ROB & MIRANDA GIG - STROUD, JANUARY 28th 2012
Thanks to an inspired invitation from Jenny Cox, organiser of the Hawkwood Concertina Band (whose CD I recorded a couple of years ago), Miranda and I will be doing a duo concert at Hawkwood College, just outside Stroud, on January 28th 2012. More info here.
We're also doing a couple of house concert - one in North Somerset and one in South Somerset as things stand - and there a foew other ideas too. If you're interested in hosting a house concert or booking us for anything else, please get in touch.
SUPERSTRINGS PROJECT AND CONCERT
Miranda and I are also involved in a brilliant project with the Superstrings Club in Wiltshire. We're currently leading a series of workshops with the young string players in a project that culminates in an exciting event at STEAM in Swindon on March 4th 2012, featuring a concert by Bellowhead, and the premier of a suit of new music by Bellowhead's Pete Flood that will be performed by the young people themselves, and soloists including Rob and Miranda.
LEWES CONCERTINA WORKSHOP - MARCH 3RD 2012
In conjunction with the Fay Hield Trio's performance at the Lewes Saturday Folk Club, I'll be leading a concertina workshop at the Crown Inn, Lewes on March 3rd. It's open to all systems of concertina although the technical information will inevitably be biased towards players of the English system since that's what I play! Further information and a booking form available here.
EAC SUMMER SCHOOL 2012
The Summer School will be held once again at Ruskin Mill in Nailsworth, led by Rob Harbron and Miranda Rutter. News just in ... the dates will be July 30th-August 3rd. Application forms and further info will be avilable soon ... in the mean time please visit the Summer School page on the English Acoustic Website to find out more about the course.
IN PRODUCTION...
The Duotone album I recorded and co-produced earlier this year is taking shape and should see the light of day early next year. I'm also mixing a CD I've just recorded with Boldwood, and recording is underway on Fay Hield's new CD which I'm playing on.
FAY HIELD TRIO GIGS
We're out on the road in the new year ...Full details on Fay's site.
MORRIS DANCE PROJECT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL!
Thanks to EFDSS, I've been working alongside Laurel Swift, Benjamin Dunks and the incredible South West youth dance company, So We Boys Dance, on a new piece which fuses Morris and Contemporary dance. It's been a brilliant experience - we've spent three weekends developing the piece, and did our first performances as part of the South Bank Centre's 5000 Morris Dancers weekend - see it here.
The highlight of the project so far, however, was our performance as part of On Show 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall ...
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 'MUSIC DAY' COMMISSION
The English Acoustic Collective were part of the Royal Geographical Society's Music Day in June. Our performance included the premier of a new piece I've was commissioned to compose entitled 'Coffee and Tea', which was inspired by images from the RGS Archive, a slideshow of which will be incorporated into the performance.
Our performance and the commission were both thanks to the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, with support from the PRS for Music Foundation. More info - RGS / ERCG. You can read more about how I approached writing the piece in my guest blog for BBC Radio 2's Folk and Acoustic pages.
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ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL - Concertina CD
A couple of years ago I recorded a few solo concertina tracks for this 3-CD box set featuring great players of the English concertina old and new. A must-have collection for any concertina enthusiast, with a great booklet as well as some unique tracks. Available from my Shop page.
Robert Harbron and Miranda Rutter Gloucestershire-based concertina and fiddle duo, available for concerts, workshops, dances, functions, parties and more!
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Robert Harbron gratefully acknowledges financial support from the PRS Foundation.