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SUMMARY:Bassoon workshop day with Catriona McDermid - Sunday 3 August 2025 in Dorchester (near Oxford)
DESCRIPTION:A great chance to work with Catriona McDermid – all details below. The day is aimed at amateur bassoon players of all ages\, and teachers. Please get in touch if you or your students would like to attend. Grade 5/6 minimum. \nSecure your place by buying a ticket (BOOK TICKETS link below).  Please also email payne.simon@gmail.com if you would like to take part in a masterclass (an accompanist is provided). \nThe format of the day will include ensemble playing\, short individual master-classes  and a detailed Q&A session where Catriona hopes to be able to cover all sorts of topics ranging from articulation to breath control\, intonation to vibrato\, how to get the most from practice and as many more thorny issues as requested!  Catriona may also give a short recital.  You will be able to ask questions throughout the day. \nPlease tell us your approximate standard so that we can organise ensemble pieces more effectively.  We can email out parts in advance if you want (so you needn’t be anxious about sight-reading\, and will get more out of group playing). \nCatriona leads a varied career as a modern and period instrument bassoonist and keen educator. She performs with leading period instrument ensembles such as English Concert\, English Baroque Soloists\, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and Academy of Ancient Music. She is also in demand as a modern orchestral bassoonist\, playing guest principal with orchestras such as London Philharmonic Orchestra\, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and RTÉ Symphony Orchestra. \nCatriona is also a passionate chamber musician\, playing at festivals and venues nationwide such as Wigmore Hall\, Bridgewater Hall and Ryedale Festival. She is a member of the first ever BBC New Generation Baroque Ensemble\, Ensemble Molière and also a member of wind quintet Magnard Ensemble\, previously artists for Making Music\, Tillett Trust and Tunnell Trust.  As a soloist Catriona is a former Countess of Munster and Handel House Talent artist. \nStrongly believing in the importance of education and community work\, Catriona regularly works on and leads a whole variety of projects\, most recently Ensemble Moliere’s early years workshop\, The King’s Animals. Catriona is also an avid arranger and has several pieces published with both Wonderful Winds and Alry Publications. \nPLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MUSIC STAND. \nArrangements for the day: \nTIMINGS\nThe Hall will be open from 09.30 to 18.00\nRefreshments from 09.30.\nThe workshop will start at 10.00\, and end by about 16.00/16.30.\nLunch roughly 12.30 – 13.30 \nREFRESHMENTS \nTea\, coffee and biscuits will be provided for the breaks during the day\, and are included in the cost.\nPlease bring your own lunch. There are also a nice hotel\, a deli and a Co-op in Dorchester High Street. \nVENUE \nThe Village Hall in the beautiful village of Dorchester-on-Thames (see particularly Dorchester Abbey).\nParking is quite easy in the roads near the Village Hall\, in car parks\, and on the main street. SEE MAP \nTRAVEL/MAPS \nDorchester-on-Thames is a village on the River Thame in Oxfordshire\, about 3 miles northwest of Wallingford and  8 miles southeast of Oxford.  The Hall is marked on the map.\nDorchester Village Hall\, 7 Queen Street\, Dorchester OX10 7RA.  SEE MAP\nNB this is the Dorchester in Oxfordshire\, near Oxford\, not the one in Dorset!
URL:https://abbeychamberconcerts.org/event/bassoon-workshop-day-with-catriona-mcdermid-sunday-3-august-2025-in-dorchester-near-oxford/
LOCATION:Dorchester Village Hall\, 7 Queen Street\, Dorchester\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7RA
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