The Museum is now open for our usual opening times of Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Admission charges: Full £3.50; concessions £3.00;
Family (2 adults & 3 children) £8.00.
To book tours please call: 01242 524846.
New exhibition: A HOLST MISCELLANY
to include items from the collections not usually seen
Thursday, 28 February 2008
ERNEST COSSART:
Lecture by Neil Williams
7.30pm in the Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2AY
Tickets £8 (Friends of the HBM £5) available at the door
Saturday, 15 March 2008
FRIENDS OF THE HBM MUSIC DAY
A concert by Friends & friends of Friends
Pates Grammar School at 7.00pm
Free entry - all welcome
Friday, 4 April 2008
UNVEILING OF THE HOLST STATUE
BY MARK ELDER
FEATURING A FANFARE BY RAYMOND HEAD
Imperial Gardens, Cheltenham
Gather in the gardens at 12.00 noon
Free - all welcome.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
MUSIC QUIZ
SET BY GERALD TOWELL
WITH PRIZES
7.30pm at the Holst Birthplace Museum.
Tickets £5, Friends of the HBM £3
available at the door or from
The Holst Birthplace Museum
,
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum and enclose an SAE.
Sunday, 18 May 2008
MATINEE MUSICALE
IN MEMORY OF BILL WATERHOUSE
BY KIND INVITATION OF
MRS ELISABETH WATERHOUSE
3.00pm at the Music Barn, Cleeve Hill
£15, Friends of HBM £12 to include concert and tea
Available from The Holst Birthplace Museum
,
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum and enclose an SAE.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
HOLST'S PIANO
WITH DAVID OWEN NORRIS
7.30pm at The Holst Birthplace Museum
£15, Friends of HBM £12 to include refreshments
Available at the door or from The Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum and enclose an SAE.
Monday, 16 June 2008
HOLST BIRTHPLACE TRUST AGM
with talk by Judith Ratcliffe
of the Britten-Pears Foundation
2.00pm at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Free entry - all invited
Saturday, 28 June 2008
CONCERT: AN EVENING WITH HOLST
7.30pm at St Laurence Church
Wyck Rissington
Tickets £8 Available at the door or from
The Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum and enclose an SAE.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
CHELTENHAM CIRCULAR CHALLENGE
A sponsored walk for Holst
Further information from 01242 269479
Saturday, 2 August 2008
THE PARRY ENSEMBLE
CONCERT & LUNCH
11.00am at The Old Barn, Siddington
Tickets £25 to include lunch with wine
Available from The Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum and enclose an SAE.
Saturday, 13 & Sunday, 14 September 2008
HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
WITH MUSICAL INTERLUDES
10.00am to 4.00pm at the Holst Birthplace Museum
Admission free - all welcome
Saturday, 20 September 2008
HOLST BIRTHDAY CONCERT
with
THE ST CECILIA SINGERS
dedicated to the memory of Ralph Vaughan Williams
7.00pm at All Saints Church, Cheltenham
Tickets £15 (Friends of the HMB £12)
Available at the door or from
The Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum
and enclose an SAE.
Thursday, 16 October 2008
FINZI & THE CONCERTO
Lecture by Iain Cooper
7.30pm at Rencomb College
near Cirencester
Tickets £8 (Friends of HBM £5)
to include refreshments.
Available at the door or from
The Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY
Please make cheques payable to the Holst Birthplace Museum
and enclose an SAE.
Sunday, 2 November 2008
CHELTENHAM'S HOMAGE TO HOLST
MARTYN BRABBINS CONDUCTS THE SALOMON ORCHESTRA
7.00pm at the Cheltenham Town Hall
Tickets £20, £15, £12
Super seats £50, to include invitation to the reception
Available from the Town Hall (01242 227979 or online)
Looking for an interesting and inspiring
present?
Why not visit the specialist shop at the
Holst Birthplace Museum?
We have specialist books on Holst and a wonderful collection of CDs. We also have a range of Victorian toys and other gifts for children.
We are able to post CDs for a small charge, but unfortunately we are not able to despatch books.
If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive a list of events, ring the Museum on 01242 524846.
For further details of events, please call
01242 524846
The Museum Shop
We offer a specialist shop for recordings of Holst's
music. Over ninety titles are available including 25
versions of The Planets and many
difficult-to-find works. Please let us know if there is
something you are looking for.
Now in stock! Naxos' 15th anniversary CD in
special edition slipcover. Includes The Planets,
Colin Matthews' Pluto and the little-heard Holst
work The Mystic Trumpeter. Royal Scottish
National Orchestra under David Lloyd Jones; Claire
Rutter (soprano) and Ladies of RSNO Chorus.
Available from the Holst Shop £4.95 (plus p&p)
The museum relies on
donations, grants and its dedicated team of volunteers to keep it open. If you would like to help, please let us know if you are interested in:
- Becoming a Friend of the Holst Birthplace Museum
- Working as a volunteer in the museum
- Giving through Gift Aid
If you would like to help in any way, please contact the Museum on 01242-524846
