Femmes Fortissimo 2023 was another incredible, uplifting and joyous event. The players absolutely loved being part of it and the audience were wonderful and generous. We were pleased to again have with us Mags Godderidge CEO of Survive and we are delighted that our sell out concert raised £738.50 for the York based charity. Furthermore, they received an additional £161 in donations on the night.
Musical Director Clare Winter put together a fantastic programme based around the York International Women's Week theme of 'Solidarity'. The title of our event was taken from ‘Music Can Do This’, a poem by Tony Walsh: "You can do this get through this you proved this you knew this. The proof is the truth is just music can do this."
Rehearsals for Femmes Fortissimo are underway and going really well. Even though we have limited time together the band is sounding amazing under the leadership of our new conductor Clare Winter. We have almost 50 players signed up which is proving a challenge to get them all together at the same but it does mean this year's concert will be even bigger and better. Tickets for the Femmes Fortissimo 2023 concert are available at:
TicketSource - Music Can Do This Femmes Fortissimo are honoured that our annual charity concert will again be associated with York International Women's Week. The theme for YIWW 2023 is solidarity.
The title for Femmes Fortissimo 2023 is 'Music Can Do This'. The concert will be taking place Sat 22nd April 7.30pm at Acomb Parish Church Hall. Look out for ticket details. Tracey McGuire received the award for Brass Band Project of the Year at the Brass Bands England 2022 Awards. This was in recognition of her composition 'A New Anthem' which had its inaugural performance at Femmes Fortissimo 2022.
We had an informal meet up and playalong session for Femmes Fortissimo players in York on 8th October 2022. We got to play through some fun party tunes and it was also a great chance to catch up. It did get a little chilly in the hall, hence some players made use of the blankets on offer.
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