Upcoming Events at The Schott Music Shop

For more about any of these events or for information about how to book the Schott Recital Room please contact us at 020 7534 0710 or [email protected]
 

August 7th - Asako Ogawa Birthday Concert
August 13th - Scottish-Gaelic and Japanese-Ainu Folk Songs
August 14th - Schott Guitar Meetup Group
August 21st - Schott Piano Meetup Group
September 2nd - Piano Yoga® Club - Launch
September 4th - Zamara & Alexandrowicz - Music for Voice and Guitar
September 25th - Cuban Jazz Workshop - Javier Zalba

Friday August 7th 2015, 7.00pm concert, 8.00pm reception

Asako Ogawa - A Birthday Concert and Reception wishing Peace & Love

Cellist Nikolay Ginov and pianist Asako Anna Ginova (Ogawa) have performed in many international festivals and major London venues together since 2001. Tonight we celebrate Asako’s 40th birthday with a short but variegated programme ranging from Bach to Piazzolla to bring peace and joy into everyone’s heart. Reception follows the performance with drinks and refreshments.

Tickets: £10 advance from 020 7534 0710, £12 on the door

Thursday August 13th 2015, 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Aoidh - Scottish-Gaelic and Japanese-Ainu Folk Songs

Leaders of the Japanese Gaelic folk-fusion wave, the Aoidh trio, consisting of Alana (guitar), Chihiro (piano) and Erica (vocals) stop off at Schott on their way back from Edinburgh to regale you with their gentle ECM-style versions of traditional Scottish and Japanese folk tunes. Atmospheric, ethereal and evocatively improvised, they will not fail to beguile the ear.

Tickets: £10 in advance, £12 on door, £8 concessions from [email protected]
More information: http://alanmackay3.wix.com/aoidh

Friday August 14th 2015, 6.00-9.00pm

Schott Guitar Meetup Group

A chance for guitarists to play and anyone to come and listen - participation is free. For this one 'anything goes', your choice of piece can follow your fancy, a "Quodlibet" as they used to say - hoping this will give us some variety and some surprises. Go to the meetup page (below) to sign up or to see who's going and what they're playing.

Admission: Free.
Register at: www.meetup.com/Schott-Guitar-Meetup-Group/

Friday August 21st 2015, 6.00-9.00pm

Schott Piano Meetup Group - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms

A night of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Come and join in with our composer themed evening. If you would like to perform a piece by any of the above please let me know, writes Lana T (organiser). Nothing too long though as we want to encourage as many to perform as we can. Go to the meetup.com event page (below) to sign up or see what other people are playing.

Admission: £5.00
Register at: www.meetup.com/Schott-Piano-Meetup-Group/

Wednesday September 2nd 2015, 7.00-8.15pm

Piano Yoga® Club - Launch

An opportunity to learn in-depth about the Piano-Yoga® method and get advice directly from its creator, concert pianist and composer GéNIA.

Piano-Yoga® is a unique system of piano playing which combines fundamentals of the Russian Piano School with principles from eastern philosophy, especially Yoga, utilising aspects of movement, gravity and breathing to create a more natural and organic approach to piano playing, performing and teaching. Hosted by outstanding concert-artist GéNIA, the Club will suit professional and amateur musicians from intermediate to advanced level.

Tonight's session explains "Why we believe in the efficiency of Piano-Yoga® method".

Tickets: from www.piano-yoga.com, single-visit £25, 6-week and one-year passes available at lower rates.
More information: www.piano-yoga.com or email [email protected]

Friday September 4th 2015, 7.00pm

Dominika Zamara & Stanley Alexandrowicz - Music for Voice and Guitar

The New York Classical Music Society (NYCMS) presents the London debut of the internationally renowned duo of Polish soprano Dominika Zamara and American Classical guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz. In celebration of their newly released CD "Ivan Padovec: Works for Guitar and Soprano" on the prestigious Sheva Collection Label (www.shevacollection.it), tonight's recital will feature songs by Croatia’s greatest Romantic-era virtuoso composer-guitarist, operatic arias by Bellini, Bizet, and others, and solo guitar works by France’s greatest 19th Century guitar virtuoso Napoleon Coste. In addition there is the UK première of American composer Robert W. Butts' "Early Morning Suite" for guitar and the première of a new piece for guitar by British composer Paul Wilkinson written specially for this occasion.

Tickets: £12.50 in advance from 0207 534 0710 or on the door.
More information: http://stanleyalexandrowicz.wordpress.com/dominika-zamara-duo-voice-guitar/ and http://19thcenturyvirtuosoromanticguitar.com/

Friday September 25th 2015, 6.00pm

Cuban Jazz - Instrumental Workshop with Javier Zalba

For players at all levels, a rare occasion to meet the multi-instrumentalist Cuban legend Javier Zalba, who has played flute, clarinet and saxophone with some of the top names in Cuban music - Buena Vista Social Club Orchestra, Afro Cuban All Stars, Cubanismo and Irakere to mention only a few. Whatever instrument you play, come along and learn how to perform Son, Danzon, Cha-Cha-Cha, Mambo, Pilon, Guaracha and other Cuban flavours in a fun workshop. Lots of dancing and improvising guaranteed!

The workshop will be directed by Javier and his son Jose (pianist and flautist) in a warm and friendly environment. Javier's Teaching books and compositions will be available for sale. Javier played to packed houses during his short 1 week tour of UK in 2014, and now he is back with a series of concerts, masterclasses and workshops crammed full of traditional Cuban and Latin Jazz music! You can hear father and son performing live the following day (26 Sept, 7.30pm) at St James's Piccadilly when Javier will be joining José and his group The Mañana Collective.

Tickets: £6 and £4 from www.brownpapertickets.com