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Previous Events 2009

 

Programme of Events 2010
 
Please be aware that for events in the Museum, tickets are limited as space is restricted.
Early booking is advisable.
 
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  December  
         
  Victorian Family Christmas
Activity Day in the Museum
  Date: Saturday 11th Nov
Times:
10:30am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location:
At the Musueum
Tickets:
Adults: £4.50, Children: Free
 
         
  November      
         
 

Concert of English Brass Band Music
(including music by
Holst, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Bliss)


The Flowers Brass band

  Date: Sunday 7th Nov
Times:
3:00pm
Location:
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Tickets:
£12 (Members £10) from the Museum or Town Hall Box Office or at the door.
 
         
         
  An Evening of Poetry and Prose
with links to the Museum's Theodor Von Holst Exhibition,
featuring Cheltenham poets from Acumen Literary Journal.
  Date: Friday 19th November
Times:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
At the Museum
Tickets:
Advance tickets only
£7.00 (including refreshments) from the Museum.
 
         
  October   ^ BACK TO TOP  
         
 
The Planets: An HD Odyssey (European Premiere)
Birmingham International Concert Season 2010/11

Programme: Stravinsky, John Adams, and Holst.
 

  Date: Friday 8th Oct 2010
Times: 7:30pm
Location:
Symphony Hall
Birmingham
Tickets and More Info:
Go to Symphony Hall Webiste
 
         
         
         
  Childrens Half Term Activity Day in the Museum
(to include works by Matthias and Gustavus von Holst)
performed by John Wilson 7-9pm
  Date: Wednesday 27th Oct
Times:
10:30am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location:
At the Musueum
Tickets:
Adults: £4.50, Children: Free
 
         
  September   ^ BACK TO TOP  
 
 
Lunchtime Lecture:
Theodor von Holst, his Art and the Pre-
Raphaelites

Speaker: Martin Myrone, Curator 18th and 19th Century
British Art, Tate Britain
  Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 1-2pm
Location: Pittville Campus, Albert Road, Cheltenham.
Tickets: £5 from the Museum or on door. (unreserved seating):
 
         
         
  An evening of 19th century piano music
(to include works by Matthias and Gustavus von Holst)
performed by John Wilson 7-9pm
  Date: Friday 10th September
Time: 7-9pm
Tickets
in advance only £7 (Members £5) including refreshments
 
         
         
  Heritage Open Days   Date: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, September
FREE ADMISSION
 
         
         
 

Holst Birthday Concert
ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

An Evening with
DAME FELICITY LOTT
with an introduction by local historian Dr Steven Blake

Tickets:
£18 (Centre Nave)
£14 (Side Aisle)
(Seats Unreserved)

Tickets available from the museum or at the door.


BBC Radio: Felicity Lott Interview

 
Date:
Saturday 25th Sept
Time:
7:30pm
Location:
All Saints Church,
All Saints Road
Cheltenham.
 
         
  August   ^ BACK TO TOP  
         
  Children's Holiday Activity Days in the Museum
10.30am -12.30pm;
1.30pm-3.00pm
 
Dates:
Wednesday 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

Adults: £4.50, Children: Free
 
         
  June   ^ BACK TO TOP  
 
  Children’s Half Term Activity Day
10:30am -12:30om; 1:30 pm-3:00pm

 
Date:
Wednesday 2nd June
Time: Museum Opening Hours - see details for activities.

Location:
At the Museum

Tickets:
Adults: £4.50, Children: Free
 
         
         
  Concert of Sacred and Secular Music
by The Oriel Singers


 
Date:
Saturday 12th June
Time: 7:30pm

Location:
Cheltenham College Chapel

Tickets: Tickets: £10 from the Museum or available on the
door.
 
         
         
  Holst Birthplace Trust AGM

Speaker: Dr. Steven Blake, The day Holst was born:
September 21st 1874, through the pages of the local
press. Please be aware that for events in the Museum,
tickets are limited as space is restricted.
  Date: Monday 28th June
Time: 2:30pm

Location:
Venue to be announced.
 
         
  May   ^ BACK TO TOP  
         
  Exhibition Opening: Celebrating 35 years of the Holst
Birthplace Museum

  Date: Friday 14th May
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm Twilight

Location:
At the Museum

Tickets: free admission as part of Museums at Night 2010
 
         
  April   ^ BACK TO TOP  
         
 

Children’s Easter Holiday Activity Days
7th -Easter Gardens,
14th -Easter Egg Boxes
Activities Times
10:30am-12:30pm; 1:30pm-3:00pm


  Date: Wed 7th+14th April
Time: Museum Opening Hours - See details for activity times.

Location:
At the Museum

Tickets:
Adults: £4.50, Children: Free
 
         
         
  Adult Creative Writing Workshop
Led by Anna Saunders (limited to 10 places)
  Date: Monday 19th April
Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm

Location:
At the Museum

Tickets: £10 from the Museum to include refreshments
 
         
         
  Drinks Reception and Private View of the St Ives School
Exhibition at Martin’s Gallery

  Date: Friday 30th April
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location:
Martin’s Gallery

Tickets: £10 from the Museum to include wine and
canapés.
 
         
  March   ^ BACK TO TOP  
         
  The Three Choirs: A History of the Festival.
Illustrated talk by Anthony Boden.
  Date: Thursday 4th March
Time: 7.00pm

Location:
Holst Birthplace Museum

The Three Choirs,
Tickets: £7, Members: to include refreshments.
 
         
         
  British Police Symphony Orchestra Concert
(in support of The Friends of Gloucester Three Choirs Festival)
Programme to include music by Sibelius, Vaughan
Williams and Holst’s Planets.

  Date: Saturday 13th March
Time: 7:30pm

Location:
Tewkesbury Abbey

Tickets: £10 and £7.50
from The Abbey Shop
Tel. 01684 856148
 
         
         
  Members’ Music Day led by John Wright
2:30pm Choral Workshop,
7:00pm Concert including Elgar’s Six Songs From the
Bavarian Highlands.
  Date: Saturday 20th March
Time: <-See Details

Location:
Pates Grammar School, Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham

Tickets:
Free admission to concert. Everyone warmly invited.
 
         
  February   ^ BACK TO TOP  
       
 

Volunteers Briefing

 

Date: Monday 15th Feb
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm

Location:
The New Club
2 Atherstone Lawn
Montpellier Parade
Cheltenham

 
         
         
  Children's Half Term Activity Day (Miniature Theatres)   Date: Wednesday 17th Feb
Time: 10:30am-12:39pm
1:30pm-3:00pm

Location:
In the Museum.
Adults: 4.50
Children: FREE
 
         
         
  A Portrait of Holst: The work of Sir William Rothenstein
Talk by Laura Kinnear, Curator HBM and Helen Brown,
Collections Manager CAGM.

The acquisition of this portrait has been supported by the MLA/V&A
Purchase Grant Fund, The Art Fund and The Trafford Memorial Fund.
  Date: Thursday 25th Feb
Time: 7.00pm

Location:
Holst Birthplace Museum and Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum.

Tickets: £7, Members: £5, to include refreshments,
Art Fund Members Free.
 
         

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
     
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