It was great to perform at the Birmingham Art Gallery & Museum last Saturday. The acoustics in the Round Room were absolutely fantastic even though we didn’t quite have enough time to do a thorough sound check! Thanks to Clare Edwards from the Gigbeth Music Festival for asking us to play and to all those [...]

I think today can pretty much be considered a day of promotion for the ensemble.  I’ve just come back from being interviewed by BBC Radio Shropshire at their Telford studio.  I don’t know why but put a microphone in front of me and any sense of cohesion in what I’m saying just disappears.  Fortunately it [...]

The first six dates have been announced. Fordante are playing the following dates:
Saturday 8th November Birmingham (as part of the Gigbeth Music Festival)
Saturday 13th December St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Saturday 24th January Cleobury Parish Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
Saturday 31st January The Victoria Hall, Broseley, Shropshire
Saturday 7th February The Red House, Albrighton, Shropshire
Saturday 28th February Chelmarsh [...]

After several years of composing and arranging the new crossover classical music, Fordante has been launched!
New musical works inspired in part by the great baroque composers and brought up to date with the help of a contemporary filmic sound.
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Samples of the music are available in the Music tab.
Your comments will be most welcome.