Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 9 September

Peter Davis & Anne Bolt piano duet
Schubert Fantasia in F minor, op. 103, D940

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 16 September

Rhiannon Douty mezzo-soprano,
AngusMcPhee baritone
Berlioz Les nuits d’été

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Professional Music in the Chapel - Friday 18 September

VOCES8
From Gibbons to Gershwin 
We are privileged to welcome the international award-winning octet VOCES8 to the Chapel. Whether they’re singing Jazz, Pop, Classical, or Spiritual, VOCES8 is simply one of the best unaccompanied vocal groups around, performing over 70 concerts worldwide this year alone.

Founder member Dingle Yandell OO is delighted to be bringing the group to Oakham to sing some of VOCES8’s classic repertoire, including works by Gibbons (O Clap Your Hands) and Holst (Nunc Dimittis), and popular songs such as I Got Rhythm, Fever and Jailhouse Rock..

Chapel, 7.45pm
Tickets £9

Music in the Chapel - Sunday 20 September

Eburru Fundraising Concert 
A wonderful evening’s entertainment, devised by 6th former Emily Hall, in aid of the Eburru Community Project in Gilgil, Kenya, which aims to help with the provision of education in the region. Enjoy a variety of songs from classical to the musicals. Performing alongside Emily and other leading pupil singers, we are delighted to welcome back Katie Hall, who is currently appearing as Cosette in the West End production of Les Misérables.

Chapel, 7.30pm
Free, no tickets required
Entrance donations welcomed Interval refreshments, retiring collection

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 23 September

James Douglas violin
Anna Lusty viola
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, 2nd movt.
Elgar Concerto in E minor, op. 85, 4th movt.

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Informal Concert - Wednesday 28 September

Studio 2, 7.45pm
Free, school only

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 30 September

Emily Hall soprano
with Harriet Flather clarinet
Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, op. 129
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade & Du bist die Rüh

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

House Drama Competion - Friday 2 & Saturday 3 October

The Macfadyen Shield
Will current holders mighty Clipsham retain their crown in the House play devising competition?  Will  previous winners Stevens rise from the ashes of  last year? Will the eternal bridesmaids of Hambleton finally claim more than the consolation bouquet?   Can Gunthorpe capitalise on their ‘Most Improved Status’ and crash the party? Will a boys’ boarding house actually resist the urge to cross-dress and strive for more than the sad safety of intentional ignominy?

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 7.45pm
Free,school only

Music in the Chapel - Saturday 3 October

Concerto Celebration! 
Rutland Sinfonia
Paul Hilliam conductor
James Douglas violin, Christian Fiedler alto saxophone,
Anna Lusty viola, Alexandra-Maria Tchernakova piano
Arnold Little Suite Nos. 1 & 2
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, 2nd movt.
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Elgar Concerto in E minor, op. 85, 4th movt.
Milhaud Scaramouche
Schumann Piano Concerto, 1st movt.
Walton Henry V Suite

Talented Oakham School pupils join the Rutland Sinfonia for a varied programme with a definitely English flavour.

Chapel, 7.30pm
Tickets £11, £9, £2 from The Art Shop, Oakham or msstanley@btinternet.comcollection

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 7 October

Christopher Earley tenor
Justin Wells bass
Jacques Offenbach Gendarmes’ Duet
H. Lane Wilson Tenor and Baritone
Michael Balfe Excelsior
J. Serjeant Watchman! What of the night?

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Music in the Chapel - Friday 9 October

Autumn Anniversaries 
Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Chamber Choir & First Form Singers
Peter Davis, Steve Foster & Tessa Drummond conductors
Anna Lusty soprano

Handel Music from the Royal Fireworks
Haydn Finale (Symphony No. 104 in D major, London)
Haydn Kleine Orgelmesse
HenryVIII Pastime with Good Company&Greensleeves
MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
Mathias Serenade for small orchestra, op. 18
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides

This cracker of a concert features sweeping orchestral music by Mendelssohn, alongside rumbustuous works by Handel, Haydn and Henry VIII as well as more intimate choral and instrumental music from MacMillan and Mathias. The spectacular programme celebrates a host of anniversaries of composers’ births (Mendelssohn, Mathias and MacMillan), deaths (Haydn and Handel) and even a coronation (Henry VIII).

