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The Chalke Newton Band present The Music and stories of the West Gallery and Social Bands of Dorset withColin Thompson, fiddle, Tim Hill c clarinet and Philip Humphries Serpent .
Tickets £15 on the door
Phil Humphries is one of the country's leading players of serpent and other early brass. He is a member of The London Serpent Trio and guests regularly with various orchestras and early music ensembles including the New London Consort and The Gabrielli Players. He plays with the Mellstock Band recreating the musical world of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, appearing in film and Television productions Like The Return of the Native, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Pride and Prejudice.
Colin Thompson is a renowned fiddler, singer and guitarist and performer of Dorset traditional music. He was a member of the New Scorpion Band, regularly performs with singer story-teller Tim Laycock, and is a founder member of Dorset Fiddles. He and Tim reprinted manuscript book of the Eighteenth Century Dorset fiddler Benjamin Rose. Colin featured in ITV’s film of Thomas Hardy’s “The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Tim Hill lives in Somerset, where he makes a lot of noise and revels in and researches our ‘folk’ traditions of ritual, noise, celebration and performance. He also plays in the Mellstock Band
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Event Venue
St Mary's Church, Church Road, Maiden Newton DT2 0AA, 7 Church Road, Dorchester, DT2 0AA, United Kingdom
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