BACKGROUND TO CONCERTS IN CAVERSHAM

An exciting new series of concerts bringing first-class professional musicians from some of the country’s top orchestras, ensembles and conservatoires to your doorstep. The venture began when, in July 2010, St Andrew’s Church bought a newly re-conditioned August Förster grand-piano. This purchase fitted in well with their vision to use the church and church halls for artistic endeavours such as art exhibitions, a film club and a café – the Fisherman café, to give something to the whole community both locally and, as word spreads, further afield too.

The church is a perfect setting for small scale chamber concerts, with a warm acoustic and seating for up to two hundred - a beautiful space in which everyone can enjoy listening to wonderful chamber-music and then relax afterwards with a glass of wine and delicious nibbles. Whilst Concerts in Caversham uses St Andrew’s Church to host the concerts, and many of the church community willingly volunteer their services to help make the series so successful, the series does not exist to raise money for the Church. A hire fee for use of all the facilities is negotiated, and any profit is used to promote the next concert in the series.

Our Next Concert: Saturday 30th June at 7.30pm. Tom Poster (Piano), Anna Blackmur (Violin) and Verity Evanson ('Cello)- a varied programme of piano trios and solos

The concerts run without an interval and finish at about 8.45pm so that the audience can stay and enjoy the refreshments which are included in the ticket price (bar the wine!), and chat to the musicians afterwards.