Sands Films Music Room

18/12/2024

Best wishes for 2025 and a very short survey to update our mailing list. - https://mailchi.mp/sandsfilms/our-best-wishes-and-your-feedback

16/05/2024

Join us next Wednesday to listen to Alcyona Mick and Fred Thomas Live in the intimate Sands Films Music Room. Wednesday 22nd at 20.00: be there in person or catch this online but don't miss it!
https://sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/661d412e89405b00aee135c5

21/04/2024

Join us on Thursday 25th April! https://sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/661beea019e833003935257b

09/04/2024

Join us on Thursday 11th April: https://sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/65d0f1e22085af006cad17dc

25/03/2024

BLAISE PASCAL WEEK: Film on Tuesday, Lecture on Wednesday and live performance on Thursday- https://mailchi.mp/sandsfilms/cinemaclub-213607-qy6qwc9dpl-213615

22/03/2024

Great Success for BEHOLD YE RAMBLERS! Tonight's is the last show...

LYNNE WALSH recommends an outstanding production with the zeal to tell stories of our socialist past

06/03/2024

Practice work and rehearsals for tomorrow's very exciting programme of music by Corelli, Bach (father and son) and Handel. Jack González-Harding and George Clifford: this is going to be wonderful! don't miss it book now: https://sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/6596f7f4cfae8900337540c1 As with all our concerts this is also broadcast. Join us live or watch on playback.

04/03/2024

Our Music Offering continues on Thursday, 7th March, 20:00 when George Clifford joins Jack Gonzalez-Harding for their duo debut. A charming evening of Baroque music for violin and harpsichord is promised; on the programme is music by Corelli, Bach, and Handel.

Join us in person or book to watch the livestream online: https://www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-films-music-room.html

02/03/2024

From the voices of ramblers and campaigners to the songs and poetry inspired by past and current struggles, “Behold Ye Ramblers” is a new play about The Clarion newspaper and the organisations formed by its readership, including the famous rambling clubs, like Sheffield's Clarion Ramblers, the Clarion Cyclists and Clarion Vans. These early Edwardian pioneers promoted healthy outdoor pursuits, organising expeditions across open moors and mountains whilst campaigning for the right to roam, bringing them into conflict with landowners’ hunting and shooting activities and laws that prioritised private property over the wellbeing of others.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a fantastic evening’s entertainment’ - Sheffield Star
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Yes! Yes! U.C.S! left this reviewer wondering, “Does it get any better?”’ - Reviews Hub
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yes! Yes! U.C.S! received an IKE Award for outstanding theatre - Chris Neville-Smith’s Theatre Blog
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The story of Jayaben Desai... makes you laugh, feel and think... a powerful story, powerfully told. Clare Brennan. The Observer

29/02/2024

The Musical Offering series continues next Thursday 7th March, with music for violin and harpsichord; George Clifford performs at the Music Room for the first time!

Join us for this intimate and enjoyable programme. Book now to reserve seats and for the livestream link.

Friends, George and Jack make their duo debut sharing some of their favourite works.

26/02/2024

In MARCH, come and join us for a new play with songs and music about Rambler's Rights: https://sandsmusic.eventive.org/films/6544c79b2bdd0b002c80f127 THREE nights only: Don't miss it! but you can see it online as well. From the voices of ramblers and campaigners to the songs and poetry inspired by past and current struggles, “Behold Ye Ramblers” is a new play about The Clarion newspaper and the organisations formed by its readership, including the famous rambling club, The Sheffield Clarion Ramblers.

Along with the Clarion Cyclists, these early Edwardian pioneers promoted healthy outdoor pursuits, organising expeditions across open moors and mountains whilst campaigning for the right to roam, bringing them into conflict with landowners’ hunting and shooting activities and laws that prioritised private property over the wellbeing of others.

Townsend Productions present in association with Sands Films Studios and The Society for the Study of Labour History

22/02/2024

In a recent House of Lords debate about the withering British arts scene Lord (Melvin) Bragg pointed out that the value of the arts to the British economy was roughly equivalent to that the ærospace industry, yet the latter receives 400 times the level of taxpayer subsidy than the supposedly ‘unproductive’ area of music/film/tv production, whose actual contribution to GDP is given below. (It has declined since Brexit.)

In consequence Cherubim has created a https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/656558 stating Fund music at state schools to the amount spent by private schools
We believe that the enrichment an experience of music-making offers is disproportionately valuable in terms of stimulating the imagination and creativity of students in other areas. Studies have found that schools with good quality music often have higher academic outcomes in other fields.
Many private schools advertise the value of music for the 7% of children who attend them. We believe the other 93% of school-children deserve the same benefits. We believe the Government pays lip service to the value of music (£6.7bn to the UK economy in 2023, with exports of £4bn) but fails to back words with actions. We believe the music teaching skills needed for the next generation are in danger of being lost, and that this would be a catastrophe for Britain's standing in the world, as well as for the welfare and wellbeing of its citizens.

When we reach 10,000 signatures we will be due a Govt response. If we reach 100,000 signatures in 6 months—we are deploying two of our staff to focus on achieving this—the issue will be debated in the Commons. Nobody supposes these results will change anything by themselves, but the more we can get this vital subject into the public domain the more chance there is of pressure driving it up the political agenda – especially if the results arrive in time to inform a different approach by a new government.

Please sign yourself, and forward this email to anyonelse in a position to network it onwards. Also please excuse us if get this info more than once.

We believe that the enrichment an experience of music-making offers is disproportionately valuable in terms of stimulating the imagination and creativity of students in other areas. Studies have found that schools with good quality music often have higher academic outcomes in other fields.

19/02/2024

Brilliant performance by Aisha Orazbayeva at The Sands Films Music Room: watch the whole concert here: https://watch.eventive.org/sandsmusic/play/659ac75012e6ae0026a91b7a to see Fred Thomas on harpsichord.

16/02/2024

Looking forward to Aisha Orazbayeva performance at Sands Films Music Room on Sunday; with Fred Thomas on the harpsichord... The concert is nearly sold out now, but it is broadcast so you can all watch it live or later.
Here you can read The Guardian review of her 2022 concert: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/10/the-mystery-sonatas-review-imaginative-poignant-performance-of-bibers-baroque-cycle

11/02/2024

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02/02/2024

Wonderful concert of Louis Couperin and Johann Sebastian Bach's music on harpsichord. Here the quote of an audience member: "It was all of a piece: the programme of music was perfectly chosen and beautiful, Jack González-Harding was at his very best, at one with his instrument and with his heart and the atmosphere in the audience was wonderful, palpable. This particular concert could not have happened in any other venue" The recording of this Musical Offering concert is available here: https://watch.eventive.org/sandsmusic/play/6572fd6fa5165500397fcce4