MishMash Ensemble at the 2023 International YAMSession

We were thrilled to be able to present the MishMash Ensemble performing Toot! at the 2023 International YAMSession showcase in Brazil! As well as sharing our performance with producers and programmers from around the world we also visited the Prof. Yolanda Biagioni Camargo School in Cerquilho, Sao Paulo.

With huge thanks to JMI, Sustenidos and the YAMSession committeed for the invitiation and to PRS Foundation International Showcase Fund for the grant funding to enable us to travel. More information on this prestigious event can be found at https://www.yamsession.org/

MishMash Ensemble is supported by PRS Foundation’s International Showcase Fund, which is run by PRS Foundation in partnership with Department of Business and Trade (BAT), British Underground, Arts Council England, The Musicians’ Union (MU), PPL, Creative Scotland, Wales Arts International and Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Invest NI.

Toot! is available for UK touring in Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025. For more information please see the promotional pack below:

Public Tour Dates - Click below to buy tickets!

Saturday 15th July 2023 - Cheltenham Music Festival

Sunday 16th July 2023 - Nottingham Chamber Music Festival

In addition to the above public performances the ensemble are touring to schools in Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire

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The MishMash Ensemble is a new programme for 2023-26. Each year we will create an ensemble of the finest musicians to tour a concert programme, bringing our approach to live music for young audiences to 1000s of children across England.

About the performance:

Join the MishMash Ensemble on a delightful musical journey designed for 7 to 11-year-olds and their families/schools. Experience the charm of the wind quintet as they bring to life a performance filled with warmth, excitement, and magic. 

Be mesmerized by Paquito D'rivera's Aires Tropicales, let G.F. Handel's Sonata for Oboe envelop you in its welcoming embrace, whilst Valerie Coleman's Red Clay and Mississippi Delta transports you through classical chamber music into the blues of the deep south. 

Feel the vibrant energy of  György Ligeti's Bagatelles as they ignite the stage with dynamic and thrilling rhythms and let Judith Weir's Mountain Airs carry you to the majestic Scottish Highlands. 

Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, Number 1
Alex Stopa: Flooplay
Grant-Still: Minatures, Yaravi Peru
G.F. Handel: Oboe Sonata No.1 in C Minor, Mvmts I and IV
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta (Extract)
Paquito D’Rivera: Aires Tropicales, Son (Extract)
Bozza: Scherzo
Judith Weir: Mountain Airs, Number III