The Fairwater Flute Ensemble is holding its spring concert in Tilehurst on Saturday, March 22.
The event showcases the versatility of the instrument, and the programme contains a mixture of music written specifically for flute ensembles along with arrangements of My Heart Will Go On – the theme tune to the James Cameron film Titanic and vintage ditty The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
There will also be perfrmances of Edward Grieg’s The Last Spring and Ryohei Hirose’s Blue Train For Flute Orchestra.
The concert will run for a little over an hour without an interval after which much cake will be served.
Who are the Fairwater Flute Ensemble?
Founded in 2018 by Reading flute teacher Cathy Laney, the Fairwater Flute Ensemble consists of roughly 20 members who meet monthly for rehearsals.
Some are advanced pupils of Cathy, others are adults whose flutes have lain dormant for many years.
This will be the ensemble’s fourth concert, each one raising money for a charity close to our hearts. This year it’s the SSNAP at the John Radcliffe hospital where a member’s baby spent some time.
The ensemble boasts piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as regular sizes.
Which charity will benefit from the Fairwater Flute Ensemble concert?
It is an afternoon concert, and will see the musicians raise funds for SSNAP, a charity formed in 1982 to support families of newborn children and their families during stressful and difficult early days.
Based out of John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, the charity provides emotional, medical, financial and informational support for the parents of premature and sick babies and those that care for them.
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The unit can care for up to 56 babies at any one time and is a Level 3 Centre meaning that the most sick and premature babies from across the whole Thames Valley are looked after in Oxford.
How much are tickets and where will the Fairwater Flute Ensemble concert take place?
The Fairwater Flute Ensemble concert takes place on Saturday, March 22 from 3pm.
Tickets cost £10 or £2 for under 18s. These can be purchased on the door … but the orchestra will only be accepting cash, it is not possible to purchase by card.
The concert will be held in St Catherine’s Church, on Wittenham Avenue in Tilehurst. Its postcode is RG31 5LN.
The choir does not have a website.
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