Two fund raising concerts in tribute to the late Harrison College headmaster Albert Williams and music education icon Janice Millington will be held at the Frank Collymore Hall on March 7th and 8th 2014.
Proceeds from the concert will be in aid of the HC music department which I understand is running dangerously low on quarter notes and sharps after recent funding cuts.
Students tell me they can only play pieces in flat keys and are having to tie eighth notes together in order to perform certain passages. The cost of music notes has been badly hit by the global recession, clefs can be expensive to ship and a recent tax on repeat signs are adding to the challenges faced by today's young Barbadian musicians.
Here is a promo clip for the event;
We had a wonderful rehearsal on Saturday, no temper tantrums or ego trips, just lots of great music and poor jokes.
I hope we can raise enough money for those notes.....
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