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Windermere School puts former student in spotlight

9:20am Friday 17th May 2013

INTERNATIONAL opera singer Claire Booth returns to her former school as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations.

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Houghton Weavers and Flookburgh Band share the stage

6:10pm Monday 13th May 2013

AFTER two years of shows in Ulverston, Houghton Weavers and Flookburgh Band are moving their musical double act to Grange-over-Sands for a concert on Saturday (May 18, 7.30pm).

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Grange and District Concert Club's 40th season features young star violinist

1:04pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

TOP violinist Jennifer Pike has a date at a ruby celebration.

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Gig guide - May 9 to May 15

9:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

FIND out what's happening on the gig circuit over the next week.

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Well-known Cumbrian rock band split

4:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

ONE of South Lakeland’s most renowned bands has called it a day after 10 years.

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Lake District Summer Music promises another five-star feast

8:40am Saturday 4th May 2013

THRILLING performances, unique collaborations and plenty to inspire.

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Lancaster choir provides soundtrack to footage of The Lone Ranger

1:00pm Sunday 28th April 2013

Well-known local composer Andy Whitfield directs Lancaster Millennium Choir on Saturday (May 4, 8pm) at Kendal College’s new theatre venue The Box.

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Final concert in Westmorland Orchestra season features some of Britain's best light music

10:00am Sunday 28th April 2013

JOHN Upson is one of Cumbria’s most respected musical figures.

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Handel's Messiah brings choirs together for birthday performance

8:20am Saturday 27th April 2013

KENDAL Choral Society is on song celebrating ten years of ‘entente cordiale’ with French choir Toutes Aures.

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Talented Cassia String Quartet perform at Beetham

5:40pm Monday 22nd April 2013

FOUR musicians being mentored by distinguished string player Peter Cropper perform at Beetham’s Heron Theatre on Sunday, April 28, (2.30pm).

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Sedbergh choir gathering has international flavour

1:00pm Sunday 21st April 2013

TALENTED Zrece town choir Zbor Jurij Vodovnik visit Sedbergh along with a family of singers Pevke iz Brinjeva Gora for the Songs of Friendship concert.

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Eminent cellist Steven Isserlis headlines Ulverston music gathering

8:10am Saturday 20th April 2013

ULVERSTON International Music Festival celebrates ten years of world class music-making with its most diverse and ambitious programme yet.

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Staveley Choral performs Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana

1:00pm Wednesday 17th April 2013

MORE than a hundred voices are set to raise the roof in a grand choral gathering at Windermere this weekend.

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REVIEW: Graham Gouldman at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

8:39am Monday 15th April 2013

Graham Gouldman: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

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Public Enemy, Seasick Steve and Johnny Marr added to Kendal Calling lineup

12:33pm Thursday 11th April 2013

Kendal Calling organisers have announced legendary and controversial American Hip-Hop group Public Enemy will be touching down in the fields for a rare UK festival appearance.

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Rising saxophone star Jess Gillam shares stage with top players

6:40pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

SOME of the finest saxophone players in the world descend on Ulverston during the next few months.

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Quality line-up of soloists for Kendal choir concert

12:00pm Sunday 7th April 2013

Kendal South Choir perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and a choice selection of opera on Saturday, April 13 (7.30pm) at Kendal Parish Church.

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Gig guide - April 6 to April 10

1:14pm Saturday 6th April 2013

FIND out what's happening on the live music scene this weekend and beyond.

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Top line up for Kendal Jazz Club gig

9:10am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

SINGER Sarah Ellen Hughes takes centre stage for Kendal Jazz Club at the River Bar, Hawkshead Beer Hall, Staveley, on Wednesday, April 10 (8pm).

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April in Ambleside for Zelkova Quartet

4:48pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

ONE of the Westmorland Youth Orchestra’s success stories returns to home turf to take centre stage in a Lake District Summer Music Patrons’ concert.

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