{"id":3175,"date":"2017-01-27T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2023-10-28T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T15:37:52","slug":"2017-the-year-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/news\/2017-the-year-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"2017: The year ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a few days of packed posts about the Berkeley Ensemble&#8217;s whirlwind of musical adventures in 2016, we have a few things to tell you about what&#8217;s in store for this year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3176\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3176 size-medium_large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446-768x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446-473x311.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20150903-446.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Nigel Luckhurst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re currently in the midst of planning for the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/littlevenice-mf.com\/#top\">Little Venice Music Festival<\/a>, which will take place on 20<sup>th<\/sup>-22<sup>nd<\/sup> October.\u00a0 The programme will be announced very shortly.<\/p>\n<p>We are also looking forward to our debut at the <a href=\"https:\/\/presteignefestival.com\">Presteigne Festival<\/a>\u00a0in August, where we will be working with mezzo-soprano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaafonwyjones.com\/\">Rebecca Afonwy-Jones<\/a>\u00a0and festival director <a href=\"https:\/\/georgevass.co.uk\/\">George Vass<\/a>.\u00a0 Other collaborations coming up include those with pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/james-baillieu.com\/\">James Baillieu<\/a>, mezzo-soprano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annahuntley.com\">Anna Huntley<\/a>\u00a0(a star of the 2016 Little Venice Festival), and baritone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stir.ac.uk\/about\/our-people\/alumni\/alumni-benefits\/discounts-and-offers\/\">Benedict Nelson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New music in our repertoire will include the world premi\u00e8re of a work by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenroe.org.uk\">Helen Roe<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a piece we first encountered at our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prsformusic.com\/\">PRS<\/a> composition workshop in 2015 \u2013 and the winner of a composition prize as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170605224250\/http:\/\/www2.hull.ac.uk:80\/fass\/dramamusicandscreen\/conferences\/musicalculturesconference.aspx\">Musical Cultures Conference<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Hull.<\/p>\n<p>In education, look out for the return of <em>Stories in Sound XL, <\/em>the release of a new video outlining the work we do at GCSE and A Level, and another exciting family concert and schools project at the Little Venice Music Festival.\u00a0 Last but not least, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/education\/cmc\/\">annual chamber course<\/a>\u00a0will return for its fifth consecutive year. 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