Bonjour et bienvenue!
Our evenings begin at 7.30pm. Refreshments are provided giving us the opportunity to meet and chat in either French or English, as you prefer.
It is not essential to be fluent in French and you are invited to join us at any of our meetings with no prior booking necessary (unless indicated otherwise per the Programme below).
Visitors are always welcome to join us for the evening.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Our Programme
Alan Murrells will take us on a virtual tour of Colchester Castle.
The presentation will be in French, with English.
Dawn Marley’s presentation will trace the ‘parallel history’ of the ‘other’ languages of France, showing how they have evolved alongside French. We will look at the current situation through the example of Catalan.
This presentation will be in French, with English.
Benjamin Finn will tell us about the making of Stained Glass and his 35 years as a Stained Glass Artist.
The presentation will be in French, with English.
Peter Holman MBE (musical director, conductor, musicologist) will present for us (in English) on the subject of French Baroque Music.
Peter is best known for reviving the music of Purcell and his English contemporaries. . He is now director of The Parley of Instruments and the choir Psalmody, is musical director of Leeds Baroque and director of the Suffolk Villages Festival. He has taught at many conservatoires, universities, and summer schools in Britain, Europe, New Zealand and the USA, and was Reader and then Professor of Historical Musicology at Leeds University from 2000, retiring as Emeritus Professor in 2010. He was awarded an MBE in 2015.
Membership
Members
There is an annual membership subscription which is currently £30.00 per annum. Subscriptions are due to be paid each year at the AGM in May.
Visitors
Visitors are welcome at all meetings. (Visitor fee is £5.00 unless indicated otherwise on the Programme, which includes refreshments.)