Music Therapist Liz Butt has decided to expand her service to encompass other musical activities for health and wellbeing. These activities will include drumming circles, singing groups, music lessons and bringing music sessions to the housebound as well as music therapy. This has been Liz’s inspiration for setting up a Community Interest Company called “The Music Well”. Continue reading The Music Well
The concert by Tuxedo Junction held on Saturday 4th July was a great success. Well over 100 people attended Emmanuel Church. Everyone enjoyed listening to the group and were encouraged to sing along to some numbers. Continue reading The Leprosy Mission Concert
The Peacocke Hall at the Rye College was full to the very last seat for the appearance of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, part of the Rye Christmas Festival, on Saturday 13 December. Tickets were sold out within days of going on sale, the seats could possibly have been filled three times over. Continue reading Glenn Miller Orchestra in Rye
Rye’s Own pop stars The Cheeky Girls have been described as ‘one hit wonders’ and accused of lack of talent by such emminent music critics like Pete Waterman and Simon. Continue reading The Cheeky Girls
Rye man Carl Spencer and his famous Nighthawks Orchestra have become known in the music industry as ‘Kings of Swing’. Their versatile music stems from the days of Spencer’s Washboard Kings of the sixties and
early seventies. Continue reading Carl is Rye’s King of Swing
Robert Wolfe
Robert Wolfe is recognised as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the theatre organ. Acclaimed for his sheer artistry, renowned for his musicality, he is without question one of the top British organists. Continue reading UK’s No.1 Organist At The Thomas Peacocke
This photograph sums up the Rye Wurlitzer year perfectly. No longer is the beautifully restored organ positioned on the rear balcony of the hall where the chairs had to be turned the wrong way round to see it. Continue reading Rye Wurlitzer up and Running
On Saturday 26 May a concert was held in St. Marys Church to raise funds for the Otakar Kraus Music Trust who provide music therapy for the Rye Community. Continue reading Concert Italia
East Guldeford Church echoed to the sounds of old English music recently when the ‘Queen’s Consort’ group of musicians under Leader Shirley Carey, performed an evening of music that was likely to have been heard during the reigns of Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth 1. Continue reading Music from the Tudor Court at Guldeford
