The Bloomsbury Music Group

Timeline
1993	Graham Lyons founds the London School of Pharmacy Flute & Clarinet Choir
2005	Shea Lolin, current Musical Director appointed
2006	BWE gives the world première of their first commissioned work by Ruth Young, The Zoo Keeper as part of the Newham Music Month festival.
2008	BWE gives the world première of Twisted Skyscape by Christopher Hussey at the Riverside Studios, London as part of the adopt-a-composer scheme.
2009	David Morris, current Assistant Musical Director appointed
January 2010	Committee of the Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble founds BWE2, a flute & clarinet choir
December 2010	Celebratory concert of the Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble and BWE2 held at St. John's, Smith Square with the world première of Journey Through Time by Alan Bullard

Highlights
	Our Spring 2010 Charity Concert was in aid of St Mungo’s – a London-wide charity for homeless people. Our concert featured the story of Les Six and the musical scene in Paris in the 1920s, and included music by Milhaud, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Honegger, Satie and Debussy.
	Our Christmas 2009 concert featured a programme of Scandinavian music for woodwind ensemble. The Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble presented music by Wirén, Grieg, Nielsen and Svendsen including the youthful Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius and Crusell’s Rondo from the second Clarinet Concerto with soloist Anthony Bailey. The programme included festive carols served with a generous helping of mulled wine and mince pies! This concert was in aid of the Coram Foundation, which provides services to children in London.
	Our July 2009 concert showcased some Organ music, from the early harmonies of Tallis, the classical structure of Boëllmann and Mendelssohn, leading into the pantheon of great organ works of the twentieth century including the rhythmically complex ‘Joie et Clarté des Corps Glorieux’ by Messiaen framed with a special performance of Handel’s Concerto in F for organ and ensemble, with Nicholas Sherwood on the organ. This concert was in aid of the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
	The BWE’s Spring 2009 concert was in aid of Add Action, a charity supporting people with drug and alcohol problems and their families. Our concert featured operatic music, with masterworks by Puccini, Smetana, Nicolai, Bizet and Verdi.
	An evening of film music performed by Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble ,including all-time favourite themes from E.T.,Vertigo, The Pink Panther, Schindler’s List,Taxi Driver and many more. This performance also included the world premiere screening of ‘Flux’,a new film by Matthew Kemp,with live performance of the newscore, Twisted Skyscape by Christopher Hussey.
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