Highlights & Timeline

Timeline

Summer 2010

Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble envisages the formation of a flute and clarinet choir, in response to applications from players around London.

December 2010

Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble appoints David Morris as MD of the proposed new flute and clarinet choir.

11 January 2010

First meeting and rehearsal of the BWE2 Flute and Clarinet Choir at St Katherine Cree church in the City of London.

12 June 2010

BWE2’s first public performance in Gordon Square in Bloomsbury. A joint event with Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble, as part of the London Open Garden Squares Weekend.

3 July 2010

Music in the bandstand in Ruskin Park.

12 November 2010

BWE2’s first indoor concert at Wetherby Preparatory School near Marble Arch.

27 November 2010

Joint concert with Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble at St John’s. Smith Square, London, to celebrate the successful formation of BWE2. Programme includes three new arrangements commissioned by BWE2, plus a joint performance, and the world premiere of, Alan Bullard’s commission Journey through Time.

10 January 2011

BWE2 celebrates its first birthday.

8 April 2011

First full two-half concert put on by BWE2 alone, in the church of St Katharine Cree in the City of London. The concert included four new arrangements for eight or nine parts, and the premiere of another new composition for the group.