Rook Lane Blog

December 16, 2024

“Sense and Musicality” music inspired by or related to Jane Austin, featuring a beautiful soprano voice and a Broadwood square piano very similar to the owned by Jane Austin.

December 12, 2024

Ho Ho Ho, we’re back again for a very special Christmas Raving Racals. We are bringing the first family friendly 360 rave to Frome and who better to headline than…DJ Archie

December 12, 2024

FROME GET READY IT HAS FINALLY LANDED – FROME’S FIRST 360 RAVE
BEWARE OF THESE EXTRATERRESTRIALS PLAYING SOME DIRTY STINKING DNB, 140 & JUNGLE.

December 5, 2024

In true Knightley style he pulls no punches in this collection’s lyrics or themes. Topics covered include the migration crisis and the Post Office scandal. Title track The Ride (The Winter Yards) is a lockdown lament inspired by a Devon-based father and son fairground business that was unable to leave its winter yards for two summers during the COVID pandemic. Here Knightley uses it as a metaphor for the need we all have for communal experience.

November 28, 2024

“Top brass in Frome!” Employing thier unique blend of instruments, to create an exclusive sound that stands out form the standard brass quartet. A4 Brass has actively developed their repertoire, commisioning new music, composing and arranging music themselves.

November 25, 2024

Beth and Daniel present “A few of our favouite things” a chronological journey of personal favourites for historically appropriate flues and fretted instruments from the past 500 years.

November 25, 2024

Frome Concert Group favourites Indigo and David return with “Contradance” a programme inspired by dance and music from different eras and cultures, from folk music, via the Baroque, to Tango.

August 30, 2024

The choir is run by Lucy Goldsack, who took over from Nickomo and Rasullah in the Summer of 2023.
All are welcome, no audition required, members do not need to be able to read music.
The atmosphere is fun and there is a real sense of community. We currently have about 20 members.

August 15, 2024

Siping Guo a highly talented bassoonist from China is accompanied on the piano by Apolline Khou who is currently the Historical Keyboards fellow at the Royal College of Music.

August 15, 2024

We are thrilled that Clare Hammond is performing in our special concert. Acclaimed as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts” (Gramophone) and “immense power” (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances and won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016.