The spring 2008 series of lunchtime concerts at Morecambe's Platform have now begun.
All concerts are on Wednesdays and take place from 12.45pm until approximately 1.30pm. Admission is free but donations are welcome.
Gypsy jazz band Hotcha of
fer the next instalment of lunchtime music this Wednesday.
Hotcha features Heath Lavery on fiddle with Alan Pill and Jon Moore on guitars.
Inspired by the jazz of the 1930s led by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club de France, they play with verve, passion and commitment.
The trio's repertoire features many Django classics and they also perform more recent tunes in Hot Club style.
Next comes the Promenade Wind Trio on May 7
The trio are Howard Rogerson on clarinet, Fredrik Holm on bassoon and Nigel Atkinson on oboe.
The trio will be performing works by Ibert, Milhaud and Mozart. Their music is typically French with lots of colour and contrasts.
All three performers are well established chamber and orchestra musicians and perform in Morecambe's own Promenade Concert Orchestra.
On May 14 Val Baulard and The Black Horse Jazz Men take to the stage.
Val Baulard sings traditional jazz standards, well loved and popular tunes, accompanied by the Black Horse Jazz Men who are Peter Boswell, Peter Lawrence, Jack Schofield and Roy Edwards who between them play trumpet, trombone, bass, double bass, clarinet and saxes.
On May 21 La Serenata Trio will offer their performance.
The trio has been formed recently by Tracie Penwarden (Mezzo soprano) from Milnthorpe, Janet Barlow (Clarinet) from Lancaster and Charles Edmondson (piano) from Kendal.
They will present a varied programme of music for voice, clarinet and piano. Perhaps the most famous piece for this composition is Schubert's masterpiece The Shepherd on the Rock.
The concert will also conclude with a selection of popular songs from the shows.
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