During the 2025-26 academic the Trust has begun to host a series of informal concerts in the music room at Hornton Street arranged by our Resident Musician, Jose Teixeira.

19 October 2025

Soprano Maria Miguel Pires gave a magical performance, accompanied by Hailey Wong on the piano, of the following pieces as a rehearsal for the 30th Competition of the Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary for Young Singers the following weekend:

SCHUMANN – Der Nussbaum
HOOD – Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day
MECHEM – Fair Robin I Love

We were delighted to discover subsequently that Maria had been awarded the Collingwood Finalist’s Prize at the competition. Congratulations Maria!

12 October 2025

The Royal Sackbut Collective, of whom Jose Teixeira is a member, played the following pieces in preparation for a performance at the Brighton Early Music Festival the following weekend:

HENRY VIII – En Vray Amoure
MONTEVERDI – Lamento della Ninfa
GABRIELI – Exaudi Deus
MONTEVERDI – Ecco mormorar l’onde
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Bushes and Briars
VAN HESSEN – Pavane Zu 5 Stimmen

Jose Teixeira leads the applause for the Chantefable duo at the end of the performance

The Collective were joined for several pieces by singer Mariana Rodrigues. And during the second half of the evening Mariana performed a medley of poems and songs along with Collective member Andrew Cowie at the piano as the Chantefable duo.

Continuing Dr Anderson’s practice of noting the names of the players and pieces played (in the Trust’s visitors’ book for now!)

The Royal Sackbut Collective have subsequently been awarded a grant from the Trust’s Hawkins Special Fund to assist with the costs of recording their first album.