The Guernsey Arts Commission is set for another busy year in 2012 and one of the highlights will be the second Arts Sunday on St Peter Port Seafront on Sunday 17th June. In 2011 Arts Sunday showcased a range of arts from performance and music to painting and poetry and this year we want to [...]
Following a successful partnership in 2011 NatWest have pledged support to a range of projects being run by the Guernsey Arts Commission across 2012. In 2011 the bank supported the growing Community Arts Programme at Le Genats which gave youngsters in the area a new way to engage with the arts every Tuesday evening. NatWest [...]
On Sunday 23rd October 2011 20 Guernsey musicians attended a day long songwriting workshop led by professional songwriter and producer Tim Bran and his locally based writing partners Jim Delbridge and Nick Windsor. The day was organised by our Music Sub-Committee and supported by NatWest and gave local musicians the chance to get some hints [...]
The Guernsey Symphony Orchestra’s Credit Suisse Series 2011, which has been supported by the Guernsey Arts Commission, continues at St James on Saturday 19th November with a concert entitled Reach For The Sky (Heavenly Bodies and Celtic Mystics). The concert will feature a guest appearance from Guernsey musician Janine Mallet who will perform Vaughan Williams’ [...]
The Music Sub-Committee of the Guernsey Arts Commission is holding a special, day long event, sponsored by NatWest, on Sunday October 23rd for local songwriters with professional songwriter and producer, Tim Bran. The day long songwriting workshop and master class will give 20 local songwriters and musicians the chance to get together and craft a [...]
This October the Guernsey Arts Commission is supporting a special event at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts and Jimmy’s Cafe at St James designed to develop and celebrate the artistic links between Guernsey and France. With much of Guernsey’s indigenous culture still being based on French roots Rendez-Vous In Guernsey hopes to [...]
The first ever Arts Sunday took place on 14th August 2011 on the seafront in St Peter Port. Around 2,000 people headed down to take in the sights and sounds and get a taste of what Guernsey has to offer across the arts. Check out photos of the day on our Facebook page. The Guernsey [...]
August 31st is the last chance for bands and musicians in the Bailiwick to submit tracks for GBG#3, a new compilation of local music from the Guernsey Arts Commission’s music sub-committee and Twist Records. GBG#3 is the third in a series of compilation releases from Twist Records that has gained airplay from as far afield [...]
Sunday 14th of August will see the Guernsey Arts Commission celebrating the arts that Guernsey has to offer on the St Peter Port seafront with Arts Sunday. The free event, which runs from 11:45 until 4, will feature performances from mod rockers Last of the Light Brigade (who are soon to release their debut album), [...]
The Guernsey Sinfonietta present their annual concert at St James on Saturday 30th July with support from the Guernsey Arts Commission. The concert, entitled Pictures of Russia, will feature music from Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky and is being described as an “explosive festival of Russian masterworks” by the organisers. They continue: “Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture [...]
