Sheffield U3A Music Groups
A Capella Singers
Coordinator |
Mike Maas |
Telephone |
(0114) 230 4435 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Tues, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
Member's homes |
Cost |
nil |
Details |
Access Code MH |
We meet in each other`s houses on alternate Tuesday afternoons at 2 p.m. and sing, with keyboard help where needed, unaccompanied songs of four or more voice-parts, mainly songs of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Classical Concertgoers
Coordinator |
Pamela Sandford |
Telephone |
(0114) 236 1815 |
Email |
pamsand@virginmedia.com |
Details |
Access Code PVAL |
6 visits are arranged each year to performances of serious music not available in Sheffield.
Travel is by coach to venues such as The Symphony Hall Birmingham, and the Bridgewater Hall Manchester, also to Leicester, Leeds, Buxton, Nottingham, all within a day's travel.
We go to classical concerts including music from C1700 - 2000, solo and instrumental, full orchestra and choral works.
An inclusive charge is made for travel, driver's gratuity and concert ticket. Any member of Sheffield U3A may apply.
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Drumming
Coordinator |
John Lee |
Telephone |
01142338517 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Thursday, 2.30 to 4.00 |
Venue |
Red Deer public house, Sheffield Centre |
Cost |
Free |
Details |
Access Code MH |
Equipment required, Practice Pads and drum sticks/aprox.£15-00
The group is organised to introduce people with no experience
of drumming, but with a desire to learn about the art of percussion,into a situation where they can learn to drum.Starting with some basic rudiments on a practice pad they will hopefully progress to a snare drum and then on to a percussion ensemble to perform in public. In the meantime the idea is to have some fun drumming along to music and developing a feel for the ''groove''.
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Enjoying Opera
Coordinator |
John Williams |
Telephone |
(0114) 2304568 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Monday, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
Coordinator's home Crosspool |
Cost |
£4 approx per annum |
Details |
Access Code MH |
We meet each fortnight at 1.30. We show a DVD of an entire opera and finish about 4.30 pm
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Handbell Ringing
Coordinator |
Hazel Bradey |
Email |
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Telephone |
(0114) 234 2608 |
Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Wednesday, evening, weekly |
Venue |
Gatty Hall Ecclesfield |
Cost |
£5 per month |
Details |
Access Code MH |
Handbell ringing is making music on hand bells. We learn to read music and
be part of a group enjoying live
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Jazz Appreciation I
Coordinator |
John Green |
Telephone |
(0114) 230 7768 |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
2nd Tues, m, monthly |
Venue |
Coordinator's Home, S10 |
Cost |
25p per session |
Details |
Access Code MH |
This group will share our own knowledge and experience of Jazz, and related types of music, and help each other to develop our own knowledge using any recorded medium available. The group is located in S10 at my home in Lodge Moor where we can play virtually any form of recording from audio tapes, through gramophone records (excepting 78s), Video Tapes, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray disks. We meet every second Tuesday of the month. At present we are enjoying the Ken Burns DVD series, but we have some Jazz Classics in Stereo tapes and quite a few LPs and CDs to get us going and a couple of reference books as background. Easy access.
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Jazz Appreciation II
Coordinator |
John Carr |
Telephone |
(0114) 230 8866 |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Tuesday am monthly |
Venue |
Member's Home |
Cost |
50p per session |
Details |
Access Code MH |
To listen to jazz music and to learn about its evolution |
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Listening to Music
II
Coordinator |
Ray Cottam |
Email |
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Telephonel |
(0114) 235 0536 |
Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Wednesday, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
coordinator's home S8 |
Cost |
nil |
Details |
Access Code MH |
Listening to CDs and cassettes of classical music with a brief introduction about the composer and the music before it is played. Selections may include orchestral, chamber, and solo instrumental music, choral works and opera. Two or three members other than the coordinator present programmes that last two hours.
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Music Appreciation I
Coordinator |
David Andrews |
Telephone |
(0114) 235 3389 |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Wednesday, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
member's house S17 |
Cost |
£1 per meeting |
Details |
Access Code MH |
Listening to a wide variety of classical music, some familiar, some much less so. We aim to foster an awareness of the rich variety of music; some of its history; the context in which works were written (the composer's life, life events, changes in musical fashion, the development of style etc.).
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Music Appreciation II
Coordinator |
David Andrews |
Telephone |
(0114) 235 3389 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Thursday, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
Hillsborough Library |
Cost |
£6pp 6mths+50p per meeting |
Details |
Access Code PV |
Listening to a wide variety of classical music, some familar, some much less so. We aim to broaden people's awareness of the rich variety of music; its history; the context in which works were written (composer's life, life events, changes in musical style/fashion etc.).
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Performance Choir
Coordinator |
Carole Hurst |
Telephone |
(0114) 293 9163 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Monday 10 am to 12 noon weekly |
Venue |
Room 40 Victoria Hall Methodist Church |
Cost |
£10 every 4 rehearsals |
Details |
Access Code PVAL |
A small friendly mixed voice choir, rehearsing all sorts of music and hopefully improving our singing in the process. We expect regular attendance with the ultimate aim of performing in the Sheffield area. |
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Singing For Pleasure
Coordinator |
Irene Lees |
Telephone |
(0114) 267 1857 |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
Friday, pm, fortnightly |
Venue |
Victoria Hall |
Cost |
approx £5 quarterly for rent with an extra payment for music as necessary |
Details |
Access Code PV |
We sing for our own enjoyment, in unison and harmony, using a wide variety of music.
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Ukelele
Coordinator |
Ann Beedham |
Telephone |
(0114) 274 8331 |
Email |
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Meeting
Day/Time/Frequency |
2nd & 4th Tuesday, pm, monthly |
Venue |
The Rude Shipyard Café |
Cost |
nil |
Details |
Access Code PVAL |
Playing the Ukelele
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