington and pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Regina Hanley, Louise Mott, Sarah Redgewick, Miranda McDonnell, James Rutherford and Christopher Saunders. (go to masterclass page)

Exhibition by Catrin Webster, Artist in Residence who also, as part of masterclass week, conducted a landscape painting course with pupils from The Lakes High School. 

1st May 1999
A recital by soprano Amanda Roocroft and pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Exhibition by painter Harry Bell.

4th December 1998
A recital by baritone Christopher Maltman, accompanied by pianist Michael Pollock.
Exhibition by painter Sarah Pickstone.

8th September 1998
Poetry Conference for young poets with The Wordsworth Trust, with Seamus Heaney, Douglas Dunn, Simon Armitage, Jo Shapcott, Andrew Motion, Sean O'Brien, Fleur Adcott and chaired by Melvyn Bragg.

July 1998
Sculpture Commission 'Light Column' by Charles Bray

July 1998
Sculpture Commission 'Threshold Figure' by Walter Bailey

28th June -5th July 1998
Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Paul Farrington with pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Felicity Hammond, Colette Ruddy, Geraldine McGreevy, David Watkin-Holmes, Peter Snipp and Simon Wilding.
Exhibition of paintings by Ruth Stage.  (go to masterclass page)

21st March 1998
Concert by mezzo soprano Annie Vavrille and pianist Michael Pollock.
Exhibition by painter Julian Vilarrubi.

13th December 1997
'Love and Sax' Malarky Saxophone Quartet with actor Jonathan Cullen and soprano Susannah Waters.
Exhibition by textile artist Jo Budd.

4th October 1997
Concert by baritone Simon Keenlyside with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Exhibition by painter Abigail McLellan.

July 1997
Sculpture Commission 'Gather' by William Pym.

16th - 22nd July 1997
Masterclass Week, Open Afternoon and Gala Concert with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon and Paul Farrington, accompanied by pianists Malcolm Martineau and Simon Over.  Public Masterclass and Gala Concert at Penrith Methodist Church Hall. Featured scholars; Lisa Milne, Toby Spence, Anita Morrison, Joost van der Linden, Christopher Foster and Kathryn Turpin.  (go to masterclass page)
Exhibition by painter Dale Atkinson.

19th April 1997
Concert by pianist Melvyn Tan.
Exhibition by visual artists Russell Mills and Ian Walton.

7th December 1996
An evening of words and music with the Baroque Quarter Quadro Adriano and actor Emily Woof.
Exhibition by painter Mary Ann Rogers.

6th December 1996
'Birds, Beasts and Marches' a three-month residency in music composition. Led by Associate leader of the Northern Sinfonia, Martin Hughes and members of Quadro Adriano. Attended by pupils from Grasmere, Windermere and Ambleside. Performance for an invited audience of parents and children

1st June 1996
A recital by baritone Sir Thomas Allen and pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Exhibition by Sarah McConkey (painter)

21st March 1996
A fund-raising gala concert by mezzo soprano Katarina Karneus with readings by poet Tony Harrison.

Exhibition by painter Hilary Feeney.

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