Music Society
The Society
In common with all other activities, the various music groups within the College are organised by undergraduates. There is a wide range of student-run musical activities at St John's. The Music Society Committee is responsible for many of the musical events and opportunities open to members of the College.
Facilities
The Music Society issues cards at the beginning of each year allowing you to use the four practice rooms in the Fisher Building, each equipped with a piano. Rehearsals can take place in the New Music Room (NMR) in First Court and, depending on your standard, you are able to play the Steinway piano in the NMR.
Events
Thursday 17 January
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Jo Ash Captivating songwriter Jo will perform a selection of songs from her debut album, Constellations, released last year.
Matthew Gibson and Glen Dempsey (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, 1st mvt
Thursday 24 January
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Richard Decker (voice) and Matthew Gibson (piano)
A selection of English and European art songs, featuring Howells, Fauré, and Sibelius.
Friday 25 January
Christmas Oratorio, 8pm, Chapel
J.S.Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 6) directed by James Anderson-Besant.
Helena Moore (soprano), Hugh Cutting (alto), Michael Bell (tenor), James Adams (bass) and Gopal Kambo (Evangelist) join forces with a one-off chorus and orchestra comprising some of Cambridge’s most talented musicians.
Tickets on the door £10/£5, free to members of St John’s College.
Saturday 26 January
Come and Sing, 3-5pm, Chapel
3-4 rehearsal
4.00-4.30 tea
4.30-5.00 performance
Join us in a massed choir to sing some Choral favourites, including Bruckner Locus iste and Parry I was glad. Sign up here or contact Sophie Kirk.
Thursday 31 January
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Sam Tannenbaum (piano) plays a selection of original compositions for piano.
Fatima Lahham (recorder)
Friday 1 February
Orchestral Concert SJCMS & Clare College Music Society, 8pm, Chapel
An evening of exciting orchestral music: Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Britten’s Young Person's Guide with leader Naomi Warburton, and a new piece by St. John's composer Nacho Mana. Conductors: Matthew Gibson, Jamie Conway and Tess Jackson. Tickets from ADC and on the door (£10/£5), free for members of St. John's College.
Thursday 7 February
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Tom Butler (voice)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Wither must I wander; The infinite shining heavens; Silent noon
Giacomo Puccini Vecchia Zimarra
Louis Watkins (voice) and Glen Dempsey (piano)
Henry Purcell (arr. Britten) I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly; There’s not a swain of the plain; The knotting song
Benjamin Britten The Birds; Folksongs
Thursday14 February
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Leo Appel (violin) and Toby Hession (piano)
Clara Schumann 3 romances
Johannes Brahms Sonata no. 3 for violin and piano
Béla Bartók Rhapsody no. 1
Thursday 21 February
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Scarlett Clemmow (voice) and Zach Yarrow (piano)
Georg Friedrich Handel V’adoro, Pupille
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vedrai Carino
Elizabeth Maconchy The Sun, Moon and Stars
Madeleine Paige and Louisa Chatterton (voice) sing some light music including Sunny Side of the Street, The Lady is a Tramp and I get a kick out of you.
Thursday 21 February
Renaissance Late, 8-9pm, Chapel
Tallis Lamentations Idirected by Gopal Kambo
Thursday 28 February
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Members of St John’s Voices sing Lullabies by Bach, Brahms, Dowland, Britten, Copland, Monteverdi, and Ives
Thursday 28 February
Baroque Concert, 8pm, Chapel
Christa Lundberg (recorder), Eszter Kruchió and Diana Arman (violins), Angela Wittmann (viola), Laurence Cochrane (cello), Jamie Conway (harpsichord) and
Benedek Kruchió (bassoon)
Telemann Concerto for Recorder & Bassoon in F major
Vivaldi Trio Sonata for two violins & basso continuo in B minor
Vivaldi Concerto for cello in E minor
Telemann Fantasia for solo violin
Vivaldi Concerto for recorder, violin & bassoon in D major
Tickets on the door £5, free to members of St John’s College.
Sunday 3 March
Afternoon Recital 2.30–3.15pm, NMR
Beatrix Swanson Scott (voice) Oliver Jones (piano)
Aaron Copland 12 songs of Emily Dickinson
Oliver Jones Parting
Thursday 7 March
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Ignacio Mañá Mesas (saxophone) & Oliver Cope (harp)
Andy Scott And Everything is Still
Robin Holloway Suite for Saxophone
Marcel Tournier La danse du Moujik
Luciano Berio Sequenza IXb
Ignacio Mañá Mesas New work (title tbc)
Tuesday 12 March
Jazz Band 8–9.30pm, ODS
Jazz Band perform some of their latest repertoire, including some joint numbers with Aquila. Followed by drinks. All welcome!
Thursday 14 March
Lunchtime Recital 1.10–1.50pm, NMR
Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals (arr. Midgley)
Georgia Rawlins (flute), Richard Decker (oboe), David Midgley (cor anglais), Lennie Wells (clarinet/bass clarinet), Nacho Maña-Mesas (sop/alto sax), Sophie Kirk (viola), Caroline Worster (cello), Matthew Gibson and Aïda Lahlou (piano)
Thursday 14 March
Baroque Late, 8-9pm, Chapel
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
Beatrix Swanson Scott and Hope Whitehead (voice)
Key to rooms
NMR – New Music Room (1st Court)
ODS – Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School
CR – Combination Room (2nd Court)
The Committee
Get Involved!
If you would like to see something musical in college that isn't yet happening, or if you would like to set up a new college ensemble, please get in touch with us.
If you would like more information on music-making in college, please contact the President (mlg44@cam.ac.uk).
2018-19 Committee
Senior Members
Chairman - Mr A Nethsingha (an323)
Senior Treasurer - Dr R Glasscock ([3]38695)
Administrator - Mrs S Kirk (s.a.n.kirk@cam.ac.uk)
Junior Members
President - Matthew Gibson
Secretary - Laurence Trowsdale-Stannard
Membership Secretary & Junior Treasurer - Richard Decker
Publicity Officer - Benedek Kruchio
Recitals Manager - Nacho Mañá Mesas
Webmaster - Sam Tannenbaum
Jazz Band & General Representative - William Drake
St John’s Voices Representatives & Publicity - Lara Weaver, Beatrix Swanson Scott & Scarlett Clemmow