Sandbach School featuring Matthew Ford
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NovemberWednesday20202419:30 - 21:45
Event Details
On Wednesday 20th November, the Sandbach School Big Band will again be playing host to one of the country’s leading vocalists – Matthew Ford. An award-winning vocalist, Matthew is widely regarded as the finest big band singer in the UK, building an enviable wealth of experience performing with the BBC Big Band and Syd Lawrence Orchestra as well as the Halle, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC and RTE Concert Orchestras. Matthew Works regularly with acclaimed conductor John Wilson making multiple appearances at the BBC proms including in 2019, plus touring the UK with the John Wilson Orchestra in 2011, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 and appearing with them at the Harrogate, Cheltenham, Hampton Court Palace and Grafenegg Festivals. Matt made his U.S. debut in 2015 performing at Royce Hall in Hollywood and in 2016 made his French debut, performing his own show on Valentine’s Day in Paris for Radio France. Matt has also performed in Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall with the JWO Orchestra, a concert streamed worldwide on the Digital Concert Hall.
A snippet of Matt performing at the 2019 BBC Proms can be found here https://youtu.be/nqlwvArriLk
Throughout the concert, Matthew will be accompanied by the Sandbach School Big Band. In recent years the group has worked with many of the country’s leading musicians including Georgie Fame; Derek Watkins; Simon Willescroft (Saxophonist with Duran Duran); Gordon Campbell (Lead trombone BBC Big Band); Elliot Henshaw (Drummer with Tony Christie); Colin Skinner (lead Alto John Wilson Orchestra); Kevin Holbrough (Jazz tutor, Leeds College of Music); Georgina Jackson (Vocalist with Ronnie Scots’ Big Band) and Tom Seals. In addition, they have been finalists on two occasions at the National Festival of Music for Youth, undertaken tours of Berlin, New England USA, Istanbul, Singapore and New Zealand and given a performance to two thousand people at the Primary Proms Concert at Chester Cathedral.
The programme for the two evenings with Matthew will be a selection from the great hits of Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and Bobby Darin including ‘Happy Together’, ‘We Have all the time in the World’, ‘Clementine’, ‘When you’re Smiling’, It’s Not unusual’ and ‘I Left my heart in San Francisco’.
This special concert will start at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th November in our Theatre Space with refreshments available from 6.45pm. Tickets are £10 each available from the main School Reception on 01270 758870 or alternatively from here!
Featured Artists
- Matthew Ford
- Sandbach School Big Band