21st December – St Mary De Castro
Hannah Brine
Sunday 21 December at 3pm
St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Hannah is delighted to be joined by the Willow Singers, together with Paul Edis on piano and Alana Howes on violin.
PROGRAMME
Willow Singers
Get Happy
Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, arr. Philip Kern
Over The Rainbow
Eva Cassidy, arr. Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Wonderful World
George Weiss and Bob Thiele, arr. Jeremy Birchall and Christopher Hussey
As I Sat Down Under A Holly Tree
Imogen Holst
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots, arr. Kirby Shaw
Three Wise Women
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
God Bless The Master
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hannah Brine
Paul Edis
Paul Edis is one of the leading creative musicians in the UK today. As a performer, composer and educator, he has built a reputation for consistently delivering new and original ideas, seeking to innovate within his work whilst always paying respect to both the Jazz and Classical music traditions. In whatever genre or musical context he inhabits, Paul is passionate about melody and expression. Paul has performed alongside some of the leading names in jazz, and his music has been played on the radio in the UK, US and in Europe.
“One of the leading lights of contemporary jazz’“
London Jazz News
Alana Howes
Classically trained violinist Alana Howes has performed as a chamber musician and live band member across the UK and in Europe at venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Greenman Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and FGO Barbara, Paris. After completing her Bachelor’s in Musicology and Performance at the University of Manchester, Alana looked to develop her classical roots and follow her passion for Indie-folk, and Jazz, embarking on a career in session recording and as a live band member for various artists including Tesni, Sinead Una, Maggie Challinor and the Memory Club. Her collaboration with these bands has allowed Alana to perform at some of Manchester’s most esteemed music venues including Band on the Wall, Aviva Studios of Factory International, and Gorilla, supporting artists such as Curtis Harding, NoSo, and Francis of Delirium. Alana continues to cultivate her classical roots as a member of the Manchester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Taraneh Orchestra with whom she has performed in full Symphony Orchestra and Chamber ensembles around Manchester.
Willow Singers
The Willow Singers is a friendly women’s choir that meets on Wednesdays at Blaby Methodist Church, Winchester Road, Blaby, from 7:15pm to 9:30pm. No auditions are required and you do not need to be able to read music.
Under the guidance of Musical Director, Willard Welsford, the choir sings a wide variety of music, often in four parts, from all genres. As well as weekly rehearsals, the choir performs four concerts a year at local venues, raising money for good causes and charities. The choir is currently supporting LOROS, a Leicester hospice.