Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts

[ July 10, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Summer concert featuring big band and classical music (19:00) @ Streetly School

Sutton-based Irish comedienne Sheila M (pictured top)will show her versatility by hosting a three-and-a-half hour session of music at M&S on Saturday July 12 - and performing some original songs herself.
Sheila, who runs a comedy night at The Place 2B, will be joined by guitarist Gregg Jones to showcase their compositions as The Sweet Peas between [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 8:00 pm; ]
The New Streetly Youth Orchestra will be performing a collection of music from popular movies and musicals, at Holy Trinity (C of E) Parish Church on Saturday July 12 at 8pm.

Highlights will include selections from The Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter, High School Musical, Hairspray and the latest West End sensation Wicked!

The orchestra offers the [...]

[ July 13, 2008; 2:30 pm; ] Emmanuel Church in Birmingham Road, Wylde Green hosts a performance by the Emmanuel Choirs with a guest appearance by Sutton Trombone Choir, on Sunday July 13.

The acclaimed Emmanuel singers will be directed, as always, by Richard Mason as they perform popular choir music, sacred and secular.

Emmanuel Choir is a Boys’ church choir, who sing regular [...]

[ July 10, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] The school, in Upper Holland Road, has moved its annual concert, featuring orchestra (pictured), swing band, woodwind and choir, to Thursday July 10 (7.30pm) to tie in with the Festival.

Plantsbrook is a specialist music college, which has earned a fine reputation for its work, under the guidance of teacher Richard Elliott.

He recently took the school’s [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm. ] A thriving Sutton Coldfield musicians’ club which has given a stage to novice acoustic guitarists and some international stars will hold a demonstration in a marquee in The Parade on Saturday July 12 between 1pm and 1.45pm.

Three years ago Sutton Acoustic Guitar Club, which met at Sutton Sailing Club, was facing an uncertain future after [...]

[ July 13, 2008; 5:30 pm; 7:00 pm; ] Leading choral group Ensemble 1685 give a Festival performance at Holy Trinity (C of E) Parish Church on Sunday July 13 - with a guest turn from Wylde Green opera singer Richard Lloyd Owen.

1685 was the year both Bach and Handel were born, and Sutton-born Richard Jeffcoat has adopted this resonant date as a brand-name [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 2:30 pm; ] The Fellowship Hall in South Parade will host a children`s concert for the Festival at 2.30pm on Saturday July 12.

Engelbert Humperdinck`s fairytale opera Hansel & Gretel will be brought to life by the Blenheim Wind Quintet, with narration.

In a setting specially written for children by the group`s flautist Helen Mills, all the well known tunes [...]

[ July 11, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] Tickets are now on sale for Midsummer Music, a Sutton Festival Of Arts concert featuring Sutton Coldfield Orchestra, the Vaughan Singers and Four Oaks Cluster Choir.

The three groups will join together for the show at Sutton Town Hall on Friday July 11 at 7.30pm.
Representing the area since 1975, Sutton Coldfield Orchestra performs roughly five to six concerts [...]