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Faringdon & District

Group Category: Music

  • Guitar

    Keen guitar players of all abilities meet at 10.30 every Thursday at the Quaker Meeting House for an hour of playing a range of well known songs, followed by coffee and a chat. Interested members are invited to join us - for further information, please contact Dave. Read more

  • Jazz

    There is a break in the middle for tea/coffee and lemon drizzle cake. We charge £1 a meeting to cover costs and also to pay for the occasional guest speaker. We try to cover all aspects of jazz from the early days to the present. Read more

  • Opera - Summer

    The  Opera Group explores  the full operatic repertoire by watching a full opera each month on  DVD; we have seen over 170 operas of which some 30 are repeats, albeit never the same production, ranging from Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo’ to Phillip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’ by way of Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Puccini as well as many other composers old and new.… Read more

  • Opera - Winter

    The  Opera Group explores  the full operatic repertoire by watching a full opera each month on  DVD; we have seen over 170 operas of which some 30 are repeats, albeit never the same production, ranging from Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo’ to Phillip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’ by way of Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Puccini as well as many other composers old and new.… Read more

  • Recorder Consort

    The Recorder Consort plays a wide range of music in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere on instruments generally ranging from soprano to bass. Since we started in 2013, our playing has developed and we have performed in public on a number of occasions. If you’d like to know more, contact the group leader. Read more

  • Accessible Ukuleles

    The group meets weekly on a Tuesday morning, either in a member’s house, or (weather permitting) in a garden.Why are we called ‘Accessible’? Because we love to see new members of any standard, and run courses for beginners periodically. We sing and play a variety of songs, and entertain at the Day Centre, various care… Read more