Chapel, 7.45pm
Free, tickets required

Informal Concert - Wednesday 12 October

Studio 2, 7.45pm
Free, school only

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 14 October

Piano Quartets
Dvoràk Slavonic Dances Nos. 1, 3, & 8

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Exhibition - Monday 7 September to Wednesday 14 October

Best of Oakham School Art 
A spotlight is thrown on last year’s outstanding achievements in Art and Design in this exhibition through a selection of paintings, textiles and sculptures from the Speech Day shows. The strength of the drawing and the richness of experimentation are apparent in the mature and often challenging outcomes from these young artists.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm
Free, School only

Exhibition - Thursday 15 to Saturday 24 October

Big Draw
The Big Draw is a national event with exhibitions and workshops taking place throughout October. After the success of last year’s dance project, artist Ann Dunphy will be leading Oakham students to ‘draw’ on a journey through the medium of suitcases, from which wonderful objects - many old and fragile – will be unpacked and opened out.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm
Free

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 21 October

Elizabeth Robertson oboe
Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata in D major, op.166
Telemann Sonata in A minor

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Professional Music in the Chapel - Friday 23 October

Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trio in C, no. 27
Schumann Piano Trio no. 2 in F, op. 80
Copland Vitebsk
Dvorák Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, op. 90 Dumky

Tonight MitR brings to Oakham the superb Kungsbacka Piano Trio, one of today’s most outstanding young ensembles who perform to audiences all over the world. The Trio play with a gripping intensity and deep understanding as you will discover in this programme which ranges from the classical beauty of Haydn’s Trio in C, Schumann’s romantic second Piano Trio, through the simple beauty of Dvorák’s Dumky Trio to Copland’s avant-garde work, Vitebsk.

Chapel, 7.45pm
Tickets £9

The Off Road Shakespeare Season 2009

The productions open on 13th November in a special tent, in-the-round. Tickets can be booked by email (boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk) or by ‘phone 01572 758653. For details of dates and schedules please see below

Tickets £5

Exhibition - Monday 9 to Sunday 15 November

Form 3 Art & DesignTechnology
Come and view Form 3’s creative solutions for their latest project based on Theme Parks. As well as the obligatory attractions and rides, this exhibition shows sculptures designed for park entrances, interactive maps and brochures, willow sculptures, environmentally friendly gifts, and prototypes for souvenirs including jewellery and puzzles.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm
Free, school only

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 11 November

Music for Remembrance Day
Chamber Choir 
Handel De torrente in via bibet (Dixit Dominus)
Angus McPhee Agnus Dei
Cecilia McDowell Ave maris stella

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Exhibition - Monday 16 to Sunday 22 November

Islands and Invertebrates
We present this exhibition in further celebration of the birth of Charles Darwin. It includes superb hand-coloured engravings of invertebrates by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), part of a collection donated to Oakham School’s Biology Department by Dr Colin Leakey of the Sir Joseph Banks Society, together with images of the Galapagos.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm
Free

Informal Concert - Wednesday 16 November

Old Hall, 7.45pm
Free, school only

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 18 November

Lucy-Rose Graham piano
Debussy Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Poulenc Villageoises
Satie Gnossienne Nos. 1 & 3

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Music in the Chapel - Friday 20 November

Jerwoods Sounds
Jerwoods Choir, Flute Ensemble, String Ensemble, Cantamus, Guitar Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble
Peter Davis, Manda Williams, Martin Cropper, Rebecca Tudor, Ioana Ford, Emma Williams conductors

Music including
Britten Friday Afternoons (extracts)
Stanford A Song of Peace

The sheer diversity of music-making in Jerwoods is amazing and you can hear it at first hand in this delightful concert. It will feature solo and ensemble performances by our youngest musicians, including one of Britten’s earliest works for young singers and one of Stanford’s great anthems.

