Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham’

Thoughts on the first day

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Well, day one of Harmonic went off in fine style. The students nailed it and did a fantastic job of playing Dave Holland’s tunes. The ever efficient Peter Bacon has already posted a review of the gig too, you can find it here.

Dave Holland also treated us to a brief solo set and the end of the gig which was a real treat. We’re adding snapshots of our days to the Media page via our Flickr account.

For a very in-depth look at Dave’s visit to the Conservatoire (including mid-gig video footage from the musicians!) head over to http://hollandforaweek.com. Soweto Kinch trio and Lluis Mather quartet at The Yardbird tomorrow; can’t wait!

Ticket Giveaway

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

We’ve got a pair of weekend passes for Harmonic up for grabs. This will give you access to all the events at the CBSO Centre on Friday 12th March and Saturday 13th March, including: Claudia Quintet International project, Paul Dunmall Trio, Sara Colman, Chris Mapp’s Gambol, Moon Unit and the Cobweb Collective duos.

All you have to do is answer this simple question:

Which bass legend, who played on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew album, is making a special appearance presenting student bands at Harmonic on Wednesday 10th March?

Add your name, email and answers below. Closing date for entries is 8pm on Tuesday 9th March when we’ll select the winner at random from all the correct entries. We’ll contact the lucky winner with details after then. Good luck!

The competition is now closed. The lucky winner was Pete Rosser.

Want to play at Harmonic?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

If you’re a musician based in Birmingham or the wider West Midlands area and want to get involved with Harmonic, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for duos to play at the CBSO Centre on Saturday 13th March in the foyer. We have three slots to fill:

6pm – 6.30pm
7.30pm – 8.00pm
9pm – 9.30pm

As well as a fee, we can offer you a free pass each for the Saturday gigs of Paul Dunmall Trio, Sara Colman, Chris Mapp’s Gambol and Moon Unit which can’t be bad! If you play in a duo already, or have someone you can make sweet music with drop us a line. We’re open to any combination of instruments, the only stipulation is that you have to ply your trade in the West Midlands. Remember this is a jazz festival. Take a look at our programme and see if your music will suit our line-up before you enter.

Drop us an email at: chris@harmonicfestival.co.uk with your names, instruments you play, where you live, and if possible a link to your website or Myspace.

Rules
- Closing date for entries: 24th February at 8pm
- We will look at all the entries, but we will only get in contact with those who are successful
- You need to provide your own instruments/backline. We’ll provide a small P.A.