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This Friday, the Sistema In Norwich Martineau Orchestra will be performing live at EPIC Studios in Norwich, in the biggest, most exciting end-of-term concert to date. This will include linking up with In Harmony Liverpool over the internet to perform simultaneously via a live video stream, as well as the involvement of In Harmony Lambeth and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Doors open at 7:00pm, and the performance begins at 7:30pm – tickets are free, but must be booked in advance (details below). For those who can’t attend the concert in person, the whole event will also be streamed live online, on the EPIC Studios TV website.
Having worked hard all year with the children from Sistema In Norwich, I am very excited to be involved in what is believed to be a world first (two Sistema orchestras playing together through an online video link) with them, and I am looking forward to everyone being able to see the results of all our efforts! Please tune in and watch, if you can’t make it to EPIC Studios on the night.
Click here to book your tickets for the concert.
Click here to watch EPIC TV live online.
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Axel Loughrey’s new EP, Poets Road, to be released on All Sorted!?! Records on 20th April 2013. I am playing drums on four of the six tracks on this record.
Poets Road will be available to buy online, on iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, etc. from the 20th.
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Here is a short excerpt from the performance of Goff Richard’s “Hollywood!” by Norfolk Wherry Brass, at the London and Southern Counties Regional Contest last weekend, featuring my percussion playing on xylophone and glockenspiel.
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I shall be playing xylophone and glockenspiel with Norfolk Wherry Brass at Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre on 16th March 2013 in the London and Southern Counties 2013 Regional Qualifying Contest.
Having won the Fourth Section National Finals last year, Norfolk Wherry are now competing in the Third Section, and I am looking forward to playing the show piece.
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Performing ‘Chicago’ with the Steve Conway quartet, on the set of The Final Leaves Of Winter.
Video produced and directed by Taryn C. Poole.
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I’m very excited to be playing drums on a gig with the Jimmy Roe Trio, and hooking up with my good friend and ex-Cardiem guitarist Jimmy on stage again. I can’t wait to jam with Jimmy again, and to play the blues once more!
The gig itself is on Saturday 2nd February, at The Flowerpot in Derby, and is supporting well-known blues guitarist Ron Sayer Jr.
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Crystal Bats At Norwich Arts Centre · Ga Chun Yau
Crystal Bats At Norwich Arts Centre · Ga Chun Yau
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I shall be playing the piano in a jazz quartet, in a new short film entitled “The Final Leaves Of Winter”, intended for BAFTA-recognised Film Festivals this year and next year.
I shall be on-set all day this coming Tuesday (22nd January), so look out for more updates then.
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It is, sadly, too late to post this with the title “Happy New Year” – but here goes…
I’ve seen plenty of people asking how 2013 can possibly live up to the wonders that 2012 had to offer. On a National scale, that may well be the case; 2012 was a Jubilee year, and was the year of a triumphant London Olympics – not to mention the fact that Norwich City Football Club survived to stay up in the Premier League.
On a personal level, however, my first gig of 2013 last weekend, with Crystal Bats, was a belter, while tomorrow sees a return to teaching at Sistema In Norwich, to which I’m very much looking forward.
There are plenty of exciting things planned for 2013 – including more shows with Crystal Bats, a debut album with Witchers (our first studio release since the Throw Your Books Into The Fire EP in July 2010), potentially the biggest ever Keyboard Camp Residential Course, and even a film appearance! So yes, 2013 is shaping up to be pretty good!
As always, you can keep up-to-date with everything that’s happening here on the site, and by following me on Twitter.
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Axel Loughrey’s new album, Crayon Factory, to be released on All Sorted!?! Records on 26th November 2012. I am playing drums on all the tracks on this album.
Crayon Factory will be available to buy online, on iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, etc. from the 26th.
