Star performance

Rising star John Paul Ekins will be giving a piano recital in aid of the NSPCC in St Mary’s Church on 13 November at 7.30 pm. A first class Honours graduate from the Royal School of Music, he has won many awards, including a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music. John Paul will be playing his personal choice of works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Janacek, Chopin, Britten and Bach-Busoni.

Tickets: £12.00 (to include wine and canapés) from Susan Hubbard (01394 386869) or Woodbridge Violins, 26 Market Hill (01394 383150)

Hallelujah!

Have you been watching The Choir and feeling there’s something in all that singing lark? Well, the Woodbridge School’s Messiah from scratch is for you. It’s on 5 December, with a rehearsal for the chorus (that’s you) from 2.00-4.30 pm and the performance at 7.30 pm, both in St Mary’s Church. It will be wonderful, and the audience will love it (it’s free to them – retiring collection only!). Tickets to sing: £5.00 from the Box Office (01394 615015 or boxoffice@woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk) and state the part you’d like to sing. Audience entry free!

Illuminati shines for Verna

A cause that has touched the hearts of many Woodbridge people is the Verna Health Clinic. It provides vital medical services and midwifery to one of the most impoverished areas of Kampala, Uganda and fund-raising events throughout Woodbridge have so far raised £5,500. This has helped with basic medical equipment and drugs, but the clinic desperately needs to complete its permanent building. Now the Illuminati Choir are stepping in to help with a fund-raising concert in St Mary’s Church on 27 November at 7.30 pm, with their eclectic range of madrigals, motets and folk songs, and interludes by concert pianist Rosemary Hawkins. Support Verna and enjoy an evening of wonderful music! Tickets: £10 (including wine and posh canapés) from St John’s Church Office (01394 383162) or Browsers Bookshop.