The band appeared on
BBC Songs of
Praise today, filmed in and around Gateshead's new
state-of-the-art concert hall and performing arts centre, the
Sage.
Performing a newly arranged version of the traditional tune Wade in the Water, the performance was broadcast as part of today's edition of Songs of Praise from Gateshead.
The Cherie Gears Jazz Quintet made a special appearance at Rowan Atkinson's fiftieth birthday party at Queen's College, Oxford tonight. After being asked by Howard Goodall to perform for the occasion, the band prepared a set of Cole Porter and Gershwin numbers, from I Got Rhythm to Embraceable You.
The performance was received well by the guests, who included Stephen Fry and Clive Anderson.
The
Cherie Gears Jazz Quintet performed at the
Royal
Albert Hall tonight to a crowd of over six thousand.
The band were invited to do this after winning an Outstanding
Performance Award at the Music for Youth National Auditions 2004.
Richard Stilgoe, Lisa Duncombe and
Howard Goodall
hosted the Music
for Youth Schools Proms 2004.
What a night! We played our own arrangements of standards Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, Stormy Weather, Dindi and the traditional American tune Wayfarin' Stranger.
We performed at the NEC in Birmingham tonight for the National Pop and Rock Festival. We played Joss Stone's Super Duper Love, Blues Ain't Nothing, Killing Me Softly and a new arrangement of Wayfarin' Stranger. Matthew Haworth joined us on guitar tonight.
The
Cherie Gears Jazz Quintet, as part of a documentary filming the top young
talent in the country, have been invited to take part in a documentary for
ITV arts programme
The South Bank Show.
Howard Goodall will present the show which will feature Egglescliffe School's award-winning music department, where the quintet are currently based, and other top schools in Britain. The programme will show the crop of the school's talent and the variety of ensembles it has.
The programme will be shown on Sunday 19th December 2004 on ITV1 at 11:05pm.
Today
we performed for the Music
for Youth Festival National Auditions at the Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London.
We picked up an Outstanding Performance Award (of which there are two for our category of around 30 groups). We will now have the opportunity (if chosen) to perform for the Music for Youth Schools Proms. The 30th anniversary of the Schools Proms will be held in November 2004 at the Royal Albert Hall, where thousands of people will watch the performance.
Over £3000 was raised for local charities Butterwick Hospice and Hartlepool & District Hospice by the Danny Allinson Charity Concert at Egglescliffe School tonight. Featuring Danny Allinson on solo percussion with the Egglescliffe School Orchestra and Brass Band and of course, the Cherie Gears Jazz Quintet, it was a spectacular night.
Having entered the Music
for Youth Festival Regional Auditions, we have been invited to
attend the second round of auditions in the
Royal Festival Hall
and
Queen Elizabeth Hall.
If we win an Outstanding Performance Award (of which there are two for our category), we will perform for the Music for Youth Schools Proms in November at the Royal Albert Hall to a crowd of thousands!
The quintet have made connections with
The Forum
music centre in Darlington and have been asked to play for their launch
weekend on Monday 31st May.
After
a late night gig last night, the band performed this morning to a panel of
judges for the Music
for Youth Festival Regional Auditions. Our performances of
Stormy
Weather,
Dindi and
Wayfarin' Stranger were received
very well and we hope to continue to the next round of auditions down in
the Royal Festival Hall. Results will be here when we get them!
The Cherie Gears Jazz Quintet and High Street Anywhere performed at the Darlington Arts Centre Garden Bar tonight for the Jazz Lounge event. All tickets were sold out for the gig which was a resounding success, and will open up doors in the future!
News
has come in that following
the Jazz Lounge event on 26th March, the band will be performing
live on TFM
DJ Cara Patterson's show.
The former Cherie Gears Jazz Quartet becomes a quintet with the addition of percussionist/keyboardist Danny Allinson. Adding extra depth to the band, Danny is an extremely talented musician and is a welcome new member.
Danny recently entered the Fame Academy Bursary competition (as seen on BBC TV) and, along with four other musicians, won the top prize of £37,500, to be spent supporting his future musical education.
The Cherie Gears Jazz Quartet have been asked to play in the Darlington Arts Centre Garden Bar on Friday 26th March for the Jazz Lounge event.
The quartet are playing alongside the Durham jazz funk 7-piece band High Street Anywhere.
This has been organised by the Northern Echo's music website, Revolution.