Chapel, 7.15pm.  Please note the earlier start time
Free, tickets required 

Exhibition - Monday 23 to Friday 27 November

IB Visual Art - Frances Hogg and HeatherWalker
The Visual Arts group have been exploring contemporary issues and world cultures through their studio work for the International Baccalaureate. On the Friday of this mid-course exhibition Heather Walker and Frances Hogg will talk about their work with visitors to the gallery.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm
Exhibition talk Friday November 27, 1.30pm to 2pm
Free

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 25 November

Harriet Flather harp
with Michael Stark violin
Donizetti Sonata for violin and harp
David Watkins Fire Dance
and music by Tournier

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Music in the Chapel - Thursday 26 November

Winter Harmonies
Chamber Orchestra, Big Band
Martin Cropper, Steve Foster conductors
Angus McPhee baritone
Elizabeth Robertson oboe

Bach Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug
Boccherini La musica notturna della strade di Madrid
Stanford Chacony in G minor

The Big Band and Chamber Orchestra join forces in a lively night of music-making. Continuing our theme of anniversaries, we celebrate Purcell’s birth 350 years ago with a performance of his serene Chacony in G minor, and enjoy Boccherini’s invocation of Madrid at night. Two leading soloists feature in Bach’s intense cantata, Ich habe genug, before the Big Band up the tempo for a second half of Jazz.

Chapel, 7.45pm
Free, tickets required

Informal Concert - Wednesday 30 November

Studio 2, 7.45pm
Free, school only

Exhibition - Tuesday 1 to Wednesday 16 December

Oakham Art: Staff
An opportunity to see how Oakham Art teachers Ann Dunphy, Wendy Greaves, Vladimir Pamihov, Simon Poppy, Ian Prendergrast and Cathy Smith spend their studio time! Our different skills - painting, printing, sculpture and textiles - are combined in a common passion: the creation of Art.

Smallbone Library, 10am – 6pm,  Friday 4 December also 6pm to 7.30pm
Free, tickets not required

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 2 December

Third Form Award Holders
Music to include movements from Walton Façade.

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free

Music at Lunchtime - Wednesday 9 December

Chamber Music
Instrumental works for small ensemble.

All Saints’ Church, 1.30pm
Free 
 

Drama - Monday 7 & Tuesday 8 December

A2 devised performances
Quite unlike anything else on offer this term, the A2 pieces are tomorrow’s world, today. Come and
see the future of theatre.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 7.45pm
Free, tickets required (5th Form and above only)

Music in the Chapel - Sunday 13 December

Brahms Requiem
Oakham Choral Society, Oakham School Chamber Choir & Orchestra
Helen Williams soprano
Michael George baritone
Peter Davis conductor

Brahms A German Requiem, op. 45
Wagner Siegfried Idyll

Two choirs join forces with outstanding professional soloists and orchestra, to perform Brahms’ moving and romantic Requiem which was inspired by the death of his mother in 1865. Brahms’ humanist approach to the Requiem is complemented by Wagner’s well-loved, emotional Siegfried Idyll which completes this satisfying, thoughtful programme.

Chapel, 7.30pm
Free £8, £6 (concessions)

Carols in Peterborough - Tuesday 15 December

Jerwoods Carol Service
In the splendour of Peterborough Cathedral, the Chaplains and Jerwoods Choir lead the whole Jerwoods community in the first of our end-of-term Carol Services.

Peterborough Cathedral, 2.30pm
Free, school.   Information will be sent to parents

Carols in Peterborough - Wednesday 16 December

Carol Service
We return to Peterborough Cathedral for our traditional Christmas Carol Service for pupils, parents and staff. Led by the Chapel Choir, we celebrate the season with congregational carols, choral music and readings..

Peterborough Cathedral, 2.30pm
Free, school.  Information will be sent to parents