Ushaw College - Hexham and Newcastle

What’s On- At a Glance
November
Tues 11th
Sun 16th
Tues 18th
Sat 22nd
4:00pm Evening Prayer for
Remembrance Sunday:
Westlands Choir
7:30pm Music for Remembrance
Crook & Weardale Choral Society
7:00pm Remembrance: Caritas Ensemble
6:00pm Ushaw Lecture: Michael Brooks
3:00pm Celebration Brass
Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band
December
Fri 5th
Tues 9th
Wed 10th
Wed 10th
Fri 12th
7:30pm Carols and Ceilidh
7:30pm Carols at Ushaw
Crook & Weardale Choral Society
6:00pm Ushaw Lecture:
Prof Stephen Regan
7:30pm Ushaw Carol Service: Diocesan
Choir of Hexham & Newcastle
7:30pm Jazz at Ushaw: Djangologie
Fri 30th
2:00pm Organ Recital: Roger Fisher
4:00pm Evening Prayer with the Bishop
of Newcastle and Hexham
7:30pm Folk Concert: Roughshod
February
Sun 8th
Sat 14th
How to find us
Turn off the A167 half a mile north of Neville’s Cross traffic
lights Durham, on to the minor road signposted Bearpark
and Ushaw College. The College entrance is signposted to
the right 2½ miles along this road.
Coming up in the New Year:
January
Sat 17th
Sun 18th
Welcome,
Ushaw was founded over two hundred years ago and has a rich and
fascinating history with some of the finest Victorian architecture in
the North East – surprisingly however, it is relatively unknown. We
are now opening up our beautiful chapels and performance spaces
for an exciting and varied programme of folk, classical, jazz and choral
music as well as talks, plays, exhibitions and services. Our impressive
buildings and grounds, which are also being restored, are worthy
of a visit themselves and will be open, along with our gift shop and
Café Ushaw, before and after events as shown in our programme.
We hope that as a result, Ushaw will soon be much better known, it
will be a major cultural venue for the North East and it will become
a special place for local people to pop in and spend time in the
beautiful gardens and chapels.
Fr. John Marsland
President of Ushaw College
4:00pm Evening Prayer
2:00pm Organ Recital: Jonathan Clinch
Tickets for all concerts and events may be booked in
advance at [email protected]
Application may also be made by post to: Ushaw College,
Durham, DH7 9RH. Please mark your envelope with the
event of your choice and include S.A.E.
@ushawcollege
Ushaw Education
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Renaissance with Ben Rowarth
Westland Choir: Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Jazz: Paul Edis Sextet
Jazz:Virtuoso
Jazz: Customs House Big Band
Jazz: James Birkett & Bradley Johnston Guitar Duo
Kathryn Tickell and the Side
Organ Recital: Robert Sharpe,York Minster
Capella Novocastriensis
Design: Sophia Pearson Email: [email protected]
Sun 9th
An exciting programme of singing,
speaking, listening
Remembrance at Ushaw
Music and Events
Christmas at Ushaw
Sun 9th November 4:00pm
Tues 18th November 6:00pm
Fri 5th December 7:30pm
Evening Prayer at Ushaw for Remembrance
Sunday.
With the Westlands Choir. Buildings open for
viewing from 2:00pm, and café open until 4:00pm.
Ushaw Lecture
Michael Brooks (Author & contributor to
New Scientist) on History of Science (Festival of
Humanities).
Free
Carols and Ceilidh
A great way to welcome in the Christmas season
with music to dance to and carols to warm the
heart.
The Refectory
Admission £5.00
Tues 11th November 7:30pm
Sat 22nd November 3:00pm
Tues 9th December 7:30pm
Music for Remembrance
Crook and Weardale Choral Society
Words and music for Armistice Day, including
Fauré Requiem.
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Retiring Collection.
Celebration Brass
Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band on their home
ground. The brilliance and warmth of a traditional
brass band in St. Cuthbert’s Chapel. The chapel will
be open for visitors to look around from 1:30pm,
with refreshments available.
Retiring Collection
Carols at Ushaw (1)
Continuing the much-loved tradition established
by staff and students in the 19th century, the first
of our two carol services is sung by Crook and
Weardale Choral Society and followed by mulled
wine and mince pies.
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Free admission- ticket only
Sun 16th November 7:00pm
Fri 12th December 7:30pm
Wed 10th December 6:00pm
Remembrance
Caritas Ensemble
A Durham-based chamber ensemble with a charity
concert reflecting on the centenary of the start of
the First World War.
Admission £10.00
Jazz at Ushaw
Djangologie
The North East’s premier group bring a remarkable
freshness to the Hot Club style. Noted for the way
that they maintain the swinging spirit of the great
Reinhardt-Grapelli outfits but without trying to be a
carbon copy, all four members use their knowledge
of the gypsy jazz tradition to apply the approach to
a growing book of excellent originals played with
virtuoso brio by four of the finest exponents of the
style.
Admission £6.00
Ushaw Lecture
Prof Stephen Regan (Durham University):
English Catholic Literature: Christmas poetry and
literature
Free
Wed 10th December 7:30pm
Ushaw Carol Service (2)
The second of our traditional carol services, this
one supported by the Diocesan Choir of Hexham
and Newcastle.
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Free admission- ticket only