To quote a fellow tutor on a course in Germany, after a workshop on French Baroque music, "Eileen has the ability of making hard things easy."
Recent newsOn May 4th 2008, the Scottish Recorder Orchestra joined forces with the Dortmund Recorder Consort to play a programme of mostly modern music, composed by Eileen Silcocks, Steve Marshall and Dietrich Schnabel. This took place in Dortmund, and will be repeated in October 2008, in Edinburgh.
Read the Courses page for the further news on concert performances with the Scottish Recorder Orchestra in 2008.
Older newsEileen performed in St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell, Wales, on July 1st, in a performance of "A Strand in the Web of Life", by Gillian Stevens.
The Scottish Recorder Festival, on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007, was a great day for playing, as well as for listening to Flauti Animati Scotica, and the Scottish Recorder Orchestra, conducted by Eileen.
In January 2007, Eileen started up a new orchestra, "Recorders Incorporated", made up of talented amateurs and professionals from the UK and The Netherlands, which gave its debut concert on Thursday, January 4th, at the Benslow Music Trust, in Hitchin. The programme contained a mixture of ancient and modern music, including Hassler, Gabrieli, Lawes, Maute, Haverkate and Hilling. The next concert will be on Friday, January 4th, 2008, at Halsway Manor, Somerset. Put this date in your diaries, now!
Eileen's recorder quartet, Flauti Animati Scotica has produced a CD of European Renaissance music. You can order this from the Scottish Music Centre. Here is a short extract.
Eileen's recent performances include playing sopranino in Handel's "Rinaldo", with the RSAMD, with performances in the Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as with Flauti Animati Scotica at the Scottish Recorder Festival in Edinburgh.
Other news: The first performance of Eileen's "Playford Suite" in October 2005 was a great success, and part of a lovely day in memory of Enid Hunt. The day was made up of playing the Suite, and dancing the associated Playford dances.
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