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Rob Finlay's new EP HALF-HEARD is released

Tue 06 Sep 2016

Rob Finlay's new EP HALF-HEARD is released

I launched a crowd funding campaign to record and release a new 5 track EP earlier this year called HALF-HEARD. I released it to help spread the word about SSHL (Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss). In 2014 I suddenly.....Read more

Watford Celebration One Town Together

Tue 25 Aug 2020

Watford Celebration One Town Together

Celebrating our town during lockdown. This year it will be Celebration with a difference. Watford Celebration 2020 will be online! Join us for the event Premiere August 29-31. 29th-3pm- Day 1: Premiere on YouTube a.....Read more

Purcell School Pupil Wins BBC Young Composer Competition

Mon 02 Sep 2013

Purcell School Pupil Wins BBC Young Composer Competition

Purcell pupil, Lucinda Rimmer (Year 10) is one of five talented young composers to win the 2013 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition. Lucinda's piece Sunset Dance at Menkaura was inspired by Menkaura, the sm.....Read more

Something out of Nothing - Dance, Music & Film Project

Mon 02 Sep 2013

Something out of Nothing - Dance, Music & Film Project

Purcell School pupils, Dancedigital, Watford Museum and 30 local community performers worked together on an exciting interactive live dance and technology performance as part of Watford Live! They presented the perfor.....Read more

Purcell School Pupil, Martin James Bartlett wins BBC Young Music

Mon 19 May 2014

Purcell School Pupil, Martin James Bartlett wins BBC Young Music

Purcell School pupil, Martin James Bartlett (aged 17) has won this year's BBC Young Musician. Following in the footsteps of fellow Purcellian Lara Melda, who won in 2010, Martin took the coveted title with a concerto per.....Read more

PURCELL SCHOOL SCHOLAR AWARDED QUEEN'S MEDAL FOR MUSIC

Fri 03 Jun 2016

PURCELL SCHOOL SCHOLAR AWARDED QUEEN'S MEDAL FOR MUSIC

PURCELL SCHOOL SCHOLAR, OLIVER KNUSSEN AWARDED TOP MUSICAL ACCOLADE – THE QUEEN’S MEDAL FOR MUSIC (Photo credit: David Sillitoe) Former Purcell scholar, composer and conductor, Oliver Knussen was presented with th.....Read more

Succesful ACE bid. R&D funding secured to develop puppet show

Thu 13 Feb 2014

Succesful ACE bid. R&D funding secured to develop puppet show

Planet Munch - Savour the Flavour musical puppet show enters R&D phase....Read more

Blog Update -Trim Tots Healthy Lifestyle Programme

Wed 25 Jun 2014

Blog Update -Trim Tots Healthy Lifestyle Programme

Trim Tots Healthy lifestyle, Hertfordshire based project for the under 5's and their carers with a creative approach to learning. BIG Lottery appplication submitted to support project in Herts...Read more

Planet Munch Puppets - Opportunities for Dacorum Schools

Wed 06 Sep 2023

Planet Munch Puppets - Opportunities for Dacorum Schools

Planet Munch Puppets - Opportunities for Dacorum Schools The Planet Munch team is excited to announce that workshops and performances are now available for booking at schools and venues in Dacorum. Our show feature.....Read more

Final countdown to record-breaking Watford Fringe Festival

Fri 06 Jun 2025

Final countdown to record-breaking Watford Fringe Festival

There’s everything from pre-Edinburgh Fringe shows to a band hot off their set at Glastonbury, a musician who appeared on the recent series of Channel Four’s The Piano, the man who ‘discovered’ Wham!, the best in local t.....Read more

A first love immortalised in music

Wed 23 Aug 2023

A first love immortalised in music

A piece of music that the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich wrote for his first love when he was only 16 will be one of the highlights of an afternoon concert that Three Rivers Music Society is to hold in Rickmanswor.....Read more

Jazz musician who found  inspiration during Covid lockdowns

Sun 31 Dec 2023

Jazz musician who found inspiration during Covid lockdowns

Modern jazz pianist and composer John Donegan will be showcasing numbers from his critically acclaimed new album at a concert in Rickmansworth on Monday, January 15. The highly regarded Chorleywood musician wrote and .....Read more

A concert good enough for royalty

Tue 24 Oct 2023

A concert good enough for royalty

Valeria Kurbatova is a multi-award-winning harpist who has performed for King Charles as well as rock royalty, in the shape of the Rolling Stones. She has played in the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace, the Barbic.....Read more

Celebrated string quartet launches music society’s autumn season

Sun 18 Sep 2022

Celebrated string quartet launches music society’s autumn season

One of Britain’s finest string quartets will perform two masterworks by Beethoven and Dvořák at a concert in Rickmansworth on Friday, September 30. The concert is being given by the multi-award-winning Maggini Quartet wh.....Read more

From cinema organist to celebrated composer

Wed 20 Sep 2023

From cinema organist to celebrated composer

Back in 1931 Florence Price was a single mother who made ends meet by playing cinema and church organs and writing songs for radio commercials. But today she is celebrated as the first African-American woman to have h.....Read more

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